Comments for Institutional Knowledge

Comment on 3D models in Google Earth by Scott Kodai

Scott Kodai — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:41:31 +0000

FYI, these are coming from the Animation group in ATEC.

Comment on Starting to Communicate by Taghead

Taghead — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 04:44:52 +0000

Pffftttt. Communication is overrated. “Communications is build on trusting relationships”. Right.

Comment on Goin’ Mobile by Peter D

Peter D — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:41:54 +0000

I like it. And blackberry users can eat cake.

Comment on Tomcat SSL Performance by Matt

Matt — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 01:55:45 +0000

Just wanted to add a note for anybody struggling to get SSL setup on Tomcat, it took us some time to figure out so we put together the following tutorial:

http://blog.datajelly.com/2007/06/adding-ssl-to-tomcat.html

Comment on Tracking the Applications You Develop by flipsockgrrl

flipsockgrrl — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:26:40 +0000

I’ve recently moved into an enterprise information architecture (EIA) role at a university, and we are wrestling with a very similar dragon — except that, where you’ve said “applications,” we might refer more broadly to “systems and processes”.

The scenario didn’t specifically mention governance, the formal responsibilities and accountabilities for proper management of the organisation’s information assets, HR/business processes and IT practices. In a private-sector organisation it’s usually the CIO who has this accountability. In a university or public-sector environment, there are often endless committees, self-declared experts and senior office-bearers who compete to influence any decisions about such matters.

Again, governance turns out to be a people problem that technology can’t fix However, it’s worth trying to establish a clear mandate from the higher-ups.

Getting this exec support can help you to establish an annual ‘audit of applications’ as a routine reporting task for certain members of staff. Find an existing performance-review process that is widely followed, and hook the applications audit into that process.

Then, each time those designated staff go through their annual audit-and-report cycle, you’ll receive data that helps you build a better understanding of who’s doing what ‘out there’ in departments and schools.

Comment on Tracking the Applications You Develop by scott

scott — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:33:52 +0000

Was this a post from 4/1/2008 that you forgot about?

Comment on Portal Stats: The Term in Review by Kyle James

Kyle James — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:22:33 +0000

Now I challenge you to dig a little more and see what else you can find!

I’m glad to see other colleges tracking, analyzing and discussing their analytics. Good stuff and thanks for sharing!

Comment on Tomcat SSL Performance Followup by Scott Kodai

Scott Kodai — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:53:07 +0000

Since we’re hoping to rely on CAS for our self-service application, I’m glad to see it’s doing well.

Comment on Tomcat SSL Performance by Tyler Smith

Tyler Smith — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:48:37 +0000

Great. This should prove useful in that fateful hour!

Thanks Patrick.

: Tyler

Comment on Rands Personality Test by Peter D

Peter D — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:54:43 +0000

In high school I did Briggs-Meyer and was INTP like you. After a couple years of college in Chico I was ENFP.