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Observations while on vacation in MichiganCan higher education produce better/faster startups?Children hold your calendar hostage during cold and flu seasonThe iPad won't suck...All events have their audience but...A Startup Week at VeloCity: stop talking, just do somethingLooking at a decade and what I learned2009
My Ignite Waterloo presentation: unconferencesPresenting Baby steps in an Agile world at WatITis2009VeloCity and a Centre for Student InnovationEntrepreneur week 2009 reflection: talent, money, opportunityFinding out what is going on in WaterlooBeing an entrepreneur is like being on a varsity teamHiring a co-op? Some things to think about...Thoughts on the HighEdWeb 2009 experienceIntroducing my side project: TribeHRWhat we do right in WaterlooUW logo woes continue, institutional culture roles alongVeloCity 101 on September 19thPlanning a fall term at VeloCityAre committees overused in higher ed?Branding in Higher Ed - observations during #uwlogogateShort-sighted customer service moment from a car dealershipCanada 3.0: Day 2 impressionsCanada 3.0 Conference: Day 1 impressionTest driving the Cheverlot Traverse on my Twitter Test DriveStartupCampWaterloo number 6!Higher ed web @ CornellAssociate Director of VeloCityFeeling Cynical about Web Accessibility and Standards?A lesson parenthood teaches, have fun.Web Development team roles in an agile processMy current view on things posted on the webDo you still launch a website? Really?Understanding what research, education, and training is in a Higher Ed contextIs a Higher Education (r)evolution required?How do you deal with a mess in your CSS?Tackling the biggest problem in Higher EducationLooking back at 2008 and forward to 20092008
Raphaella Elizabeth Murphy-RodgersSimplelog dies because of RedClothRIM needs to 'get' the webLooking for a ASP.NET/jQuery typeContent or design in higher education web sites?Handing over leadership of an organization in higher edStartupCampWaterloo: it is about the communityValidate check box data in railsStudents and campus email problem #42Waterloo Co-op students... Come work with me!What mobile development strategy makes sense?Blog for staff at U of WaterlooNumber 1 issue when trying to build an enterprise 2.0 apps: early stage user involvementScience 2.0 online tools? Join the conversation in Toronto on SundaySwitching jobs within a higher ed institution... good or bad idea after 12 months?How can Microformats help Higher EducationSummer lazinessiPhone 3G data use a week later: perhaps original Rogers plans were based on research?A look at Microformats for Higher EducationiPhone 3G, I got one but why?Thoughts on graduate level distance education, part 3: time and rewardA scrum for the mixed front-end team?Thoughts on graduate level distance education, part 2: the softwareTODCon 2008: hot and humid web geek talkThoughts on graduate level distance education, part 1Public beta of Dreamweaver 'next'StartupCampWaterloo3 on Tuesday June 3rdFido offers UMA serviceMy daycare observations and experience so farMoving servers: doneShort vacation over... need some more!Finished a masters today...Release and testing procedures (in higher education)Testing out scribefire and Firefox 3Community events! BarCamp, DesignCamp, DemoCamp!Long day of coding, rethinking, repeatThe relevance of accessibility and AJAX to software engineers?StartupCampWaterloo2: focus your ideas and do your researchDeveloping local startups with Waterloo co-op studentsStartupCampWaterloo2 on February 26thA community apart?Memoires of a lapdog8 things you didn't know about me... maybeU of Waterloo announces VeloCityWhat a wild year its been2007
