Chris will probably hate me for this link, but this is just too damn funny… ——- … →

Many would like to see this topic die; I still think it’s important that it doesn’t ——- … →

“Writing doesn’t just communicate ideas; it generates them.” Short version on writing well from Paul Graham. ——- … →

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Depression takes the life of another. I’ll miss your music. ——- … →

Most University web sites are mediocre at best. How can this be, with the bevvy of experts in computer science, business, marketing, psychology, sociology, and visual design that a University affords? In Part 1, I explored the problems created by the large and varied user base of a University’s web site. Here I discuss the phenomenon of institutional inertia, and it’s implications for university web sites. Institutional Inertia Think of a university as a monolithic beast, with thousands of brains. Once the organism gets all its various parts finally moving in the same direction and it’s making some sort of...… →