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High Ed Hangout
by High Ed Hangout
High Ed Hangout is a bunch of higher ed geeks from around the country drinking beers and chatting about technology, the web, design, marketing, development, media, and whatever else comes to mind (usually with a higher ed spin). Come hang out with us!
Episodes
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HEH 65: The Lost Episode
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
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HEH 64: Holiday High Ed Hangout
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…
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HEH 63: Anti Climatic Lollypop Crunch… Ahhhh Shapiro
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......
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HEH 62: Haircuts, Apple, and Covid Tracking
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.
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HEH 61: Covid Doldrums and Man Buns
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.
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HEH 60: How to Open After a Pandemic
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?
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HEH 59: High Ed Global Pandemic Edition
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).
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HEH 58: Mama See Cow Mama Show Cow Mama see-coo-sah
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 »
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HEH 57: High Ed Holiday Hangout (HEHH)
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…
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HEH 56: 6 Months Later…
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.
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HEH 55: Goodbye ColdFusion
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…
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HEH 54: The Ominous Backtick Character
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.
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HEH 53: I’m Working the Oak Lawn Booth at the Big Buck Classic
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!
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HEH 52: Ingesting Alcohol and the Gutenberg Controversy
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
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HEH 51: Poopin’ Balls
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...
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HEH 50: The Big 5-0!
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 »
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HEH 49: #Nevernote
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...
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HEH 48: I’d Rather Mail Merge
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).
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HEH 47: Tornado Warning
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…
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HEH 46: Is Ron Bronson Presenting?
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...
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HEH 45: Dan is Dunky
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 »
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HEH 44: What’s the Weather Like Down There?
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...
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HEH 43: GD GDPR
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...
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HEH 42: The Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything
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...
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HEH 41: The Search Search
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...…
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HEH 40: If you sell alcohol… please sponsor us!
Dan got a new phone (cheap!), Dave got rid of Facebook, Daniel updated WordPress, Scott likes Reply All Podcast, Ken is scared of browser fingerprinting… and MORE! Dave deleted his FB account. There’s a place where FB shows you what it knows about you. Your Information > Your Categories Daniel…
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HEH 39: Wet Nun Smell
This week’s chat is about security. Dave went to a conference and wants to disconnect and move to the woods. We mess with Ken’s new Google Home. Dan is just sort of with us this week due to some technical issues. Ken got a Google Home… so we played with that a bit. Dave went... Read more »
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HEH 38: Pajama or Pa-jah-ma?
Should Daniel get an iPhone X? We all weigh in on his tech purchase. We also chat about the Digital Summit Conference, how the new GVSU Admissions app is going and password vaults – is the cloud safe for your passwords? Thoughts on the iPhone X VERY expensive for what? Daniel is going to get......
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HEH 37: Milking Nuts
Where does almond milk come from? We have a (maybe too in-depth) conversation to try to figure it out. We also chat about a bunch of other randomness including google tracking, home assistants (Google Home and Echo), and Dan’s upcoming Magic the Gathering event. A discussion on Almond (and…
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HEH 36: Apps on Apps on Apps
We took an episode to talk about our tools a little while back. This time we take some time to talk about our favorite apps for our mobile devices (outside of the normal preinstalled ones). What are your favorite iOS or Android apps? What are you favorite smartphone apps? Kindle For (pleasure)...
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HEH 35: Don’t Wear Earmuffs Over AirPods
Ken tells us all about his trip to WordCamp Minneapolis. We dig into cloud hosting (mainly for CMS), and get a bit into using Docker. Ken has Apple AirPods (and likes them) Wordcamp Minneapolis (~200 people) Keynote was about technology industry and mental health The community behind WP is very...
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HEH 34: He Touched my Fanny!
It’s a random conversation this time, folks. We chat Zime (it’s back!), Dan getting stopped by the TSA, some future conferences, new podcasts we enjoy and Dave’s classes starting this fall. ZIMA IS BACK, BABY! The US asking for passwords to your phone at the border. TSA always asks to touch Dan’s...
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HEH 33: Let’s All Take a Moment to Floss
Russian hacking (they’re after Daniel), Admissions Apps, Google Search Appliance, Analytics, Icon Libraries, and more… brought to you today by the letter H (as in HEH, as in High Ed Hangout). Enjoy! Daniel gets hacked (likely Russians) and keeps dropping out of the podcast. He changed all his...
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HEH 32: Back to the Boob: The Quilt Situation
Scott had a son, and is adjusting to life as a new parent (and the time he took off work). The GVSU guys jump back into accessibility training with a new consultant…. and then somehow the conversation transitions to quilts. Scott had a son, and talks about paternity leave and FMLA and...
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HEH 31: Dude! Get away from my Chicken!!