Technology decisions limited by ability to support usersBBC homepage redesignUWSA Town hall thoughts: policies, strategies, and growthStartUpCamps seem to be well recievedCampus Conferences: WatITis and Power of IDEASiPhone: its the user experience... not inventionPatterns in higher education home page HTMLCSS framework discusssion: right brain thinker meet left brain thinkerEvaluating web page content patterns for Microformats: the problemEducation not important? Come'on 37SignalsiPhone proves Canada's mobile carriers suckDreamweaver CS3 crashes with daylight savings timeLeopard, VM Ware, Vista, XP, Spaces, oh myFostering a community driven frameworkStartupCampWaterloo October 23rd at the Accelerator CentreBaby research: where do percentiles come from?Building a UI from blocks: background and approachZoomii: more of a bookstore feel for AmazonPlaying with posting and site designBrowser stats for fall term: IE below 70% at UWContribute CPS issue with email address changesAn update from the TC, lower level: BarCampWaterloo, StartupCampWaterloo, oh myStarting with a new blogSite update to suit new roleThings I would have liked to have started/finishedBarCamping in Waterloo Region this FallYup, got a new job on campusContribute Publishing Server and changing your server passwordaideRSS: A Waterloo start-up worth watchingA Year with Ruby on Rails: Advantages, Drawbacks, and Lessons LearnedThinking about an API: communication hub?Updated International siteCustom mobile web apps continue to appear for iPhoneOpera Mini 4 beta - a useful cross platform browserMissing a week... quick update: TODCon, RubyForge, oh myIn Vegas for TODCon 07Troubleshooting for the Contribute AdminIntroducing UW ChatterCommunity: TODCON, CANHEIT, DemoCampGuelph, and a Design Camp WaterlooSocial networks as a tool for campus securityBarCampWaterloo this weekend (May 12)Waterloo Facebook network has nearly 22,000 membersThe "I'm so busy" post of random things...Looking at Virginia Tech's Web responseFourth BarCampWaterloo - May 12thIt is naked day again!For the sake of my developing RSI - one profile please!Waterloo turns off Internet, cites security concernsDeepfish browser, a better experience coming for mobile devices?Adobe announces a bunch of stuff... but I like the Web Suite the most!UW Opinion goes liveCreating a mobile version of a static siteUW Events updated to version 2.0Need some UW folks to help with testingServer side sniffing in PHP for mobile devicesBrowser usage for February 2007: three browsers to test, no VistaAdobe CS3 March 27thLessons from the three BarCampsBarCampWaterloo reminder: It's tomorrow!BarCampWaterloo reminder: It's this weekend!New UW Events ready for testingFirst month of mobile bills: very little data usageBarCampWaterloo March 3rdMobile apps: what else do you want to do with your phone?Web or Software development? What does the modern student think?Toronto school board thinking about banning mobile phonesNokia E62 on Oracle Calendar via syncMLA baby boy!Browser usage for January 2007: IE 7 is 23%Student 'Scholarships' for Web Directions NorthMobile technology pilot project beginsServer has the flueduweb buzz guest blogging...Looking back at 2006, looking forward to 20072006
What a term... Fall 2006 summaryAdobe offers holiday gifts: Photoshop CS3 Beta and CSS Advisor BetaIE 7 is up to 16% of IE users on campus sites, Firefox is still 21%Microformats in Education: course catalog research startsBarCampWaterloo take two: good times had by allMoble Web Browsing Experience on the Blackberry PearlMicrosoft offering Virtual PC images to help out web developers24ways is back!Ack... it's almost December!Why sites break in IE 7...BarCampWaterloo take two: Dec 5th, 2006UW home page stats snapshot: Browsers and platforms from Nov 05 and Nov 06Expanding UW Events - planningComment moderation is on because...Applying social web tools in your researchSome initial thoughts on "Apollo"Time is up, MAX 2006 is a wrapHalf time report from MAX 2006: Mobile, Flash, AJAX, Video, IntegrationAdobe MAX 2006: travel day, why am I going?IE 7 is outIE 7 on its way this month?Getting ready for MAX 2006 - Vegas!Adobe Contribute 4 is releasedUniversity of Colorado at Denver course management