Integrating Spheres
It has been awhile since I posted, mostly because I was posting only instrumentally as a TA for MGMT 250. What brings me back?
Spheres colliding. No, "colliding" is too strong. I'll call it spheres "melding." That feels better.
Another frame could be that I was unintentionally shamed into making a new post. Let me explain:
My older sister is finally starting to get into life online. As one of her first dalliances into the web, she googled her younger sister's name. I learned of this behavior because she told me...
"Yeah, sis, so I goggled you!"
- "Really! How did that work out for you?"
"Hmmmm... what was the main thing I learned... oh yeah... NO SPELLING ERRORS or you lose credit on your assignment!"
- (blushing) "I am so awesome. I will have to update my blog."
"Maybe not a bad idea."
So we got a hearty chuckle out of the situation. I was reminded of blog-master Jeremy's comments in our intro session that our case blogs can be used as our brands, and, despite my visceral opposition to this way of thinking, I have learned a practical lesson that google and the rest of the universe may be prompting me to in fact be aware of my case blog as creating a first impression of me in people's "background checks."
Where does that leave me? Instead of deleting this page all together, or allowing myself to be most remembered as a nitpicking TA (which would not be an unfair assessment of my role that semester), I will take the opportunity to share the work I have been doing. We'll see how it goes.
-Meredith
Comments
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Posted on: February 28, 2007 07:07 PM
Sorry to nitpick, but shouldn't that be "nitpicking"?
Posted by: Meredith
Posted on: February 28, 2007 08:12 PM
nitpicking indeed!
thanks for the correction
:)
Posted by: Jeremy Smith
Posted on: March 2, 2007 02:26 PM
Care to elaborate?
Posted by: Dror
Posted on: May 16, 2007 06:42 PM
Your sister goggled you? Was she in a swimming pool at the time?
Miss you
Posted by: meredith
Posted on: May 16, 2007 07:43 PM
dror!
what a pleasant surprise, if also very literal and somewhat sarcastic... :)
i will have to double-check, but i am pretty sure that she actually *googled* me and there were no electrical devices plugged in near any swimming pools at the time.
looks like someone else just googled me, too, verdad? will our paths cross again at AoM?
i hope your summer is off to a great start.
Posted by: meredith
Posted on: May 16, 2007 08:02 PM
in response to jeremy's question about my visceral opposition to thinking about my blog as my brand...
my reaction has less to do with the blogging medium and more to do with the idea of thinking about myself as a marketing opportunity instead of as a whole person. i understand the spirit of the idea/metaphor, and in fact i am actually very happy that students have the oppotunity to showcase themselves (no pun intended) on this site.
for me, though, if i think about my posts strictly as some sort of intentional advertisement of my best attributes, which is what the brand metaphor evokes in me, i feel inauthentic and even slimy, which is where the visceral reaction enters, i would say.
the more i use the site for different interests, though, i have a hunch that my reaction will subside.