May 14, 2013
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In previous years our office had helped collect photos for the Commencement ceremony opening slideshow. With the doors opening at 9:30 am, this slideshow repeated for a couple of hours, followed by a video of the graduates making their traditional … Continue reading
March 1, 2013
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I stayed up for the Oscars last Sunday….didn’t win anything. But, I was pleasantly surprised the next morning to receive early notification of the winners in the Higher Education Marketing Report’s 28th Annual Educational Advertising Awards. William & Mary scored three … Continue reading
September 4, 2012
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Creative Services can celebrate a successful year of design, videography, illustration and photography according to the University and College Designers Association (UCDA). In its 42nd annual design competition, judges evaluated over 1,100 entries, awarding only 163. Creative Services is proud … Continue reading
April 19, 2012
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Earlier this week Justin Schoonmaker and I presented a client webinar for Hannon Hill on our new homepage design and how we integrated it with Cascade Server. We explored the goals for the project, the design process, implementation, user response … Continue reading
November 14, 2011
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We’re excited by the buzz over our new Cascade photo galleries. Here’s a summary of recent updates based on your feedback: The caption box is slightly transparent and open by default. There’s a new option to hide the caption box … Continue reading
September 1, 2011
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As the summer is in its final days Creative Services is finishing up a few cleanup projects for our Cascade users. The latest (after the School of Business homepage refresh) is moving away from Flash-based photo galleries to more mobile … Continue reading
April 4, 2011
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A lot was written about April Fools on the Internet in 2011. Like most things, some hated it, some loved it. A particularly insightful post from Michael Fienen is worth a read. His .eduGuru piece called “Lessons of April Fools’ … Continue reading
April 26, 2010
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Thanks to some technical fixes put in place by Mark Windley, I recently updated the gallery section of the William & Mary website. We are now successfully integrating Cascade Server and W&M Flickr galleries for showcasing sets of campus photos. … Continue reading
February 12, 2010
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It’s been about one year since we launched W&M on Flickr. While I’ve managed the Flickr site on a daily basis I’ve had a great deal of help in the form of ideas, volunteer labor, and (of course) photos. One … Continue reading
March 11, 2009
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Just when we were about at our limit with Photoshop-like applications (and when we thought we couldn’t possibly find one more way to waste time on the Internet), developer Ola Sevandersson and a Swedish team created Pixlr, the newest and … Continue reading