HighEdWebTech

A Middle Eastern Look at Facebook Usage

Mike — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:24:00 +0000

Last week, I blogged about a guest post I did for Brian Kelly’s UK Web Focus about how we use Facebook here in the US. That post got a great comment from Gregory Morris, who works at German Jordanian University in Amann, Jordan. It’s an interesting look at what schools in that region are doing [...]

Live from the WhippleHill Conference

Mike — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:00:53 +0000

I’m in Boston today to participate in 2 sessions at the WhippleHill User Conference. At 8:30 am EST, I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on social media. The panel will be broadcast live on uStream. You can follow along here. Later in the morning, I’ll be presenting a session on how to monitor and maintain [...]

Guest Post on UK Web Focus

Mike — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:55:00 +0000

One of the areas I’m interested in when it comes to higher ed web development and social media is how these technologies are being used in colleges and universities around the world. Brian Kelly, who runs UK Web Focus, asked me to blog about how we’re using technologies like Facebook here in the US when it [...]

Amazon adds Cloudfront to their web console

Mike — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:02:35 +0000

I love Amazon S3. It’s so versatile and can fill a multitude of roles in your web work flow. Need secure backup? Check. Need to create a shared space across multiple computers and locations? Check. Need a place to quickly serve your videos, graphics, CSS, podcasts, javascript and more? Check. One complaint I read about [...]

How to add a custom tab to your Facebook fan page

Mike — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:13:20 +0000

Since I led a webinar this week about Twitter and Facebook usage this week for HigherEdHero, I’ve received a lot of questions from folks wanting to know how we added a custom tab to my institution’s fan page. I thought it’d be a worthwhile blog post to show you how we did it, and [...]

Twitter: Your Instant Feedback Machine

Mike — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Yesterday, I presented a webinar for HigherEdHero dealing with social media – focusing on Twitter and Facebook. Nothing earth-shattering there, but I found myself quickly turning to Twitter get feedback not only after the presentation but often during it. Here are a few mentions from yesterday, some of which were posted during the presentation. I’ve followed [...]

Have you eaten your own dog food?

Mike — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 13:25:10 +0000

I’m at Smith College this weekend presenting a session on the cloud and Amazon Web Services at NITLE’s Information Services Camp. Even though I came in Wednesday and am leaving today, I’ve had the chance to meet and share with so many great technology folks from colleges around the country. I even got to spend [...]

8 Secrets of Success

Mike — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:10:04 +0000

I’m in Boston for the penultimate session of NERCOMP and Educause’s IT Leaders training series. It was another great day dealing with conflict management and career planning. The career planning session really hit home and the facilitators, Colleen Wheeler of Wheaton College and Eric Bird of Mass. College of Art and Design presented some dynamite content. [...]

WolframAlpha and your college’s website

Mike — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:27:36 +0000

WolframAlpha is a new search engine that launched last week to much fanfare. It’s not a search engine like Google – it doesn’t return pages and pages of details, instead it provides you with detailed answers to questions you ask it. Want to do complex math? No problem, after all Wolfram also developed Mathematica. [...]

IWMW 2009 Event Open For Bookings

Mike — Mon, 11 May 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The Institutional Web Management Workshop takes place July 28-30, 2009 at the University of Essex in Colchester. The program has been announced and it looks like a great event, and I’m not just saying that because yours truly is crossing the pond to speak. Brian Kelly, one of the organizers, blogged this last week about [...]