Entries Tagged as 'work'
November 7th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Well after hours of poking and prodding at Facebook, here’s what I’ve got to show for it.
To setup your page, click “Businesses” in the Facebook footer.
At the Business Services page, choose “Facebook Pages”.
Then you create your page:
You’ll be asked to establish what type of page (Education) and the name of the page (Your School). […]
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Facebook just announced the addition of a feature they’re calling “Facebook Pages”, which adds an interesting twist to the recent (and not so recent) ongoing discussions among higher ed pros about the uses of Facebook for recruiting, retention, and general communication with our various student audiences.
The Facebook Blog entry really only focused on use of […]
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The presentations are up, so if you missed the conference, you can at least get the gui center. Get it…gui center…I KILL ME! Thanks tons to Lori Packer for getting that done so quickly (and check out her blog for the fun pics I took of her at the conference).
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October 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment
subtitle: Disjointed and sleep deprived.
It’s all over. We’ve packed up the boxes and tabulated the results and eaten our final meal together. I’ve posted ‘Post Mortem’ photos on Flickr, but only a few.
Quote of the day: “Come on baby, gimme some network! ” - Kirk Anne
I did manage to go purchase luggage. Go me. Now […]
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Tuesday…wow.
Sessions were good. We got blown away by a couple today. I have to say that all of our AUD track presenters have been absolutely amazing. Steph and I totally lucked out. You guys rocked the house.
I learned something today. 3″ heels are ok for work, only the truly disturbed wear them at conferences. I’m […]
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October 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Well the first day of regular sessions went swimmingly, at least for the UAD track. I’ve not seen the results of the evaluation forms yet, but comments in Club 23 put Gabriel McGovern ahead in the “best of track” race. We’ll have to see what the number crunchers come up with, and what the competition […]
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October 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Hyatt hotel whirlpool - worth putting on a bathing suit for (4th floor, in the Health Center)
Elvis Costello vs. ACDC - stunning victory for Elvis, I totally didn’t see that coming.
Quote of the night during dinner: “The first time I had to go to defensive driving…”, Sarah. Also something about being attacked by squirrels and […]
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Registration kicked off without any significant hitches (that I’m aware of)…so far so good. I ditched out of the conference floor before the pre-conference sessions let out, so I haven’t heard any reviews yet.
If you were here last year, it’s a little different…and by that I mean completely the opposite of the way it was […]
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Tags: life · travel · work
All flights reached on time: check
Co-Chair present: check
Track presenters spotted: 1
Luggage ruined by Delta: 1 giant suitcase
Meetings attended: 1
Number of people who recognized me as the girl with a drink in my hand from (many of) last years’ Flickr pics: yikes.
Meetings scheduled: (searching for the infinity sign)
Sleep: whasat?
Basic update: I’m a co-chair for the Accessibility, […]
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I heart activeCollab…really I do, but those bastards haven’t released a new version since December ‘06 and I’m dyin over here. 1.0 is due out “at the end of the summer”, which apparently means September-ish. Until then I’ll just keep reading the teaser threads and crying myself to sleep.
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