Daniel kicks things off by trying to enjoy some fried chicken, but is foiled by his cats. From there we chat about our design process and making sure it fits the larger university brand. Then we try to figure out the definition of a landing page. Design process paper sketch Photoshop Omnigraffle...
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HEH 30: Happy One Year Anniversary!!
It starts with the weather, moves on to politics, and then to religion (or at least a TV show slightly about religion) before the conversation moves on to discussions about college applications and how to improve their usability. It’s storming in Iowa and Daniel lives in tornado alley. (small…
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HEH 29: Puppets! Puppets! Puppets!
The conversation tonight includes things learned via penetration testing at GVSU, what we know about retention policies at our schools (Internet Archive?) and content update policies. We also learn that GVSU Library has puppets you can check out… like a lot of puppets! Penetration testing at GVSU...
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HEH 28: We’re doin’ it live!!!! (3 of us anyway)
Daniel is in Iowa City visiting Ken and Scott, so they are podcasting from the same location at the University of Iowa Libraries. Dan and Dave join remotely to discuss personal sites and hosting on campus and focus groups and how the kids use the internets these days. Ken, Daniel and Scott are in...
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HEH 27: Puddting?
The lost episode. Scott lost his internet connection, so the episode got called off. No internet = no podcast. 🙁
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HEH 26: Daniel’s Wallet got Poop on it!
How do we handle user tracking and privacy policies for our university? What do we do for retargeting and advertising? What do we all use personally to keep our internet usage private? He got a new one https://www.crabbygear.com/ Privacy policies on our sites User tracking is somewhat new in…
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HEH 25: Let’s Get Accessible!
Dan and Dave bring an enlightening report back from the CSUN Accessibility Conference in lovely San Diego, CA. Dan and Dave just got back from CSUN Accessibility Conference “Everyone will have a disability at some point in their life” Accessibility is just a branch of usability The UN has a...
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HEH 24: How I Learned to Love the (Ginger Beer) Bomb
People keep uploading HUGE images, so we chat about the best ways to handle automatically optimizing them via the various CMS tools. We also dip into usability and card sorting exercises. Ken has an issue with people uploading non-optimized LARGE images. What’s the best way to deal with that? Img...
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HEH 23: Don’t Let Your Dog Eat Poo
Tonight the topics center around outside vendors and products for various tasks at our universities. We cover digital marketing, scholarship searches, chat and events calendars. We also touch on strategic planning. What outside vendors do you use? GVSU: Siteimprove GVSU: google and FB ads...
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HEH 22: Inject this into your SQL!
Tonight the High Ed Hangout gents talk about security and what they’re doing to make their sites more secure. They also chat about rolling out new features and updating their CMS. Possible SQL injection attack on GVSU reported by a student Security offices in all of our separate universities who...
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HEH 21: I Just Wish It Was Bulbous at One End
The gents chat about current books they are reading and then talk about what (non-computer) hardware they use for home, media, health and more. What books are we currently reading? What hardware do you use? Amazon Echo Smartthings Home Control Ken built an echo with a Raspberry Pi Nest Thermostat...
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HEH 20: 4 + Joe: The Podcast Podcast
This episode is the podcast podcast (how meta!). The gang shares their favorite podcasts that span the gamut on topics. Tune in, and you might just find something new to listen to. Our Favorite Podcasts Serial Season was waaaaay better than season 2 Reply All Random topics about the internet...
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HEH 19: Present-day Screwups and Misspent Youth
A site gets destroyed (temporarily), and how we all test our sites and prepare for the worst. We also talk about our favorite childhood games. Ken destroys his Iowa Library site Testing with the new google tester Used a plugin for compression (w3 total cache plugin) Got all 100’s (because an…
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HEH 18: Is This Good for the COMPANY?
The gang talks about the what new strategies and goals they have for their schools/sites. It covers speed, new applications, and updates to the CMS. They also look into web boot camps for new hires. What’s 2017 going to be in your area? Strategies? Goals? GVSU Upgrade to the CMS to reflect the…
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HEH 17: Dang It the Cat Threw up… Hold On
For some reason throw-up is a common thread to kick this one off. Dan’s cat throws up, and Dave and Dan take a trip which involves a (rather humorous) throw-up story as well involving an airplane barf bag. We also chat about web infrastructure in other parts of the world, and how much we hate......
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HEH 16: Ken Got Hitched!
Ken goes to an island and gets married. GVSU looks at taking over web representation of grad programs, We talk about staff training opportunities and communities that our individual universities provide. Leroyyyy Jenkins! GVSU, after looking at analytics has taken over grad programs centrally...
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High Ed Hangout is a bunch of higher ed geeks from around the country drinking beers and chatting about technology, the web, design, marketing, development, media, and whatever else comes to mind (usually with a higher ed spin). Come hang out with us!
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