More on user research, focused on libraries. Mostly reiterates evidence for a mobile site that does everything, but good to share with library folks if needed.

Useful article on gamification. Playing Portal teaches you to play Portal quickly and entertainingly. The Photoshop experience is not so intuitive.

Examples of sites that tell the story of undergrad research at institutions-- good examples of academic content. Particularly like how the Emory site shows how research works in the different disciplines, including the arts.

in case we start talking about gamification.

video demo.

Great screenreader demos. Includes some great ones for ARIA landmarks, etc.

You may not have an "Apply Now" or "Contact Us" button on your page, but your content should still support your website goals. If your content has purpose, it supports action. Even if your content is informational, most likely you don’t want someone to simply read it and forget it. More likely, you want them to read it and take some kind of action.
Not all actions are immediate. Consider how many times a prospective student (or parent) browses your website before contacting you. Whether users act now or later, the purpose of your content is the same: to inspire action.
Every piece of content on your website should guide action. [...] Content that doesn’t support action is ROT.

Not sure they're on the right track with these examples, but different useful ways to sort the program listing may be helpful.

what makes a good campaign website? important stuff for us: integrating messaging and profiles with main college messaging/site.

cms type plugins

breaks down higher ed web content into following useful categories:
Marketing
Personal
Social Media
Utility
Business
Learning

distro for conferences-- includes schedules, etc.

media module-- investigate for sharing assets across campus.

someone beat us to making the homepage into a giant QR code.

Case for HTML instead of PDF

Maybe we can at least have a more fun 404 page?

usability reminder: proprietary names and jargon are crappy

calculate fluid percentage widths from fixed pixel widths

Good basic explanation of how users read on the web, with examples of content that tested well and poorly. Good to show stewards with wall o' text content.

wordpress site documentation

Conversion documentation

A number of these look potentially useful for WordPress as CMS. Also some useful editorial calendar/workflow type ones that might be useful for Comm.

Relevent to our add-to-homescreen popup?
"first build up some credibility capital with users by offering a useful service. Once users have grown to really like you and know they'd actually benefit from updates, you can ask them to opt-in for push notifications."

BANNER BLINDNESS! why callout banners and buttons don't work and are actually ignored, not paid more attention to.

interesting thread on redirects. fyi for vince and andrew.

content types necessary to determine the way content's source order should be arranged in different responsive designs

important point: reduce/eliminate social media buttons for faster load time.

Drop this code in the mu-plugins folder and it will close the comments on all blogs that haven’t been posted to in over 90 days, on all posts over 90 days old.

Rent time on actual mobile devices for testing remotely (pricey, but allows lots of options if needed)

Good financial aid site-- referenced in http://doteduguru.com/id7851-why-higher-ed-sucks-at-content-strategy.html