Dossier is getting the updates I promised a few weeks ago, and also moving to a new server. I'm going to do this tomorrow, May 1. I'm planning on doing this during the day since nobody's really using the system just yet, but if I'm wrong now's the time ...

"Most people think typography is about fonts. Most designers think typography is about fonts. Typ ogra phy is more than that, it’s expressing language through type. Placement, composition, typechoice." -Mark Boulton

Every now and then, I'm sent a Powerpoint presentation or poster or document and am asked to "clean it up" a bit. One of the things I often end up changing is the color that is used in the document. Color is tricky to deal with because it is hard ...

Don't rely on a sketchy conference room wireless connection to share online video with your audience—save it to your hard drive for posterity.

Stratepedia's blog evolves yet again. Say hi to Hello.

RSS Readers allow you to view your favorite websites with fewer mouse clicks. Many resources are available to teach us how to start saving time.

For many people, knowing when to use a certain type of graphic or image file is a confusing matter. Most of us have heard of “JPEG files” and maybe the “GIF format”, but what about EPS and TIFF? When is it appropriate to use certain file types and not ...

It's been awhile since we've talked about Dossier. Things are afoot: We've been busy adding a few features and generally cleaning up. Here's a quick rundown of what will be available in Dossier starting sometime next week: The big thing first: If you use a SoC questionnaire, you can now get ...

One of the easiest ways to transfer documents from person to person or from your desktop to a printer is through the use of PDF files. From Adobe, the creator of the PDF format: "Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 15 years, Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) lets you ...

This is just a quick note to let everyone know that we have just created a place for the CRL's visual identities in the CRL Media Archives. Here, we will have a variety of logos associated with the work of the center available for use on various CRL related ...

Steve Wang and Yan Sun, faculty at Nottingham University, have developed a wonderful example of educational content formatted especially for delivery through Apple's iPhone and iPod touch. You can visit the BioCourseware site through a regular web browser to get a feel for the general interface--big buttons designed to ...

The Library of Congress harnesses the power of a social network to expand knowledge.

Just a friendly reminder that all of our support documents are online and available on-demand.

When taking a file to be printed (at either type of printer), you might find yourself trying to understand a different language when asked about what kind of options or "specs" that you'd like. To make the process easier for you and the printer and to help reduce costly mistakes, I've listed a few things below that you need to know before taking a job to a printer.

Hello! This is Dave Gnojek and I'm the Graphic Designer for the KU Center for Research on Learning. I've been talking with Aaron Sumner for a while about getting together so that I can share some of my thoughts on design and how it fits into the work we do here at the CRL. The Stratepedia blog seemed like the perfect venue for this and so, from time to time, I'll be posting about things related to design that everyone can benefit from! For this post, I'd like to start discussing printing and how to understand some of the issues that might arise when you contact a printer.

ReadWriteWeb has a lengthy list of open data sources available online. Types of data range from census and weather data, to voting records, to information on books, music, and patents. I'm not even going to pretend like I've reviewed each site listed here, let alone taken the time to process ...

An interesting new model for publishing went public today. WEBook is an online writing and publishing tool geared toward collaborative authoring--"an online publishing platform that allows writers, editors, reviewers, illustrators and others to join forces to create great works of fiction and ...

A case study suggests it's possible to increase blog readership by delivering an offline version to targeted readers.

Mark, Amber and I were just interviewed by David Gnojek for the KU-CRL Podcast. Listen for us in the coming weeks--I think Dave is going to break it down into a few segments--and hear us talk a bit about Depot, Dossier, the Learning Labs, our sessions at this summer's ...

Google has, yet again, taken a bounding leap forward in the online world. Google Sites is the new collaboration playground and it is open for people of all ages. I had the chance to set up a site ...