Category Archives: Projects-Web

Year-in-review: the new U web templates

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

A screenshot of the redesigned provost web site, currently in development. It has been one year since University Relations rolled-out new page templates for University of Minnesota web sites. So at this week’s web standards meeting, we’ll be taking a … Continue reading →

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An Event Apart

Posted on October 14, 2008 by

<a href="http://aneventapart.com/events/2008/chicago/" Yesterday and today I attended Eric Meyer’s and Jeffrey Zeldman’s web conference par excellence. It has been fabulous. The best thing about it has been the fusion of ideas and topics — it has been, quite literally, a … Continue reading →

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Lunch with Ted Johnson of Microsoft Corp.

Posted on September 16, 2008 by

Because of my association with the College of Design, I’ve been invited to attend a lunch with Ted Johnson of Microsoft. He is currently a “graphics architect” on the Internet Explorer team; back in the 80s, he developed PageMaker. PageMaker … Continue reading →

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Discussion: Designing for the Mobile Web User

Posted on July 10, 2008 by

Next week, the University of Minnesota’s Web Standards & Accessibility Workgroup will be discussing the mobile web experience and how to design / style / optimize for mobile users and their various devices. We meet in 402 Walter Library. Meetings … Continue reading →

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Microformats

Posted on March 28, 2008 by

Today’s University CSS-Development & Web Standards monthly meeting was about microformats. We had great attendance (30+) and Laurie McGinley did a wonderful job of presenting. Next month we’re taking a break from our regular meeting schedule due to our new … Continue reading →

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Graphing Social Patterns

Posted on March 5, 2008 by

I just returned from an invigorating two days in San Diego, immersing myself in the latest social networking developments and talking to industry experts. My head is still reeling….it was a fabulous professional development experience. I also made a lot … Continue reading →

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Web Design & Accessibility Conference

Posted on February 9, 2008 by

Since late 2007, I have been chairing the planning committee for a conference that will take place on April 14, 2008. To our knowledge, it is the University’s first conference of its kind: a full-day continuing education event that focuses … Continue reading →

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Web Typography

Posted on January 23, 2008 by

As a designer, I’ve always loved typography— I guess most designers do. The trouble with web design, though, is that it’s often assumed that it cannot incorporate richly-designed typography. The I Love Typography web site reminds us that this doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Social Networking Platforms

Posted on January 18, 2008 by

I’m becoming increasingly interested in social networking platforms and applications. Below is a presentation from a conference on the topic last fall; I am looking into attending the spring GSP conference in March. http://static.slideshare.net/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=facebook-application-market-tim-oreilly-1192469285844847-2 | View | Upload your own

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Adobe Contribute: New Connection Conundrum

Posted on November 8, 2007 by

Since hosting some sites with a new central service, Contribute started acting strangely when I was trying to set up the sites for distributed content management. Each time I tried establishing a new connection in Contribute, I was given the … Continue reading →

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