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HEH 24: How I Learned to Love the (Ginger Beer) Bomb
07/08/2017 Duración: 01h03minPeople keep uploading HUGE images, so we chat about the best ways to handle automatically optimizing them via the various CMS tools. We also dip into usability and card sorting exercises. Ken has an issue with people uploading non-optimized LARGE images. What’s the best way to deal with that? Img tag can use “srcset” which... Read more »
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HEH 23: Don’t Let Your Dog Eat Poo
28/07/2017 Duración: 51minTonight the topics center around outside vendors and products for various tasks at our universities. We cover digital marketing, scholarship searches, chat and events calendars. We also touch on strategic planning. What outside vendors do you use? GVSU: Siteimprove GVSU: google and FB ads consultant provide a report for digital advertising UALR: digital marketing buyer... Read more »
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HEH 22: Inject this into your SQL!
21/07/2017 Duración: 55minTonight the High Ed Hangout gents talk about security and what they’re doing to make their sites more secure. They also chat about rolling out new features and updating their CMS. Possible SQL injection attack on GVSU reported by a student Security offices in all of our separate universities who look for this. UALR has... Read more »
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HEH 21: I Just Wish It Was Bulbous at One End
15/06/2017 Duración: 01h04minThe gents chat about current books they are reading and then talk about what (non-computer) hardware they use for home, media, health and more. What books are we currently reading? What hardware do you use? Amazon Echo Smartthings Home Control Ken built an echo with a Raspberry Pi Nest Thermostat Automatic bluetooth connector for car... Read more »
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HEH 20: 4 + Joe: The Podcast Podcast
09/06/2017 Duración: 58minThis episode is the podcast podcast (how meta!). The gang shares their favorite podcasts that span the gamut on topics. Tune in, and you might just find something new to listen to. Our Favorite Podcasts Serial Season was waaaaay better than season 2 Reply All Random topics about the internet Startup Podcast The startup of... Read more »
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HEH 19: Present-day Screwups and Misspent Youth
01/06/2017 Duración: 59minA site gets destroyed (temporarily), and how we all test our sites and prepare for the worst. We also talk about our favorite childhood games. Ken destroys his Iowa Library site Testing with the new google tester Used a plugin for compression (w3 total cache plugin) Got all 100’s (because an error 500 page loads... Read more »
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HEH 18: Is This Good for the COMPANY?
14/05/2017 Duración: 01h07minThe gang talks about the what new strategies and goals they have for their schools/sites. It covers speed, new applications, and updates to the CMS. They also look into web boot camps for new hires. What’s 2017 going to be in your area? Strategies? Goals? GVSU Upgrade to the CMS to reflect the new design... Read more »
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HEH 17: Dang It the Cat Threw up… Hold On
03/05/2017 Duración: 55minFor some reason throw-up is a common thread to kick this one off. Dan’s cat throws up, and Dave and Dan take a trip which involves a (rather humorous) throw-up story as well involving an airplane barf bag. We also chat about web infrastructure in other parts of the world, and how much we hate... Read more »
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HEH 16: Ken Got Hitched!
27/04/2017 Duración: 01h28sKen goes to an island and gets married. GVSU looks at taking over web representation of grad programs, We talk about staff training opportunities and communities that our individual universities provide. Leroyyyy Jenkins! GVSU, after looking at analytics has taken over grad programs centrally because there is very little (or poor) data available. Does the... Read more »
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HEH 15: HighEdWeb Memphis
18/04/2017 Duración: 01h02minWe delve a bit deeper into Daniel’s trip to the HighEdWeb conference in Memphis. He shares the take-aways, and we chat about how all of us can implement some of the things talked about (centralized web support across campus – pay vs. no-pay). Daniel sums up HighEdWeb in Memphis http://wso2.com/ WordPress API being developed (very... Read more »
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HEH 14: The Conference on Conferences Conference (RIP SXSW)
16/03/2017 Duración: 58minThis episode is all about conferences. How do we get funding? How often do we get to go? How do we select a conference? We also reminisce (again) about how great SXSW used to be. Daniel at HighEdWeb in Memphis Fienen’s Totally Topical, Terrific Tutorial to Tag Manager Double-ken What makes a good conference? SXSW... Read more »
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HEH 13: How Do You Do, Fellow Kids?
