Archive for Joe Lencioni
Joe has been a member of Web Services since January of 2002. As the Technical Web Coordinator, he designs and builds web-based applications for the campus community. He enjoys crafting elegant and intuitive user interfaces and thinking about things like information architecture and typography. Joe is always looking for ways to use innovative new technologies on the web.
An Even Easier Way to Give
Just in time for the holidays, we made our online giving form even easier to use. This update should save people some time and effort when giving a gift to Gustavus.
On Campus Pages Brainstorming
Not many pages on the Gustavus website receive as much traffic as the On Campus page--particularly the section designed for students. We have been brainstorming some ideas on how to improve these pages for a while and want to see what you think about what we have in store.
The Benefits of Single Sign-On (SSO)
Single sign-on (SSO) is a mechanism that consolidates the authentication process of multiple services into one spot. This connection allows users to be logged into multiple services when they sign in to one. If you are asking yourself, "why should I care about single sign-on?" read on.
Single Sign-On (SSO) for Gribly, College Calendar, and more
As of this afternoon, if you log in to the Gribly, you will also be logged in to the College Calendar, Google Calendar, Moodle, and a bunch of other areas of the Gustavus website.
College Calendar Gets Better Search
We just launched a major improvement to the way that the College Calendar displays search results which will help visitors find the information they are looking for.
Weather on the Calendar
We have added some weather information to the College Calendar. Hopefully each day's forecasted high and low temperatures will help give event-goers a little more context of what to expect at their events.
Weather for Saint Peter
We switched from a fee-based weather data service to use the freely available weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today.
Commission Gustavus 150 Survey
Our goal was to design a survey that allows anybody in the Gustavus community to easily give input on 439 items. The challenge was identifying and implementing a method that would work for as wide of an audience as possible without being overwhelming. Hopefully, we have succeeded.
How the Air Force Responds to Blog Posts
Here's a flowchart that describes the United States Air Force's rules of engagement for blogging, or rather, what their plan is when responding to blog posts.
Get your Gravatars!
We recently enabled some new features involving comments on blogs at Gustavus. One of the coolest features, and the one that could use a little help from you readers, is the addition of Gravatars.