Castle Village

We’ve been itching to improve the Castle Village web presence for some time, and thanks to some prompting from the Castle Village Community Connections Committee and some board members, we were happy to dive in!

Our foremost goal was to create an environment where people would share and interact with one another. A place where committees, individuals and management would present information and exchange thoughts. And we also wanted to show the public what a wonderful place we have in our Castle Village grounds and community. So, we built an environment that we feel is very user-friendly—easy to navigate and extend. The website allows you to subscribe to updates via email, so if you haven’t already, go to the site and sign up! The subscription links are at the bottom of each page.

Fortunately, the quality of the low-cost or free tools and services that allow for the development of this type of website have improved tremendously over the last few years. The site is running on WordPress, a very popular free website publishing tool, and we’ve created a private area using Google Apps, which is Google’s service offering for office-like functionality (email, documents, calendaring, and more).

Bob and I work in the tech field; Bob is a true technology expert. We have a company called MokaMedia whereby we create web projects for clients around the city. Bob also has a company in SoHo called Runtime Technologies that develops high-end backend technologies. I also have a company called Toodleoo Productions where I create and produce broadcast television content. Our projects take advantage of powerful and innovative technologies and tools that have emerged from the Web 2.0 revolution to better an organization and serve our constituencies. The tools will allow an organization and its staff to work more productively, communicate more effectively, and reduce costs.

We are happy to provide the community with this tool and hope everyone uses it and finds it helpful, as well.

—Brigitte Matsuoka