The Digital Campfire of Social Media and How it Sparked a Book Project
Greetings from an unseasonably mild but windy Casper Wyoming. I have a little bit of reflection and a couple of messages related to a local history blog, social media, and…
21 Observations of Solar Eclipse 2017
Sometimes time and fate put you together with an event that you never imagined. That is my story for the 2017 Great American Eclipse. My employer Casper College happened to…
RMUG 2017 Presentation Materials
I am honored to be entrusted with not just one, but two presentations at the RMUG 2017 conference. I wish my colleague, Chad Marley, CIO at Laramie County Community College…
AACC 2017 Review: I found people who would fight for the hope of me"
I found people who would fight for the hope of me. -Wes Moore, AACC 2017 Opening Keynote I personally had a really great AACC meeting for the following reasons: Wes…
The Magic of a Yellow T-Shirt
I have told this story a hundred times, but am finally getting it posted more than a year later. I must admit my Mario Andretti experience from a previous post…
For Your File Naming Convention add "and The Hat size of the Nearest Squirrel”
I have been involved in moving 2 institutions to Google Apps. I love and fear what I am seeing as we enter a new era of Digital Asset Creation. It…
The 15 Must Follow Community College CEOs on Twitter 2017
As we approach the 2017 American Association of Community College Conference in New Orleans I thought I would push out my 2017 list of Social Community College CEOs on Twitter.…
My Battles with the Bandwidth Beast
In 2017 we talk about campus bandwidth needs using terms such as IoT (internet of Things) and BYOD. When we began our efforts to expand campus bandwidth those terms weren’t…
Preparing to Tweet as a Conference Presenter
The will to succeed is important, but what's more important is the will to prepare. Preparing for social media usage at a conference from the vantage point of a presenter…
The Magic of the Conference Hashtag: An Ellucian Live Primer #elive17
For me...Twitter is another way for this “wee acorn” to mingle with the “giant oaks” of my profession. What is a Hashtag? In general, a hashtag is a word or…