Archive | April, 2008

UWEBD Now Has 700 Members

The uwebd social site hit another milestone today with the addition of the 700th member. Activity on the site continues to grow at a steady rate. There are now 36 groups, 18 videos, and 256 discussions in the main forum. Over the past month, we’ve had 4,608 visits, 19,953 page views, and visits from 80  Read more »

What are the new “Emerging Technologies”?

In 2005 I gave my first presentation on “Emerging Technologies” and talked about RSS, blogs, wikis and podcasts. Given the exponential change of the web, calling these emerging technologies today seems behind the times As we look down the road, I’

We Think, Therefore We Are

Here’s another excellent video on how the Internet is changing society. I particularly like the following quote: In the past, you were what you owned. Now, you are what you share. Put another way, we are seeing a move from hoa

Will Higher Ed Websites Become Irrelevant?

Jeremiah Owyang is one of my favorite commentators on Social Media. I have been thinking about his post Web Strategy: How to evolve your irrelevant corporate website for quite some time and if this is applicable to higher ed sites. The basic premi

Job Opening – Come Join Me in Buffalo

(Please note that this post is slightly off-topic) I am in the process of hiring another staff member to join our team at the University at Buffalo (UB). For those of you not familiar with UB, we are a large, public research university with over 2

eduWeb Conference

Registration for the 2008 eduWeb Conference is now open. The conference is scheduled for July 21-23 at the Trump Marina Hotel in Atlantic City. The conference program is also available. In addition to giving the opening keynote speech, I will be co