Web Administration devBlog

Last month, I was fortunate enough to attend SXSW in Austin, Texas and learn from top interactive media designers and developers. One of the more interesting panels I attended was called “My Boss Doesn’t Get It - Championing Social Media to the Man.”

Intriguing title aside, I thought this would be a great way not only to learn how to leverage social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, but help me articulate the importance of their use by those who are non-technical or unaware. (more…)

During our Spring of Web event on Friday, Prentiss Ladkani from the College of Education gave a talk about Search Engine Optimization, or SEO.

Since then, she has received a lot of follow-up questions, so I posted them here. (more…)

Now that the dust has settled on our Spring of Web 2009 event, I wanted to summarize the event and surveys handed out to attendees. (more…)

Shibboleth is the authentication system that will replace GLAuth. This new system provides added security and scalability while providing the same functionality and new features as well. Shibboleth has been around for many years and has been a production service at UF since November 2008.
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During our Summer of Web 2008 event, we experimented with backchannel communication, and set up a Meebo chatroom so people could talk about the conference as it was happening. This also gave people the opportunity to ask questions and steer the discussion without having to interrupt and possibly distract the speaker.
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