Monday, March 13, 2006

A Word of Welcome

Hello everyone
 
My name is Adam Phillips and I am the founder of School Report Services (www.SchoolReportServices.com). The official business site deals with using technology to speed up the delivery of pupil's school report cards, in a safe, secure, quick, and affordable way. The technology is quite cool. Take a look if you like - just click on the link in this blog post.
 
The current School Report Services web site is very simple. I make no appologies for this - it is suitable for the purpose for which I created it. Still, everything needs improvement, so I have redesigned the site. The old one is still the "official" site, but I am hoping that the new site will look better, and have a higher level of automation (all our processes are currently manually managed). It will also be possible to send us data files directly from the web interface, and there will be much more security surrounding the data submission process. We at School Report Services think it's quite cool, and definitely worth waiting for. We'll keep you posted.
 
I must confess - I'm new to this blogging thing, so I'm finding my way as I go along. So far, setting it up has been easy. Notwithstanding my inexperience with this type of forum, I think it would be good to set a few ground rules for posting comments on this blog site.
  • This is a moderated site. So NO PROFANITY, NO HATE SPEECH, NO PORN. Any comments with those types of contents will not get posted.
  • All other comments on any other subject that affects schooling or education will be welcome.
  • I will try and post regularly on subjects that I feel are relevant. The opinions are my own, and do not necessarily reflect the official position of the School Report Services business, or the relevant education departments, or anyone else. Some of my posts may be controversial. This is to stimulate comment and debate. Obviously, I would like the "powers that be" to read and comment on these issues as well, as this is healthy for our young South African democracy.
 
I hope all visitors have a fine time, and use this forum constructively.