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.
Sweet Briar the Latest College to Get Flattened
I have been talking about higher education getting flattened for several years. My use of the word “flattened” comes from Tom Friedman’s book The World is Flat and is defined as “When the impact of the Internet and globalization render and industry unrecognizable, and...
A New Design and a New Approach
Over the past few days I have been in a soft launch of a new design to this website. It was long overdue. The last time the site was redesigned was in 2009 and it had come to look very outdated. It also wasn't optimized for mobile. Mobile traffic on my site has...
Pardon Our Dust
This week I will be making a long overdue update to the design of this site. As I make the transition to the new design there will probably be a few things that are not working correctly. As long as there are no unexpected complications, I expect the site to be back...
Customer Service and the WWW
This week I am moving into a new office space. For the record, this will be my 12th office in the 28 years I have worked at UB. While packing my files I came across the program for the 1997 AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) Conference....