Kynetx Impact Conference

I am so impressed by the thoughts and power behind the Kynetx Impact Conference. Working at BYU-I and working to build the new website, our focus has been expansion and change. We cannot build something that will hold the university and students back. The focus has been Web 3.0 and how relevant content must be delivered to the user. Kynetx is amazing and can really help us achieve what we need to.

From a university perspective, my co-workers and I have bounced a few ideas off each other. When students register, have ratemyprofessors.com information displayed on the professors that are teaching the classes the students are interested in. When it is time to buy books, have a kynetx app that will show the price differences between the university bookstore, amazon, and other textbook retailers. An annoying part of our website are the directories. How about a Kynetx app that will allow the person to e-mail the student/professor right from the directory page! (Only will work for those who’s privacy settings allow their e-mail addresses to be seen). We have had countless ideas! I don’t know that the university will approve anything, but even the ideas are shaping the way we, as web developers, think about the web.

We have really had a blast at this conference and have learned a ton! One of the fun things has been Simon, the IT Dummy. We are all a bunch of dummies, so we fit in really well with him! (See comments below for a link to view videos about Simon. They are pretty funny! -Thanks Matt!)

From left to right: David Godfrey, Simon the IT Dummy, Mark Warnik (lower) and Andre Kradolfer (upper)

I love how Kynetx used their own app to modify Google!

Everything considered, Kynetx is really cool It is definitely worth checking out. My next project is to make a kynetx app and put it on my website to show off!