Sillybean
When you can’t log in to wordpress.com stats from your Dashboard…
…but you can log in at wordpress.com itself, and you’re using Firefox…
…you probably need to go to your cookie preferences and check “Accept third-party cookies,” because the stats are loaded in an iframe, and Firefox is trying to protect you from yourself.
If only every day could be like today…
Woke up with half a story in my head, and snoozed a bit until I’d mentally finished it. Got up, wrote about 2K — not done, but enough to leave it alone for a while. Went to the library. Did a little web work. Went for a run. Read a little while cooling down, then went to dinner with the spouse. Came home and collapsed in front of the TV.
Yeah. That’s my idea of a good day.
“It’s fixed.”
This has happened a lot lately.
One of my users reports a problem. Some time later, I get an email from the IT staff saying “It’s fixed!”
Except the person who originally had the problem still can’t do whatever it was they were trying to do.
Look, tech support workers of the world:
If you fixed it, but you didn’t tell the user you fixed it, it’s not fixed.
If you fixed it on the server, but not the client, it’s not fixed.
If you gave the user access to it, but didn’t tell the user how to access it, it’s not fixed.
You have completed half the work. True, it was probably the more difficult half, and true, it was probably the only half you cared about, but it’s still only half.
HighEdWeb 2009 call for proposals
Hey, higher-ed web peeps: now would be a great time to submit a proposal for a talk at HighEdWeb this year. This year, the programming committee (including yours truly) would especially like to expand the offerings in design, social media and networking, professional skills (like dealing with managers, becoming a manager, and giving better presentations), and case studies on successful projects like micro-sites or an integrated web/email/print marketing campaign.
If talking in front of a big room is not your thing, you can try a poster presentation, which works a lot like a science fair: you create a display, and people wander up to you and ask questions. It’s a lot of fun.
This is a conference for people who build college or university websites. We’ve tried a few presentations on teaching web design in higher ed, and our attendees just aren’t the right audience for those topics. However, if you have a topic that would interest our crowd, do not let me discourage you! You can check out last year’s presentations to get an idea of what goes over well: cross-site scripting, accessible video interfaces, search engine optimization, selecting a CMS, and usability studies were the big winners.
A special feature of this conference is that the best-of winners are repeated twice on the final day, so you get two more chances to watch them if you missed them the first time around.
Submit your proposals now! Speakers get a discount on the conference registration, and best-of winners receive the coveted red stapler award.
