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Enrollment Management update 3/1/07

Enroll-A-Tron 3042:
In what appears to be the first viral video aimed at Enrollment Management Directors / Admissions Directors, Frank Meester debuts the “Enroll-A-Tron 3042.” The device is
guaranteed to help enrollment management professionals recruit and retain students at an amazing 100% retention rate. The video is pretty funny and it will be interesting to see […]

Gender disparity in web conferences

Jason Kottke has an excellent post about the gender disparity amongst several of the most popular (successful?) web conferences and their featured speakers.
Women make up less than 25% of the featured speakers at the majority of the conferences (TED, PopTech, An Event Apart Boston 2007, Future of Web Apps - San Francisco, etc) […]

Glacéau + Racist Voicemail Redux

A week ago I blogged about Glacéau’s racist voicemail message. Upon publishing the post, which included an audio recording of the voicemail, I received an interesting comment from Lauren.

i called too after reading your comments… just to see what kind of response i would get. they sent me the following:
we’re sorry to hear our […]

The University of Tennessee Website

The University of Tennessee recently re-designed their primary web pages. The new page design is very accessible, user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing and it’s optimized for search engines. Pages were coded using standards-based design techniques. Their use of cascading style sheets to “style” the homepage is gorgeous and accessible for users with visual impairments. Kudos to […]

Co-facilitating a CSSA class

I co-facilitated a College Student Services Administration (CSSA) class at Oregon State University today. Jessica White and Chris White are teaching a course on Technology Issues in Higher Education. Jessica and I presented an edited version of our “Blogs and Student Learning” presentation. After an hour on blogs, blogging, rss, etc., Chris and I […]

Solidarity Design Network

The Solidarity Design Network has been resurrected!
The SDN is a collective of web and print designers and developers who are dedicated to sharing their knowledge with the masses.
Chris invited me to participate…Kevin is already on board…and more folks are on the way. I can’t wait to see the evolution of the Solidarity Design Network […]

Line Rider: Trading Lines and .Sol’s

Line Rider is an amazing online toy that is a combination of precision illustration, luck and sledding. Vegankid and I were wondering if we could turn Line Rider into a social experience. Sort of like a Line Rider version of PhotoShop Tennis.

Thus, Line Rider Badminton™ was created. The easiest way to play Line Rider […]

Apple iPhone

Apple introduced the iPhone today. The iPhone is an ipod, cellphone, and internet device. The only downside is that Cingular is the cell service provider. Apple has partnered with both Google (Maps) and Yahoo (push-IMAP email) for the iPhone. I’ve dubbed the partnership, AppGooYa.
Tags: Misc. Technology, technology

Technology Knowledge Community 2.0

The NASPA Technology Knowledge Community has been resurrected!
Kudos to Leslie Dare, Kevin Guidry, et al. Leslie and Kevin, the new community co-chairs, are working on recruiting additional Technology Knowledge Community leaders/members. I am already virtually in line for TKC 2.0 membership
Tags: Higher Education, Misc. Technology, student affairs technology, technology

SEO, Threadless, Smog, Leprechauns

A primer on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) at ProBlogger.
My new Threadless tees:

Haikus are easy
Lost a wheel
Loch Ness Imposter

A building in Rome that eats smog
Do you believe in leprechauns?
Kevin likes technology AND student affairs
Blogs and Books can change Admissions policies

Tags: admissions, blogging, google, Higher Education, Misc. Technology, technology