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This is often because those who are making the university website instinctively believe, from their perspective, that the website should contain things that the university is proud of, or that they personally find useful, so they are unable to look at it from the perspective of a person who is new on campus and simply wants to know what number to call for campus security. Thus, simple details like contact information and university data are often overlooked. | This is often because those who are making the university website instinctively believe, from their perspective, that the website should contain things that the university is proud of, or that they personally find useful, so they are unable to look at it from the perspective of a person who is new on campus and simply wants to know what number to call for campus security. Thus, simple details like contact information and university data are often overlooked. | ||
− | The title text presents a satirical response from the school defending their site design | + | The title text presents a satirical response from the school defending their site design. It points out that they seem to think people care about the alumni magazine. It also uses sarcasm to make fun of university websites that have wildly out of date site design (web technology was relatively primitive in 2001) and a CS (Computer Science) student built it instead of a professional. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A | + | :[A venn diagram.] |
:[The left circle is labeled "Things on the front page of a university website" and contains:] | :[The left circle is labeled "Things on the front page of a university website" and contains:] | ||
:"campus photo slideshow" | :"campus photo slideshow" | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
− | *Some university administrators reportedly took this cartoon to heart. For further discussion of this cartoon, see [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/04/ | + | *Some university administrators reportedly took this cartoon to heart. For further discussion of this cartoon, see [http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/04/websites Inside Higher Ed], [http://dylanwilbanks.com/blog/2010/07/30/this-is-my-truth-tell-me-yours/ DylanWilbanks.com], and [http://doteduguru.com/id5577-redesign-your-university-website-according-to-xkcd.html .eduGuru]. |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Internet]] | [[Category:Internet]] | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Charts]] |