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Analytics: July/August 2013

July and August were all about getting rid of the (awesome) commencement stories we worked so hard on in the spring and replacing it with awesome content that could see us through the summer and straight into school. Here’s a look at the stories we took down. Stories up on the site at this time […]

Analytics: End of Spring Term-ish…

Each time a homepage story is uploaded, one is taken down. When it is, we make sure to take a look at the analytics of the stories we remove. Here’s a look at the pageviews of previous homepage stories: Many videos are also attached to these homepage stories. Here’s a look at the analytics from […]

The Freedom to Fail

  You might wonder how the title of this relates to the above photo so let me try and establish the scene. Darryl (AKA “Da-REAL Deal”) squirreled himself into some kind of tiny sled. The reason this tiny sled exists still evades my comprehension. Justin then attached this strange sled to his waist much like a […]

SXSW 2013

                  I just got back from Austin. Here are my notes from some fantastic panels and keynote speeches. There is a lot to get through, but hey, stick with me. The Real Responsive Process These guys talked about the theory behind it, why we should be doing […]

It’s a jungle out there

I went to the Oregon Zoo earlier this week. The hope is that we can work together and form a partnership around the beaver habitat. Maybe some day we will have livebeavercam.edu available for you to go to (official title still to be determined). Anyways it was also quite enjoyable on a personal level because […]

How big is Super Grande?

Here are three things you can learn today. The Grande Super burrito at La Rockita (downtown Corvallis) is too big. I know wouldn’t typically ever think of saying that phrase, but the thing is just way to big. It broke open and spilled every where. Quite tasty, but a big disaster. Sorry I don’t have […]

State-focused recruiting pages

We recently partnered with the Admissions Office at OSU to update some Web materials for state-by-state recruiting efforts. By building a custom experience for prospective students from individual states, we hope to personalize the digital admissions process, showing what it’s like to come to campus and give them state-specific information. The sites are simple, small […]

Darryl’s on board

I’m thrilled to welcome our new multimedia producer, Darryl Lai, to the Web Communications team. With Justin Smith moving over to support Pac-12 Network programming and manage our overall department video production, we needed to fill his old role. And we were extremely fortunate to find Darryl’s mix of skills and enthusiasm. A graduate of […]

Foundation collaboration nets gold from CASE

Last fall, we had the honor of working with the OSU Foundation on a project for an annual dinner to induct new members of the Harris Society. Our entire team pitched in to create a series of six videos that played throughout the evening on the largest HD screens I’ve ever seen. I just learned […]