Category Archives: daily digest

Met with Vincent Kujala from Geography – they are learning about our CMS/blogs/wiki framework, and how it could help fill their needs. The project that brought their attention to us is www.watergovernance.ca. Got a call from MedIT, letting me know that ehealth.med.ubc.ca … Continue reading →

morning: Enej and Michael were figuring out the ways to improve code repository workflow. Exactly the conversation I do not enjoy, but find fascinating that they can be so engaged in to that stuff. You have to admit to yourself … Continue reading →

Busy day today - morning: Will had arranged for a meeting with Hilde Colenbrander, cIRcle Coordinator and Tara Stephens, cIRcle’s Workflow Project Librarian. It started with their need for a new website (easy) and ended up about the very hot topic for us … Continue reading →

9:30-12:00 CMS group meeting – this time with Arts only, Shaffiq Rahemtulla and  Liang Shao - and banging through the issues. Five things to cover to make sure Arts will get what they need – so in works is Arts’ access (read-only … Continue reading →

Spending weekend in Nelson and then Okanagan is just great. Monday is my vacation day, but I did stop by UBC Okanagan in the afternoon and did a short blogs/wiki/CMS demo to IT, Media and Classroom services, Public Affairs and Centre … Continue reading →

Second day of Etug conference Sitting on Moodle + WordPress: Teaching Educational Technology With the Best of Both Worlds talk, really an rss talk,but what is interesting is that people seem to like even this very simple integration. Google reader … Continue reading →

The Etug Conference is happening, opened by one and only Alan Levine, with very engaged crowd. I really liked Alan’s “Open Attitude” idea – no matter the technology, amount of built resources or strategic planning, if we, personally and institutionally don’t breathe and live sharing … Continue reading →

Spent a day on the road – trip to Nelson, for an Etug conference. Went with my son Luka and we enjoyed the spectacular, though 9 hours long drive. Got to Prestige Lakeside hotel, unpacked and had nice dinner with Brian, Keira … Continue reading →

9:30-12:30, CTLT, USB We had our regular UBC CMS working group meeting: Renita Drakes from Forestry, Mike Ko from PA, Tony Chang from MedIT, and Shaffiq Rahemtulla, Liang Shao and Lenkyn Ostapovich from Arts ISIT. The focus today was addressing … Continue reading →

9:30-12:30, VGH Met with Emergency Medicine group: Jim Christenson, Adam Lund and Todd Raine along with Brian Kladko, Tony Chang from MedIT, Enej and Michael. Had a great discussion on supporting the development of the new Emergency Medicine website and associated dozen or … Continue reading →