http://www.beingedu.com/ en Copyright 2005 Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:46:24 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Movable Type 3.2 was released this morning by the team at Six Apart. The new release has a wealth of features designed to make blogging even easier and smarter.]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/08/movable_type_32.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/08/movable_type_32.html Blogging Thu, 25 Aug 2005 22:46:24 -0800 Basecamp and then further tweaked by Adam Michela into the Fade Anything Technique (FAT). Max has taken that and adapted it into his blog. Read more about it in his post Designing With AJAX: CSS and AJAX Web page Transition.]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/08/ajax_fade_anyth.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/08/ajax_fade_anyth.html AJAX Wed, 17 Aug 2005 04:00:31 -0800 "Time to Check: Are you using the right blogging tool?" is a great starting point if you're new to blogs or looking for a blog software comparison chart. ]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/07/choosing_bloggi.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/07/choosing_bloggi.html Blogging Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:41:20 -0800 Blogdex) has launched a survey about blogs at the MIT Media Lab, so if you're a blogger, click on over and take 15 minutes to voice your opinions and participate in community research. ]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/07/survey_about_we.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/07/survey_about_we.html Blogging Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:31:17 -0800 technorati for content on education and blogs, I came across this interesting post at a blog called Allison's Notions. The writer emphasizes the need to design appropriately for the platforms that your audience uses and for his or her specific methods of delivery. ]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/06/designing_for_t.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/06/designing_for_t.html Strategy Wed, 22 Jun 2005 00:49:27 -0800 Since I started designing websites for universities and colleges in 1996, I've had numerous conversations about design, both with those on the inside (administrators, marketing communications directors, admissions counselors, information technology teams, webmasters and developers, designers, vice presidents, CIOs, alumni, faculty) as well as those on the outside (students, parents, the community, business leaders, consultants, people on the street). http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/06/dont_just_make.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/06/dont_just_make.html Design Fri, 10 Jun 2005 02:08:17 -0800 The most recent redesign of the Middlebury College external website deserves mention for its new tableless CSS markup and 508 compliancy. The new site has a decidedly more marketing-oriented and friendly design. http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/got_tableless.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/got_tableless.html Tableless CSS Sites Tue, 31 May 2005 17:17:58 -0800 If you're a school that wants to start a blog for reasons of recruitment, communication, academic voice, strategic planning, or community-buiding, but you've been hesitant to, I feel your pain. I used to work for a "marketing communications consulting firm in higher education" where they once recommended an admissions-focused blog for a client with a $30,000 price tag for implementation. No wonder the client ran for the door. http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/over-inflated_p.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/over-inflated_p.html Blogging Thu, 26 May 2005 01:59:16 -0800 Basecamp, we were excited to try out 37signals' personal information manager, Backpack. A lot of applications have claimed to be online organizers, but Backpack is the first web app that really comes close to being a true web-based brain. ]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/backpack_organi.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/backpack_organi.html Technology Fri, 13 May 2005 20:26:03 -0800 Most colleges and universities have an IT department that deals with incoming spam to your school. However, If you're a department or administrative webmaster you may have noticed you still get spam to the email addresses on your site. Or worse, administrators or professors complain to you that they do. http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/decrease_colleg.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/decrease_colleg.html Technology Thu, 12 May 2005 19:44:52 -0800 flickr yet, it's the perfect time to visit, sign up for a free account, and start photo-sharing, photoblogging, and using one of the most user-friendly web applications available today. If you're a school, read on for some ideas on what your admissions office or alumni association might do with Flickr.]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/flickr_your_sch.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/flickr_your_sch.html Photography Thu, 12 May 2005 02:08:22 -0800 dithered.com which has all known CSS filters. Unfortunately, I could not locate one that filtered for Safari only. ]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/filtering_your.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/filtering_your.html CSS Tue, 10 May 2005 21:39:33 -0800 blog software chart comparing features of various user-installed (not hosted) blog software packages.]]> http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/blog_software_c.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/05/blog_software_c.html Blogging Mon, 02 May 2005 19:08:57 -0800 Consolidated links to websites, essays, resources, and tools related to web standards. http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/04/web_standards_r.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/04/web_standards_r.html Web Standards Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:36:52 -0800 Consolidated links to websites, essays, resources, and tools related to usability. http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/04/getting_started_1.html http://www.beingedu.com/archives/2005/04/getting_started_1.html Accessibility Fri, 22 Apr 2005 22:28:39 -0800