After spending the last 3 months on temporary hiatus, I’m preparing to hit the speaking trail with several new talks this spring. (I have three more talks scheduled that I will add to my upcoming speaking engagements page once the details have been finalized.)  Here is my current schedule: EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Online Regional Conference February  Read more »

Over the course of my blogging career I have made it a point to steer clear of politics. I have no desire to participate in any political discourse until civility returns. However, I will make an exception in support of #sopa.  Much has been written

I am pleased to announce the launch of the Digital Governance Journal. The DGJ will be an evolving forum for the discussion of digital strategy and governance issues focusing on specific senior management concerns affecting all indust

The 2011 HighEdWeb Conference held this week in Austin was a great experience.  Here is my very personal “top 10″ list of favorite moments: 10.  Being able to play Stevie Ray Vaughan for my pre-session music almost within sight of his memorial s

It all started back on July 12, 2005, the day I saved my first bookmark on delicious.  delicio.us, as it was known back then, was the first Web 2.0 tool that really made my life easier. Saving bookmarks to the cloud instead of individual computers w

Two important news items came across my desk yesterday that has me thinking again about the flattening of higher education, something I started writing about back in 2007.  My use of the word “flattened” comes from Tom Friedman’s book The