Wow, I haven’t written anything in a while… I have been just plain busy— with client work, the holidays that just passed and the ones that are coming, my sister’s wedding, and a random inspiration to do major renovations in our house. That last point is what I want to highlight here, since it is a little too exciting for me… I guess you could call me bookish I love books. I read every night before I go to sleep, and sometimes on the weekends I’ll stay in bed reading for a couple of hours before I get up. I...… →

I am booked, and registered at the Hilton. Doing it in style this time. The newly posted panel schedule looks interesting, especially this one: “Why Are Women Invisible on the Web: Whose Butts Should We be Kicking?”. While I like to kick ass as much as the next punk rock girl, I wonder if the answer isn’t “our own”. And look, boss, there is also “The Future of Education in a Digitally Convergent World”, “Serious Games for Learning”, “Web Standards and Search Engines: Searching for Common Ground” (an issue of late), and a session by Peter Moreville, who is the...… →

I really wasn’t going to write about this, because I think the whole “debate” has gotten way to much press. But now can’t stand it anymore and I have to say this: The definition of evolution is “A change in the genetic structure of a population over time.” That’s it. That’s all there is to it. I can recite it forwards and backwards, because I had to answer the question “What is evolution?” on at least 5 exams when I was a biology undergrad. Notice how there is absolutely no reference to the origins of life, Darwin, Natural Selection, or...… →

Last night, I choked on a french fry. Literally. Brian had to give me he Heimlich Maneuver three times before I could breathe again. I don’t have much else to say about the whole thing, except that I don’t recommend it. I didn’t have any profound life-flashing-before my eyes or go-toward-the-light moments. It all happened so fast there was no time for any of that. I am grateful for whoever it was that taught Brian and I the Heimlich Maneuver— I have a feeling it must have been in Health class in elementary school, so I guess that wasn’t as...… →

This excerpt from Steve Krug’s keynote presentation at HighEdWebDev 2005 just made my morning (via Collegewebeditor.com): Top 9 reasons why it s*cks to be you Corporate expectations in a non-profit budget Stakeholders who can be petty and whiney in ways that wouldn’t dare in the real world Find and implement a CMS in your spare time, and herd kittens into using it Sub-site/fiefdom hell: We want our dept/school/project to have its own character Multiple audiences Homepage death match Deans less likely to force everyone to the site-consistency line than CEOs Tons of dynamic content of variable quality and enormous importance...… →

On returning from my incredibly short vacation to Hawaii, I was greeted with freezing temperatures, unrelenting rain, darkness at about 4:30 thanks to the wonders of daylight savings time, and the realization that the budget situation at work is worse than I thought. I was told that some stuff I though might be happening at work will definitely NOT be happening, due of course to financial issues. I left work wondering how in the hell the state with an economy larger than that of most countries can have absolutely no money for education. Then, KSLG came to my rescue once...… →