Colleges R Us

Which colleges are thriving today and which ones are not? To find out, just survey any college consortium website.

The New View


^ 23" display in 16:9

Today, I went out and bought a new monitor, my first in over five years. Wow, what a difference. And I paid less for the new, much bigger one [the previous, a Dell 17" LCD] than the old one. This new HP 23" behemoth only cost $235, tax included. And, with all the computer desktop monitors these days, you can view high definition movies with it as well. Features aside, this larger sizing will have the biggest impact on how we look at websites since colored backgrounds.

The Wayback Machine


A blank scroll since the beginning

One of the most remarkable aspects of websites is they have no history. Most are updated periodically, and most are redesigned periodically, given some sort of stylish "facelift" to somehow disguise all the old content and make it all look new again.

But what did it look like 5 years ago, if it existed five years ago? For most website owners, that would be a good question since no one seems to archive their own website. The old one is shed like a snake's skin and the new larger one emerges.

But what does it say about a medium where there is no past, no history, no memory?
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