Something big is happening to the university Events Calendar.
A little bit ago Rob Vrabel mentioned we were working on the events calendar and I would like to confirm that we are and we have some great things in store.
We will be running down all the new features in detail closer to launch but here are [...]

Last week I gave a presentation to our small group of communicators, it shows the past, present and future goals for the wayne.edu Web site architecture. I didn’t have time to officially mind map the entire process so I just drew it up on the white board and took photos so bear with me.
The Past
Five [...]

If you interact with our department through the wcs[at]wayne.edu email address for requesting services or update your Web site you will notice a change in the responses over the next month.
We are testing a service called Tender Support to handle keeping track of updates and issues.

A single point of contact
It was important to us to [...]

This week we had our first campus communicator meetup. In the past it was a once per year half day event with presentations and mandatory attendance. This year we scaled it down to a 1-2 hour discussion on timely topics with a smaller group.
About 20 communicators from across campus attended the meetup. We had salad, [...]

If you follow us on Flickr you might have noticed we have begun to archive all the photos from wayne.edu into a set called “Homepage Photos“.
We update the images every two weeks and will be keeping the archive going on Flickr. We are also going to start loading in titles and descriptions for the photos [...]

A few days ago Yahoo updated their Graded Browser Support graph of A-grade browsers. A-grade support is the highest support level. By taking full advantage of the powerful capabilities of modern web standards, the A-grade experience provides advanced functionality and visual fidelity. A-grade browsers are identified on a whitelist. Approximately 96% of our audience enjoys [...]

Last week I gave a presentation to our president’s council about new communication tools and how we are using them to engage and involve students. I have posted in the past about Studying Students Social Network Usage and Our Twitter Initiative, since then we have been actively pursuing the popular social networks. Just recently I [...]

Ten years after WCAG 1.0 was published WCAG 2.0 is official, so what do we do now? Its time to look inside and start updating.
WCAG 2.0 applies broadly to more advanced technologies; is easier to use and understand; and is more precisely testable with automated testing and human evaluation.
W3C WAI recommends using WCAG 2.0, instead [...]

Announcing the second annual Blue Beanie Day. Please join us on Friday, November 28, 2008 to show your support for web standards and accessibility.
Participating’s easy: get your picture taken wearing a blue toque or beanie. On November 28, switch your profile picture in Facebook, Twitter, et al., and post your royal blueness to the Blue [...]

Today is a day to blog about poverty, to bring awareness to others, to inspire others to make a difference. Detroit is no stranger to poverty, it is all around us. I wanted to detail what our department has been doing to work simply and locally to help charity programs in and around Detroit.
In the [...]