http://www.digital-ethos.com Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:47:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Old technology but it works Electronic Mailing lists are by no means a new technology. Simply, an electronic email list works like a traditional email list where many people share address and emails are mass emailed in a public way. Almost every subject has list that you can join. Also if ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/04/02/self-promotion-in-graduate-school-part-4-you%e2%80%99ve-got-a-mailing-list/ Have a look http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/03/04/interesting-video-about-online-identity/ 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 ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/02/26/interview-with-mike-bloxham-of-the-center-for-media-design/ 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 ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/02/21/intellagirl-on-the-story-of-digital-identity-podcast/ 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 ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/02/19/good-deeds-challenge/ 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 ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/02/15/zero-to-success-in-3-minutes/ 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 ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/02/12/who-is-buddy-sprocket/ 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 ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/02/09/feeling-schizophrenic-in-the-digital-world/ 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 ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/02/05/self-promotion-in-graduate-school-part-3-i-blog-therefore-i-am/ A few friends of mine at Ball State (Betsy, Rafael, Jason) are taking part in a new BSU/Media Post newsletter/blog. They are all writing excellent stuff and promoting BSU in an excellent light. I am truly lucky to know these folks. This is how they describe themselves: Welcome to Notes ... http://www.digital-ethos.com/2007/01/31/notes-from-the-digital-frontier-self-promoting-grad-students-getting-it-done/