Q: What do you get when you cross a kangaroo with a calendar?
A Brief History Lesson First, the earth cooled. Then, Joel Seligman (former director of Campus Information and Visitor Relations), Chris Manly (former Nexus of All Things Cornell (TM)) and myself (former youngster) sat down in the Day Hall board room and hammered out a requirements document for the very first version of the on-line University [...]
Weather. Or Not.
I’ll admit it. I am one of those people who semi-compulsively refreshes the Weather Page on cornell.edu. I’m not sure why, exactly. It’s just one of those places that I go when I am bored. I check the weather. I check the radar. I tell people it’s so that I know which blanket is appropriate [...]
CALS is live
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences is live with their new website! http://www.cals.cornell.edu/ Drop by and check it out.
All Things in Moderation…
After some discussion, Diane and I have come to the conclusion that the SPAM comments we’ve been getting here on the blog are both inappropriate and overwhelming. We’ve looked into ways to block and/or control the SPAM and have determined that our current version of WordPress (our blogging software) does not have adequate filters. The [...]
Survival of the Fittest
I have obtained, for your veiwing pleasure, a PDF file of the document that details the evolution of the Cornell logo over the years. Come and get it. Obviously, you will need a PDF reader of one sort or another to view this file. Word on the street is that CAMS is in the process [...]
Let’s take a walk down Memory Lane, shall we?
The thing about the Web is that it is ever-changing. The thing about Cornell is that it, too, is in a constant state of growth. You know those Shakespeare in Ten Minutes plays? Well, get out your notebooks and pencils and start your watches, people. We’re going to have a history lesson. The year is [...]
Welcome to the Redesign Blog
On behalf of the Office of Web Communications, we welcome you to our humble blog. The cornell.edu web site has been in production since late April 2004 and will launch in mid August 2004. The purpose of this blog is to provide the Cornell University community, and especially the web community, with the following: cornell.edu [...]
The 4 Year Plan for cornell.edu
Overview: Here is a highlights list of proposed achievements contained within the cornell.edu Redesign proposal. YEAR ZERO: 2003 November ? 2004 April: FOUNDATIONS Solidify systems foundation for cornell.edu, including hosting, content management, account management, statistics, etc. Seek Web communications priorities from senior management, key constituencies. Establish working relationships with senior management, colleagues, users. Establish working [...]
Scope of cornell.edu Project Development
Ensure solid and secure foundation for cornell.edu and its unit-related functionality. Drive development of the pieces missing from today’s cornell.edu site. Ex. President’s site, a fuller academics site, a site for students, an admissions site that serves all admissions audiences, etc. Leverage cornell.edu’s tremendous web traffic, enabling more units to take advantage of this traffic [...]
The Office of Web Communications
In late 2003 the Office of Web Communications was formed to address and promote Cornell University’s extensive use of the web. One of its first projects would be to redevelop the cornell.edu web site. First, Thomas Richardson was hired as Director of Web Communications. By summer 2004 the team consisted of Lisa Cameron-Norfleet, original webmaster [...]