Using WordPress to Power Your Institution’s Entire News Presence APS1 Applications and Standards Track Lacy Tite Web Developer, Vanderbilt University I swear that I’ll attend more then just WP sessions – however, this is by Vanderbilt – one of my favorite examples. Started the project only 16months ago. They use disqus for comments. Content strategy […]

Got to Austin late, so I missed the first half… Decided to sneak in anyway. The WordPress University Stephanie Leary (Texas A&M University), Shelley Keith (Southern Arkansas University) WRK5 – Big Bend A & Talking about Genesis? theme framework. Sounds great. Search and replace plugin to fix broken links after a move. Backing up – […]

Time: Thu May 26, 9:00 am – 10:00 am Speaker: Blaise Aguera y Arcas As mapping, mobile devices and social media converge, we’re finding ourselves in a world where the physical and the virtual are deeply interpenetrating. Read/Write World is our project aimed at enabling the sharing and democratized access to connections between the physical […]

Time: Fri May 27, 3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Speaker: Dan Willis I don’t know how this presentation ends … Atlases: a mosh pit of information. Globe vs the old maps. Able to visualize data in a whole new way. A task list is not enough for today’s projects. Get the user’s perspective, not. The […]

Time: Fri May 27, 2:00 pm – 2:30 pm Speaker: Thor Muller 42 – knowing the answer without knowing the question. The embarrassment of riches. Data is backward looking. Success to date, does not guarantee future success. Analysis is hard. Data can be a real killjoy. The optimization trap. Data is amoral. Data is incomplete. […]

Time: Fri May 27, 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Speaker: Crystal Beasley New experiment each week starting with rock paper scissors.  Pay what you will experiment. Proceeds to charity. Pie it forward. You pick what the next person gets. Take away: do something awesome! The press will come to you. Bit.ly/pielabpdx

Time: Fri May 27, 11:30 am – 12:00 pm Speaker: Jamie Beckland Warning: graphic images – nice way to start a presentation. Start by looking at the number of users that have logged in during the past 90days z- and track this “infection rate” Watch sign ins – helps you determine when you need to […]

Time: Fri May 27, 11:00 am – 11:30 am Speaker: Erin Jo Richey Code name: the egg matrix Designing for Tvs computers ATMs refrigerators mirrors – people interact differently for the same data. Architecture is the shell Interior is the nest Landscape is the external Environmental design puts it all together. Bit.ly/kCTBLz

  Time: Fri May 27, 10:30 am – 11:00 am Speaker: Jason Glaspey Average person downloads 10-15 apps per month. 40hours a month on phone in apps Life spam of free apps is 30 days. Brand loyalty doesn’t get many downloads. Do you even need an app? Will a mobil site do? Just ask gmail. […]

  Time: Fri May 27, 9:30 am – 10:00 am Speaker: Nathan Shedroff Science fiction IS speculative fiction Reciprocal relationship between science and science fiction Earliest film had no interfaces. Push on doors. Shoot rockets. Later, the directors started working with what the audience knows – ticker tape and headset phones. New topo sand maps […]