HighEdWeb becomes Digital Collegium on Nov. 1. Discover the new brand

Abracadabra! Using the “magic script” to load front-end components on demand

The “magic script” is an open source project that allows you to import web components automatically, on an as-needed basis. Rather than bundle all of your JavaScript UI components into a single library, you can use the script to detect which components on the page will require a download. The result is faster web performance and […]

Common sense leadership for un-leader-y leaders in an uncommon world

We are the doers. The makers. The creators. The problem solvers. The conjurers of awesome. Our work gets results and gets noticed. And then, the inevitable happens: Because we do awesome work, we get promoted to be the managers and the leaders of other doers and makers. But rarely do we receive management or leadership […]

Bringing harvard.edu in focus

The Harvard University homepage redesign marked a departure from our previous homepage content strategy. Instead of starting with the stakeholders and trying to surface everything that is important to everyone at the institution, we let extensive user research efforts guide our project. This research then informed a narrative framework and messaging engagement that focused on […]