Mark’s Blog
Sharing thoughts and observations on the state of higher education web development and higher education since 2006. The views and opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily reflect those of any current or previous employer.

I’m Back: markgr.com is Back Up and Running
Well that was fun. Since Early April I have been experiencing severe problems with this site. It started when the login button on the WordPress login page disappeared, something I had never seen before in all my years of working with WordPress. So for the past...
A Call to Action for Higher Ed to Get Digital Right
I'm happy to announce that I will be keynoting the 2017 OmniUpdate User Training Conference which is being held in San Diego on April 2 -6. The title of my talk is "Why the Web Matters - A Call to Action for Higher Ed to Get Digital Right". Here is the full...
Book Review: The Enrollment Growth Playbook
I recently had the opportunity to read The Enrollment Growth Playbook, a free resource from Helix Education. Higher education institutions face the daunting task of recruiting students in a hyper-competitive market and this book does an excellent job of laying the...
Guerilla Usability and More at @eduwebconf
In two weeks I'll be making the trek back to my old stomping grounds in Denver for the 2016 eduWeb Digital Summit which is running from August 1-4. I will be teaching a morning workshop on August 1st on "Guerilla UCD: A Practical Approach to User Centered Design"....
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