Joe uses “mammal”. I think if we mean it in an “age of” or when “blank ruled the earth” sense, it would have to be insects. Because as much as we mammals don’t like to admit it, the age we are living in now is the age of the insects. …

I have been thinking lately about how the whole Web 2.0 movement will affect University web sites. A lot of attention has been paid to Web 2.0 in terms of marketing to the “millennials” and public relations, for example see Karine’s excellent series about RSS at collegewebeditor.com. I am more interested in what Web 2.0 can do for me, however— I have a mountain of information I am responsible for, and constantly on the lookout for any tool that can help me manage it more efficiently. …

This is a test of publishing to Textpattern from Flock. … →

You think the lyrics are “with the Burgess Shale it’s a lonely view” You develop arguments as to why the song would be better if this were really the case … →

There is now finally a supported way to use XML-RPC with Textpattern. I am trying it out now— we’ll see how it goes. Edit: seems to be working well in Ecto, using the MetaWeblog API. I had some issues with my time zone, so be sure to configure yours correctly in your client. … →

We got the green light to launch our new University web site mid-August. Some people aren’t going to like it, because they are not our target audience, and I’m done trying to please everybody. So, these words from Gerry McGovern may come in handy: Great web management starts off with allowing the most important customers complete their most important tasks as quickly and simply as possible. Poor web management plays politics by giving a little of the homepage to every department. Poor web management tries to answer every question … →