The new vehicle showed up after midnight.

I took the next driving shift and got us about 100miles into Kansas. Luis took the following shift, so I curled up in the back to get some rest.

Now it is light out and we are only hours from the destination.

We were supposed to have a 2hr layover in Denver. Now going on 3 with the sign still just blinks “DELAYED”

At least Luis and Karen are here to keep me company. (more…)

The HighEdWeb 2008 conference: “Infinite Solutions” is from October 5-8 in Springfield Missouri. This year, I will be wearing several hats:

Presenter [UAD5]

This will be the second year that I am presenting at HighEdWeb and the presentation will be similar to the previous one. However, there will also be a lot of new information - so feel free to attend, even if you joined me last year.

• The Accessible Video Interface (UAD5)
  
• Usability, Accessibility, and Design Track
• Monday, 3:15 – 4:00PM
• Read the full description

If you are interested in implementing a video interface, make sure to check out the presentation page where you can download the handout, code and more.

Committee Member

I was asked to be the “multimedia representative” representative on this year’s conference committee. One of the new things that we are planning is podcasting. This means that we will attempt to record the 60-something sessions that happen simultaneously during the 3 main days. So, if I seem a little busy next week, you will know why.

Blogger

Every time I attend a conference, I just can’t help but live-blog the sessions. It helps me stay focused and supplies notes that I can look back on at a later time.

This year’s posts will be tagged HighEdWeb 2008 if you would like to follow along.

“HighEdWeb is an organization of Web professionals working at institutions of higher education. We design, develop, manage and map the futures of higher education Web sites.”

Each year, the organization puts on a conference where web professionals from colleges around the country gather to learn, discuss and network. I had the opportunity to attend in 2006 and had a great time. Afterwards, I thought about how to contribute and ended up submitting two proposals for 2007. Both were accepted. There will be an hour long session called “The accessible video interface” and a poster presentation called “Pattern Matching: An Introduction to Regular Expressions“. (more…)