Archives for February 2007
Interview with Mike Bloxham of the Center for Media Design
Mike Bloxham, the Director of Insight and Researcher for the Center for Media Design here at Ball State, is the most amazing networker I’ve ever met. You need only talk to him for a minute to trust him and feel like you’ve known him for years. In his job at the CMD, Bloxham is responsible […]
26 February 2007 | Uncategorized | Comments Off
Intellagirl on “The Story of Digital Identity” Podcast
Paul Madsen, Conor Cahill, Richard Piccarreto and I participated in Aldo Castaneda’s Digital Identity podcast last week. Have a listen! We discussed everything from OpenID to how digital identities are formed. It was a blast and I learned a bunch from these great guys. Have a listen and I’m sure you’ll learn a thing or […]
21 February 2007 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Good Deeds Challenge
One of my core beliefs is in helping other people. I believe when you help others that it comes back to you ten fold. My rule is that you give and give and never expect anything back. I love seeing people I have helped succeed so I have a challenge to you. So much of […]
19 February 2007 | Mark Bell, Good deeds | 1 Comment
Zero to Success in 3 Minutes
I am a big fan of the blog Presentation Zen created by Garr Reynolds. Today’s entry was on three minute presentations. The first presentation was by Richard St. John who answers the question “Why do people succeed?” in three minutes at the TED conference.
The presentation is based on St. john’s book, Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky and […]
15 February 2007 | Mark Bell, success | Comments Off
Who is Buddy Sprocket?
Apologies for not posting till now… usual excuses apply.
This is really just part 1 of the post I thought up back when this blog began - but only now have I squeezed the five minutes into my schedule.
Who is Buddy Sprocket?
Well, he is my avatar in Second Life. Here’s a picture of him.
That’s Buddy […]
12 February 2007 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments
Feeling Schizophrenic in the Digital World
We fragment who we are everyday. Linguists call it code-switching. The same process that enables you to decide not to cuss at your grandmother but to feel free to throw out a couple of “f-bombs” while watching the game with friends is the same process that can allow you to decide what version of your […]
9 February 2007 | Uncategorized, Intellagirl, ethos, self-promotion | 2 Comments
Self-Promotion in Graduate School Part 3: I blog, therefore I am
It is almost to the point of being passé now for people to have blogs. In the halls of academic digeratti it is almost de regugre. The real question is what does a self-promoting graduate student need or want with a log. With classes, readings, GA’s and homework no one has any real time to […]
5 February 2007 | Mark Bell, self-promotion, blogs | 1 Comment
