Note: I started writing this post over a month ago during my winter holidays, but things sort of got away from me and I had no chance to complete and publish it until now. Gomen nasai.
Personal Branding: What’s private, what’s public? I’m sitting here by the beach in Hoian, Vietnam. The surf is crashing, […]
If you look at the history of posts on this site, you’ll notice some gaps in the timeline early on (well, elsewhere too, but the early ones are explainable differently). The thing is, when I launched into this blogging venture I spent an absurd amount of time fiddling with design. And I’m nowhere near done […]
You may recognize this boy in a turban. Or you may not.
Unless you’re my father (who took the picture) or someone I’ve introduced it to as being my two-year old self, you’d be hard pressed to be sure that it’s me. But I’m told it’s the truth.
At first I felt pretty unenthusiastic about this project. I loved that my students were so fired up on research that they would power through online content in pursuit of the perfect image to suit their inquiry. I dreaded the thought of telling them, “Sorry, but all those images you’re been doing awesome things with, […]
If there’s one thing the past decade or so of digital evolution should have taught us, it’s that micromanaging modes of sharing and interaction, like the take-down of Napster or the one-time dismantling of Pirate Bay, does little or nothing to […]
