Cyberculturist / Videoblogger
Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area
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- Owner at theory.isthereason.com (Self-employed)
- Instructional Technology Graduate Assistant at Teaching & Learning Center
- Doctoral Student at University at Buffalo
- Past
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- Academic Instructor at UB @ SIM
- PR Technology Intern at Weber Shandwick
- New Media Designer at OCTOGRAM
- Producer at Substitute.com (Sole Proprietorship)
- Managing Director at CaveTech Media (Self-employed)
- Education
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- State University of New York at Buffalo
- Ngee Ann Polytechnic
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Kevin Lim’s Summary
Kevin Lim studies and shares his interest in the wide-ranging cultural affordances of technology, focusing particularly on the pedagogical aspects of social media. Through the use of popular culture, he makes it easy to understand various online phenomena via his blog.
Presently in the field of communication, his research work ranges from the anti-censorship of China, multi-dimensional regulation of online spam, social capital among online non-profit organizations, and the influence of blogs on purchasing decisions. He also gives social media related workshops and produces user-centric guides at the Educational Technology Center, located in the University at Buffalo (SUNY).
Challenging notions of virtuality, Kevin has currently constructed a modular video and GPS-enabled backpack which allows him to experiment with lifecasting as a physical embodiment of ambient presence to his online readers, and as a personal form of memory prosthetic by making his wearable video “deep searchable”. See “How to never forget: The story behind Kevin’s wearable cameras“ on his blog.
So far, Kevin has been featured on the Buffalo News, Channel News Asia (Singapore), CommandN videocast, and Jeremiah Owyang’s Web Strategist blog. Kevin also participates in various public, academic and Web 2.0 conferences.
Kevin Lim’s Specialties:
Cyberculture, online communities, social media, teaching
Kevin Lim’s Experience
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Owner
theory.isthereason.com (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Internet industry)
January 2003 — Present (5 years 7 months)
Read the thoughts of Kevin Lim as he ponders about social technology. He's a Mac cult leader who works at the Educational Technology Center and thinks he lost his mind taking the PhD program at the School of Informatics, University at Buffalo
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Instructional Technology Graduate Assistant
Teaching & Learning Center
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
August 2002 — Present (6 years)
Expertise: Researching the pedagogical aspects of social media for dissemination to instructional designers, educators as well as students. Produced workshops on the academic uses of folksonomy, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and RSS. Teaching and assisting university faculty and staff in the creative and effective application of new technologies for teaching, learning, and scholarship.
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Doctoral Student
University at Buffalo
(Educational Institution; Internet industry)
August 2000 — Present (8 years)
Conducted online social research on:
• Managing email spam
• Social capital among online non-profit organizations
• Influence of blogs on purchasing intention (marketing)
• Blogs as predictors of international news flows -
Academic Instructor
UB @ SIM
(Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; E-Learning industry)
January 2007 — April 2007 (4 months)
At the University at Buffalo (SUNY) program in the Singapore Institute of Management, I taught two classes, namely Intro to Internet (the Social Web) and Effects of Mass Media. In both classes of about 75 students each, they were introduced to:
• Seminal communication theories
• The art of writing research papers
• Use of blogs for class assignments
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PR Technology Intern
Weber Shandwick
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Public Relations and Communications industry)
June 2001 — August 2001 (3 months)
Differences I made during my internship:
• generated business leads [personal initiative]
• increased social capital within the agency by designing unique "contact list" posters for every employee, complete with individual photographs and annecdotes [personal initiative]
• media scanning (i.e. making newspaper clipping and getting my hands all black) -
New Media Designer
OCTOGRAM
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry)
June 1996 — July 2000 (4 years 2 months)
OCTOGRAM was a design consultancy based in Singapore which was well-known for being the first local company to embrace "desktop publishing" by investing in Apple Computers (a bunch of Macintosh IIfx) and Aldus Pagemaker.
I worked as a New Media Designer which involved:
• producing commercial web sites
• managed projects with team of graphic designers
• communicating with clients from various industries
• introducing new media technologies to the company -
Producer
Substitute.com (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
June 1996 — June 1997 (1 year 1 month)
Substitute.com (Singapore) was started with three classmates passionate about the local music scene. After getting the initial idea down, I pitched the idea of having an Alternative Music Network built online, complete with people like ourselves running around gathering stories, interviews and attending music events. We have since been featured in The Straits Times (Singapore’s national newspaper) as well as produced the “BigO CD Singles Club No.4” Enhanced CD which was bundled with a local alternative music magazine.
My role as producer & founder included:
• conceptualizing & building entire music web site
• deploying streaming audio/video solutions
• collaborating with passionate staff of eight
• networking with regional record companies
• getting sponsors and advertisers
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Managing Director
CaveTech Media (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
July 1995 — December 1996 (1 year 6 months)
Back when we just received Internet connectivity in Singapore, my dad showed me a magazine article showing how people in other countries were starting web publishing businesses. I thought to myself how it would be impossible for me to ever do that. By some strange twist of faith, a friend showed me what HTML was about and the rest was history. Since then, I gathered classmates interested in making money while learning a new skill, and taught them how to build web sites. We formed a small agency with two-man teams taking on various web design projects. It was called CaveTech Media.
As managing director, I:
• started a web publishing company
• trained teams on web publishing
• managed projects among teams
• educated clients on building web presence
• was self-taught in order to stay ahead
Kevin Lim’s Education
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State University of New York at Buffalo
Masters, Communication, 2000 — 2007
- Activities and Societies:
- • Built web site for ASEAN GSA
• Built community blog for Singaporeans in UB
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Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Diploma, Communication, 1995 — 1997
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Kevin Lim’s Interests:
Web 2.0, Blogging, Macintosh, Videography, Social Networks
Kevin Lim’s Groups:
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Forbes.com Personal Technology Forum member
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