Category Archives: MySelf

now tumbl(r)ing: besel & mo

Posted on August 7, 2010 by msb

this summer, i’ll experiment with tumblr (i already have some experience related to my literary ambitions). i will now blog regularly about my research in second life using tumblr. but not in the usual way…i need stimulation and distraction at … Continue reading →

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Status update…

Posted on May 14, 2010 by msb

…I am officially in the same relationship I’ve been in for the past 16 years and still happy. I do not play Farmville or Mafia Wars and I do not allow spying, viewing, sharing, networking, blogging, supervising, laughing, giving, taking … Continue reading →

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Community is King

Posted on April 27, 2010 by msb

Who remembers CDs? Who remembers CD sales? The publishing industry is nearly as scared of new technologies eroding its profits as the music industry was – once: since they did the wrong things too late their profits are down for … Continue reading →

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Educamp 2010 Hamburg

Posted on February 8, 2010 by msb

Das Educamp ist, wie vielfach beschrieben, schwer zu beschreiben. Ich hoffe, es bleibt so erfrischend – und wenn nicht, dann machen wir eben eine andere Dose auf. Continue reading →

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The Power of Time Off

Posted on January 27, 2010 by msb

In my view, all people, who, like me, are considering to do a sabbatical (mine will begin in fall 2010) should see this TED talk – pointed out to me by a student – star designer Stefan Sagemeister on the power of time off. Continue reading →

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Randy Pausch died

Posted on July 29, 2008 by msb

Sadly, Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon Univ. computer science professor about whom I wrote several times in this blog, and who inspired a lot of people, died a few days ago. Here is his CMU obituary.

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New CMS – Drupal 6

Posted on July 21, 2008 by msb

I am excited about finally turning my “forever construction site” into a proper CMS system. After looking at mambo/joomla!, and smaller cousins like miaCMS, skeletonz (my favourite at first b/c built with python) I finally settled on Drupal. This is … Continue reading →

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We need systemic solutions now

Posted on June 15, 2008 by msb

I am currently sitting at home recovering from a summer flu while trying to write a long (2 years!) overdue article on system constellations. It’s been both fun (to think and write) and a strain (to be ill and write). … Continue reading →

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Si pas souffrir

Posted on April 28, 2008 by admin

We are going – the whole family – to listen to the Hilliard Ensemble in Berlin, May 6. Really looking forward to that. My daughter (7 yrs) said, when she heard this clip: “Oh, please, lemme go too, can I … Continue reading →

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Must we see everything of one another?

Posted on March 16, 2008 by msb

Not sure where to place this in my blog – to escape from the drudgery of grading papers (2000+ pages of 200+ students), I clicked myself through some favourite blogs, like Andy Boyd’s Croeso … found there first Twitter and … Continue reading →

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