Skidmore introduced shortly before I arrived as Executive Director of Communications in 2007.

In support of this brand, I became fixated
on the idea of establishing Smartacus as a showcase for student work performed in the public interest. I had snagged Smartacus.com during the dot-com era and felt compelled to find a good use for it. I saw great potential in the collaborative power of Basecamp.

Ten years after I took an early retirement to see where