Last Thursday’s Web Advisory Meeting set records in attendance as well as in length (My apologies. I resolve to keep shorter next time).
Thank you to all who attended.
In addition to a review of the creative concepts mStoner, our Web design partner, proposed for union.edu, the group had a free-ranging discussion about online policies (and more specifically the lack thereof) and the way forward to a better Web-based events calendar. Sadly, by meeting’s end I was left with the unmistakable impression that aspects of the college’s culture presents a formidable hurtle to realizing either. Continue Reading »
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Yep, it’s that time.
This may go over like a skunk at the garden party in some warrens, but it’s long past time for a conversation about “Web site policies” to govern things like editorial style, design and information architecture among other things. No, I am not a control freak. But I resolutely believe that clear and enforceable content and design standards are vital if the integrity of a newly redesigned union.edu is to be preserved. Continue Reading »
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The echoes of corks popping (and carbonated apple cider being the beverage of choice) still reverberate, yet already noses are pressed firmly to the digital grindstone.
Here is a broad outline of our ambitious agenda. And much of the following is weighted towards the first part of the new year for completion. Continue Reading »
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What better time than the waning days of winter break to re-read (or perhaps, read for the first time) the following posts that I think are especially relevant to the union.edu “Reboot?” Continue Reading »
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Steve Dare’s (VP College Relations) gilded prose now lights up the blogosphere.
Alright…admittedly over-the-top, but I just can’t help myself.
Perhaps it’s all this holiday cheer that’s got me waxing so enthusiastically: The beauty of the winter-inflected campus, the college’s holiday parties, the soul-stirring music… Continue Reading »
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As in the case with higher education in general, cultural adaption of a Web content management system (“cms”) here at Union is a mixed bag: 1) Some have grudgingly come to terms with it. 2) For some dental surgery is a more attractive alternative. 3) And then there are the artistically-inclined among us (we are a liberal arts college after all) that view “cms” as an opportunity to give full expression to their inner muses (see my “Painting Between the Lines” post). Continue Reading »
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This post is addressed to you alumni out there, a group I have not involved nearly enough our conversation about Union’s digital future.
Today I’m going to try to rectify some of that. Continue Reading »
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Apologies for a month of sparse blogging.
Allow me to make amends with this brief update on the status of union.edu’s “Reboot:”
Our creative partner, mStoner, is hard at work fine-tuning design concepts for the new site. And let me emphasize at this stage, they’re just that—concepts.
These are our starting points; not what the final site will look like exactly. Continue Reading »
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Aspiring and professional photographers that use Flickr are encouraged to submit their pics of our bucolic campus warrens to our new Flickr Group. Subject matter? People, places and things both iconic and off-the-beaten-path. Photographs that make the cut will be celebrated on our homepage (that’s union.edu in case you forgot). Sorry no cash prizes in these cash-starved times but hey, maybe I will consider lunch on me at Reamer. Continue Reading »
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