AJAXBarCampWaterloo wrap-upBarCampWaterloo is today, UW Expo and Homecoming tomorrowAdobe is looking for a student AmbassadorWinter co-op job in CPA!Webstandards war reports: who doesn't yet 'get' webstandards and accessibility?Short note on Penn State's iTunes U pilotBarCampWaterloo update: planningAdobe buys InteraktHere is what we did this summerMicroformats overview posted in placesIE 7 RC 1 and a list of what to expect: UW's stuff is ok I thinkBrown breaks the mold with their new siteBarCampWaterloo is a go! September 29th!IDEAS conference wrapped upDjango in higher ed - the course calendar/cateloguePower of IDEAS conference with Joe Clark and Derek FeatherstoneGet ready for IE 7 because it is coming automagicallyUWdir authetication in WordPressGone fishing... posting should be slow over the summerBarCamp in Waterloo?Microformats in Education wikiLooking for a co-op student in the fall termTwo new apps ready for testing: CPA Search, UW EventsUniversity of Calgary goes with Drupal for CMSNew version of Spry on Adobe Labs, now with hijax?uwaterloo.ca visualizationNew Daily Bulletin todayBe careful installing Adobe CS2 on a new Macbook (Pro) for nowContribute for CMS at OUCC in GuelphNew CPA search version 3 ready for testingBack from TODCon 8Down at TODCon 8University of Colorado at Denver testing a new course plannerSpry AJAX framework from Abode LabsDreamweaver 8.02 update - active content fix?AJAX and screenreaders - could Flash make it better?No reboot on May 1st for meKnow your audience, not your web siteDurham College redesign is looking for feedback on current (old) designUsability data making me crazyIE 7 list-item whitespace issue: not a big deal but annoyingBite Size Standards... yum.Simple IE ActiveX workaround experiencesNorth campus is starting to come aliveLooking for feedback on people search API'sBoot Camp: Windows on a MacThe naked CLF: this is what all UW web sites really look likeIt has been two years since this blog appeared, now what?Webstandards.to evening with Matt MullenwegWondering what microformats are?Speaking at TODCON 8IE 7 beta 2 is out with CSS fixes!Co-op job at Adobe in OttawaGoogle search API issuesUniversities in Canada and Web StandardsNew Webstandards.org: "The Buzz is Black"MapSurface, kinda coolPodcasts and Accessibility in Education Part 1: Identifying the issueDigesting 'podcasts' in educationiPods in Education - OCAD Event: Panel discussioniPods in Education - OCAD event: Harvard UniversityiPods in Education - OCAD event: Georgia College and State UniversityiPods in Education - presentation at OCADContribute Publishing Server is still around and that is goodGoogle buys Measuremap?Lectures in podcasts at WaterlooWeb standards in WaterlooRecent web design stuffWhat do students look for in campus web jobs?15 minutes with IE 7 beta 2 and I am glad it's still betaMore podcasting with the help of iTunes U'Wacky' Web Site Causes Odd Response on a US campusElection night and Canadian news sites feel the pinchDreamweaver 8.01 updateContribute is eating my PHPTips for working with Co-op students on web projectsMIT's homepage discussion on UIEPredictions and more predictions... meh2005
End of fall 2005 termHow did I do with 2005 web predictions?24ways.org is worth watching this monthA day of WatITis in 2005Comparing user tracking and log files, 24ways, odds and endsWeb Professionalism buzz and DreamweaverXHTML, CSS, Dreamweaver templates, and ContributeUsability test take twoUpdate for web.uwaterloo.ca and search documentationWhat looks like temp files in Dreamweaver 8 file panel on OS X.4Updated look, againCSS and XHTML observations with the CLFNext term's Co-op in CPA is...Digesting MAX 2005MAX 2005 Day 3 round up - Dreamweaver 8, Randy Mode Rendering, and AJAXMAX 2005 Day 2 round up - sneaks, peaks, and DisneylandMAX 2005 Day 1 round up - Flex, Flash, and labsOff to MAX 2005 in AnahiemSearch finished, designfest.ca, miniMAX, and turkey dayStudio 8 edu version at the CHIP, notes