09/02/2017 Duración: 49minHow do we social? What channels do we all use personally and what do our universities use? How do we keep up on the current social trends and use social in a way that is befitting to an institution of higher education? Social Snapchat Is your school on it? How do they use it? My... Read more »
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HEH 12: You’ve Got (Custom HTML) Mail!
22/01/2017 Duración: 01h21sHTML emails are hard to make! We chat about the process we use to build and send email as well as how we track our users and advertise our schools. We also look into using students and classes for help. React.js vs AngluarJS Using student/classroom work GVSU technical writing class UALR prototyping Working on mentoring... Read more »
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HEH 11: Talkin’ About Our Tools
05/01/2017 Duración: 01h05minWe list the tools we use on a regular basis for various development tasks and general use, including coding, password management, utility/productivity, package management, and image optimization. Coding/Development Firebug (Firefox Plugin) Chrome Developer Tools Firefox Developer Edition GIT and SourceTree Tower ($$) Password Management 1Password Wiki for internal passwords LastPass mSecure Password Safe Utility/Productivity To... Read more »
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HEH 10: Controlled Release
21/12/2016 Duración: 01h11minWe talk about languages, which are the most popular, and which ones we like the best (and why). Iowa launches a new admissions website. How we use content types, and ways we could use them better. Why does Dan love (hate?) Cold Fusion? Why not just PHP? http://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ (CF is not in the top 50)... Read more »
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HEH 9: The Protein Situation
12/12/2016 Duración: 01h02minGVSU launches their new site and get a lot of comments (some good, some not). We talk about what went into the new site, and the process taken to launch. We also discuss how we use our CMS to assign rolls and edit across different audiences. GVSU Homepage Launch (www.gvsu.edu) How did you launch? (this... Read more »
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HEH 8: FIEEEEEEENNNNNEN!!!
28/11/2016 Duración: 01h02minWe add our comments to an article criticizing university websites, and then add even more comments to a response from Michael Fienen to the original article. Original Article: University websites: The so-so, the bad, and the egregious Michael Fienen Response: Dear Higher Ed Administrators Urban Dictionary: ParaText
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HEH 7: All the Link Colors of the Rainbow
26/07/2016 Duración: 57minSchool colors and how they’re used on the website. What does that mean for link colors and accessibility? What sort of branding policy is in place? How does it work. The guys take different stances on the best way to brand a university website. What are your school’s colors, and what issues do you run... Read more »
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HEH 6: Apple’s Hush Money Went Towards my Squatty Potty
11/07/2016 Duración: 01h22sHow we got into tech (and our embarrassing first websites). Some Hangout members purchased the Squatty Potty and they want to talk about it. Plus the first ever HEH topic lightning round. Intros: How we got into web/tech/job (our history with tech) Our First Sites: Dave: https://web.archive.org/web/20000229152442/http://www.greedyfly.com/ Dan(iel): https://web.archive.org/web/20010802034103/http://www.geocities.com/pokemon_games/index3.html Scott (high school site): https://web.archive.org/web/19961223105333/http://www.netins.net/showcase/ahschool/ Squatty... Read more »
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HEH 5: I’m Not a Nerd, Nerds are Smart
27/06/2016 Duración: 56minPage-turn PDF viewers, smartphone apps, virtual tours, and how The University of Waterloo protects its students from geese. Magazine page turning (PDF viewers) Not accessible “If we use it we could be sued” Create dynamic web content as an alternative Re-purpose source material into new and interesting interfaces (tablet/smartphone/magic new device) University Smartphone Apps Use... Read more »