High Ed Hangout

You thought you’d never hear another episode of HEH… WRONG! The “lost episode” was found after a hard drive cleanup, so here you go. It’s a rapid-fire question episode. It was originally recorded in January, 2021 so some of the topics are a bit dated. Rapid fire question a la Brenae Brown podcast

It’s a special holiday episode of High Ed Hangout (we have holiday beverages!). We jump right in with our favorite note-taking apps and then transition to our yearly tech (and non-tech) Christmas lists. What note-taking apps do you use? What is on your Christmas list this year? Non-tech list Anyone purchased a webcam? Do people... Read more »

It’s been a while since we’ve met, so we spend some time talking pandemic and lock-down, and what the work environment will look like when this is all over. Then we move into tech and talk a bit about the new Apple M1 chips. Haircuts blah blah How has social isolation been for everyone? Will... Read more »

We still live in Covid-land so we talk about haircuts, Covid trackers that our schools are using or building, and what it will look like to come back to campus. We also sprinkle in a bit of Apple to try and add a positive spin.

We’re still figuring out this quarantine thing. Many of us need a haircut! We go over reopening plans and talk through what other schools have announced before going into how we list areas of study and majors on our websites.

Our various states are starting to open up and our schools are starting to discuss opening in the fall as well. What does that look like? Is it too soon? How do we make that happen?

The global pandemic has just begun, and we’re all adjusting in different ways. We talk about how we’re handling things personally, and how our universities are handling things (via policy and technology).

It’s the first HEH of 2020! Grand Valley State is moving to PHP, so we chat with Daniel about the best way to make that move. We also chat about hidden nav menus and UX decisions for a university homepage. GVSU wanted to switch to PHP (away from CF) and chatted with UALR about how... Read more »

Happy holidays loyal HEH listeners. We have a holiday-themed episode for you. We ring in the holidays (all of them!) with festive beverages and the tech items on our own Christmas lists. HEHH to all! Holiday-themed drinks celebrating all the “holidays” What is on your holiday/Christmas list? Do we take care of projects over the... Read more »

It’s been 6 months since you’ve heard from us… we’re back! In this episode, we’ll catch you up on what’s happened the past 6 months and take a look at the new WT.social.

We take a trip down memory lane to some old PBS shows and transition to GVSU’s choice to put ColdFusion out to pasture. We look at the positives and negatives to alternatives for them. Ken remembers the PBS Zoom intro song (1999 version) Zoom intro (1976) Daniel remembers PBS 3-2-1 Contact GVSU is changing away... Read more »

Daniel has a work emergency and joins us late. We take a look at our top podcast downloads and dig into details about Daniel’s plans for showing/hiding audience content on the UALR website.

We get into our experiences with working remotely and how we like it, GVSU’s new president, our beards, and the Ooopsie Poopsie podcast is finally coming soon!

The conversation starts with different (interesting… disgusting) ways to ingest alcohol. We chat a bit about new MacBooks before transitioning to conference that (Dave is speaking at a few. Daniel talks about his experience at WordCamp National, and we get into the recent WordPress controversy

It’s been a while since we gathered to record, so we reminisce for a bit before talking about poop (in relation to Andre’s upcoming podcast “Oopsie Poopsie”). We hit on recent travels, and then before concluding quickly mention websites. Andrea’s podcast (Oopsie Poopsie) is coming soon… and so we talk about poop for a good... Read more »

Two of us have moved into a new house and one of us has returned from a vacation in Greece. We catch up a bit and chat about a WordPress conference and home networking equipment. It’s our 50th episode (gold is the gift to give us). Only one couple has ever made it to their... Read more »

Beer + Yogurt = yuck, a report from WPCampus (project Gutenberg), and a discussion on WWDC updates. Does yogurt plus beer work? Is there a git for audio editing? Daniel and Ken going to WPCampus (schedule) WWDC Evernote Sucks! #nevernote New Zenbook Pro has a screen for a touch screen Ken is pushing VS Code... Read more »

We spend a lot of time going down the wormhole of old Tweets this episode, which leads us to all of our old internet posts (and some embarrassment).

We share some of our favorite web tools again before tornado sirens go off in Iowa HighedWeb vs. Wp Campus Conference (Ken and maybe Daniel going) Google IO Extended local conferences Don’t say dub-dub-dub for “WWW” The semester is almost over. When does your school start? What’s your favorite new tool when it comes to... Read more »

What’s the structure of our university systems? What are our favorite university websites? Academic logos vs athletic logos. Dave’s dog joins in on the conversation. How are your state universities structured? Iowa is in a Regent system (but 3 different independent universities) GVSU is totally independent, but funded by the state of MI UALR is... Read more »

Dan has had a bit to drink tonight so we get to hear a few funny stories from him. Dave tells us about his trip to Austin for SXSW Edu. Ken has a New Mac Smell candle Dave went to SXSW Edu A lot about equality and movements First gen students or millennial and teachers... Read more »

Tonight we talk about how far back we support certain browsers, whether iOS will someday merge with MacOS, and list our favorite note-taking and weather apps. Audio Drive in Zencastr Dave will be at SXSW Edu next week (Dan will be in Jamaica) What’s new in Chrome? How far back do you support old browsers... Read more »

Dan is drinking the best wine ever, Dave is moving, Daniel is going to Greece. Everything is going great… until GDPR hits. What is it? What are we doing about it? We end on a lighter note and talk about the shows we are watching. The best wine ever (from S. Africa) Diemersfontein Dave is... Read more »

We talk about beers, dumplings, things-a-changin’ and bring back the Urban Dictionary Word of the Day. Beer (like usual) Dumplings (not like usual) How often do things change? The web changes quickly and regularly? What else changes? What keeps you coming back? University vs. corporate and the ability to explore Comes down to company culture... Read more »

The HEH dudes talk about what they got for the holidays, any new conference attendances and then dig in on a new site search tool for GVSU, who needs to move away from the Google Appliance. Google Home tricks and games Akinator What did we get for Christmas? Dan got a Nest Thermostat and a... Read more »