on installWeb 2.0, has it been and gone?Problems with new search v2.0Return of the keywordsDreamweaver 8 changes relative link management in templates, workaround is hereA little introduction of myself...Big to-do list, care to add something?Blog authoring in Contribute or access to content stored in a database?Testing a search application with the Google API: part twoSummer co-ops back at school, thanks for the help, and check out Fine ArtsTesting a search application with the Google APIOdd error 404 caused by print.cssWaSP - Dreamweaver Task Force memberCentering web pages: still easy?Home page usability study final report for April 2005 studyDreamweaver 8 is announced along with Studio 8White space strikes backShwag, Tchotchkes, Cool MM StuffCentering and CLF CSS take twoLinks while away"I don't use UW Web Pages"Protecting Email Addresses from Malicious SpidersCentering web pages... the easy wayAccessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act becomes Law in OntarioAcccessibility and JavaScript from a UW AlumniPage updates to do yetMacromedia joins up with EclipseNew look for the blogMaintaining Database Content with PHP, Contribute, and DreamweaverAttempted update, some thoughts, some linksCSS to shake your finger atLet the games begin - Home page changedA Beta Home Page: part 3, the layoutA Beta home page: part 2, how scripting makes it betterA Beta Home Page: part 1, the scriptingSafari passes Acid2!Browser war, how have I missed thee.Firefox growth at UW: April 2005 editionDevelopment... design... testing... make it stop.Adobe buys Macromedia: blogs on fireTalk of Tiger featuresWhile working on a new home page...PHP/mySQL and passwordsUW Co-op student looking for web work this summer?Slashdot today: Nasty cookies, RubyA usability study, please sign upThinking about switching your site to includes?Care to test a form?Note to self: do not override checked out files from laptopLong weekend readingWhat a short strange week it has been.IE annoyed me today... again.Collection of references for the daySXSW coverage of coverageNetscape 8 = Firefox 1.0 + IE 6Browser stats on a few UW sitesTrying to wrap your head around the CLF?IE quirk, web management, Lt3 blogsMuch ado about Web StandardsNew Common Look and Feel for UWIE 7 is going to be real? Who woulda thunk it?Heading Elements, Semantics, and the XHTML templateWhole lotta usability linksLinks for WednesdayThought on usability testingCall for papers - Web Communications and Strategies ConferenceUsability, Canadian copyright, bye bye IE 5.5Update Movable Type nowRuby on rails roles alongTa-da! Friday accessibility!Thinking about navigationFirefox quickies: Developer extension and JawsMonday madness!Design: mock ups, blindess, and learningThoughts for 20052004
Hard packed fun: sIFR updatedA note for the day: update phpBB and KISS'n a templateCSS and breaking thingsAbout this blogWatITis round-upTis the season to think about user experiencePaper publications, Web publication, Roles and Project ManagementIt has been a short weekParty weekendWhy would you be running IE 5.5?Firefox 1.0, changing times, an Engineering siteMAX: post-mortemDown at MAX - updated and doneBears eat those who don't follow web standardsNavigating AccessibilityTip of the hat to ISTWeb as a platform, web development gets seriousOff to grab a coffee.Calling a style sheet that is not there (Safari bug updated)From testing and development to productionShort weekTurkey weekend...More spreading of FirefoxCooperation, Content Management, and copy that sucks.Browsers.. from ArsWeekend readingFirefox and it's growthNew search engine from Amazon - A9min-height: argh!Left side of the road...Summer wrap upWhen publishing URL's on paperIE 7 - is there hope for CSS?Strictly speaking...CSS perspectivesThe staging areastuck in an airportPort forwarding...Off I goenter the blogPage designDreamweaver MX 2004 update - 7.01Defensive Design for the WebLink CheckerCSS to usePresentations this term