The DePauw community now has a new way to interact online and promote school pride thanks to the Facebook application Trinkon.Trinkon, an application designed to help organizations engage their members or followers, is an organization that sets up a shop containing information about the organization and links to organizational web pages. It contains branded Trinkons, which are virtual gifts, for people to send to each other via Facebook.Through this new social media outlet, people can exchange branded DePauw Trinkons and interact with friends while promoting DePauw.
The project is led by computer science professor Dave Berque and includes a team of DePauw students and alumni, including juniors Jimmy Burgess and Vedant Singhania of the Information Technology Associates Program (ITAP).Federal Officials Announce $16 million in Grants to Bolster Community Health Clinics in Wisconsin.Burgess and Singhania began working on the web application last fall, and have been focusing on creating an Anroid application this semester. They will continue working on the project next semester.Freshman Troy Holleman has created some of the Trinkons that people are able to send. He said he enjoyed getting the opportunity to create something that will be utilized.
"I had a lot of fun designing Trinkons for Dave's app," Holleman said. "I tried to think of what I would like to give or get as an online gift on Facebook, and then create the Trinkon based on that. Working on the app has been a great experience, and I'm excited to see my design online soon."Berque created the idea and initial discussions with the university for the Facebook application began in April 2011. In February, a beta version was released on Facebook to invited members only. The program was opened to the public about two weeks ago.
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