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Halloween 2011 Roundup
I’m deeply disappointed in you. Let’s just get that out of the way, shall we? This year’s Halloween noted a stark drop off from April Fools Day shenanigans on university home pages by my measure. We...
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Conferencepalooza
Everybody loves a good conference. The nights out can certainly be even better. And there’s a killer chance to do some networking. However, if we want to preach breaking down silos internally, I think...
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[Results] Higher Ed CMS Usage Survey, 2011
The time has come. After a month of data collection, we are ready to release unto you the results of our largest survey to date. When the dust settled, nearly 500 schools had responded to this year’s...
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Why You Should Ignore Pinterest (for now)
Blame Travis over at EMG for this article – he pulled me into this question on Facebook about what higher ed should be doing about Pinterest. It was something that shouldn’t have riled me up, and yet...
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Dear John…
Dear John, It’s not you, it’s me. At the same time, it almost seems oddly fitting that I tell you all this just before my birthday. 2011 was a somewhat complicated year for me, professionally. I...
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Why Higher Ed Sucks at Content Strategy
Let’s face it, higher ed has problems. They have a lot of problems. Whether it’s bad coding, poor graphic design, or a lack of upkeep, someone is always talking about something that’s not working and...
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Rethinking the UX of the Program Listing
Take a moment and think about your listing of majors and minors. Really think about it. Is it good? Does it reflect how great your offerings are? Is it even accurate? Is it just a stupid, boring,...
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Announcing the 3 the HEWEB Way Campaign
As many of you know, Jeff Stevens and I have been interested in finding ways helping folks in the higher ed web community for some time now. And over the past couple years, discussions have occurred...
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Are You Being Used?
Have you heard of Fiverr yet? Fiverr is a service that launched back in February of 2010 as a tool for people to sell simple goods and services for five bucks. Maybe that’s planting a tree in your...
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Introducing to the winners of 3 the HEWEB Way!
As many of you know, Jeff Stevens and myself recently worked with the higher ed community to help raise funds for three scholarships to send new people to the HighEdWeb Conference in Milwaukee. Not...
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OTC Goes Bold With Redesign
I want to extend a sincere congratulations to the folks at Ozarks Technical Community College on their redesign. It is probably one of the single most brave things I’ve seen a college do with their...
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A Special Thanks From Three the HEWEB Way
Well, it’s that time folks. HighEdWeb 2012 is now upon us, and thanks to the generous donations of many of you, we were able to help send three lucky folks there who would not have been able to go...
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Keeping Your Kitchen in Order
I know you don’t want to admit it, but we all know that you love Kitchen Nightmares as much as I do. I actually enjoy cooking shows of all sorts and like applying their lessons to my somewhat limited...
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Really Why Django and Rails CMS Are So Rare
A little bit ago, this article - Why Django and Rails CMS Are So Rare - came across my radar. Being that I pay a lot of attention to content management systems, I was intrigued. After reading it, I...
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Late Night Student Lifecycle Management Chat
Good morning everybody! This is a bit of a different thing, but I wanted to share it out nonetheless. Late last night, @EricStoller and @PetePereira were itching to do some chatting about a higher ed...
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