Improvement. The single thing that can take someone from zero to a hero. Improvement in process, tools, learning and actually getting things done is the theme of this week. Get out there and get things done! Stop thinking and start doing, even if you go in the wrong direction you won’t know until you try. [...]

Arrr!! In the spirit of International Talk Like a Pirate Day here are the links and advancements that have happened in the past week.

AskANinja.com Takes On Pirates Live on International Talk Like A Pirate Day
SlideRocket Enters Public Beta
Summaries of 37signals presentations at Web 2.0 Expo
Why Do We Care About Path Analysis?
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Interested in seeing the new features in the upcoming Adobe Create Suite 4 release? Save the date on Thursday, September 25 at 7pm to check out first hand some of the bells and whistles of the latest version.
There will be pizza and other surprises!
Location
ePrize
1 ePrize Dr.
Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069 map
For more information, check out the [...]

This week its all about getting involved, getting out there and being known. Make your presence useful and people will recognize you for who you are. Your reputation is based on how well you interact with your customers. Stop trying to sell and start being useful, your followers will reward you.

The Old College Try [...]

Listening to the good, the bad and the ugly.
This is the theme (or should be) of any social media initiative by any company or university. The idea of social media to many administrators is just a place where students are listening and will read anything thrown at them. The truth is completely opposite, students have [...]

Today I was working on adding the Wayne State University Twitter feed to our website. It’s not a terribly difficult task since Twitter has some auto-generated code (javascript and HTML) for adding your public time line to a website. We, however, wanted more. Twitter’s auto-generated code offers a pretty basic setup, no frills at all. [...]

If photos say a thousand words then videos must be encyclopedias. We recently took on the task of visualizing the university in five 30 second TV commercials and one complied anthem video. The result was not only visually appealing but also spoke to who we are as a university.
Our students strive to aim higher every [...]

Last week it seems like a large push on accessibility and accessing information. Enjoy the links from last week.

Weird File Requests and Easing Server Stress with .htaccess
Regex Patterns for Single Line CSS
Save the Accessibility Institute
15 Sites That Will Inspire You To Become A Better Web Designer
Quarkbase Tells You Everything About a [...]