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We have a couple of staff pages, but they don’t do a good job of introducing visitors to the people behind the names.
We have this page, which is automatically generated by vBulletin. It’s automatic, and ugly as sin.
We also have this news article which looks a little better and is more concise, but only shows the names without any details.
We used to have a staff page that included a stylized photo of the staffer and a brief biography that helped share a little of the staff member’s personality and make the site more of a community. I’ve discussed this with the Team Leaders, and would like to return to something similar to this.
Here is the what we previously had:
Keeping our discussion forums running smoothly takes nerves of steel, boundless energy and the patience of… a good moderator. And thankfully, we’ve got good ones. Yes, they may not leap tall buildings in a single bound, but they do keep the forums friendly, fun and informative.
Shifter (aka Marcus) lives with his wife and daughter in Alberta, Canada. He is a graphic designer currently employed with Image Design Professionals. As a musician, he tries to stay as current as possible with the music scene. Marcus is moderating the MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and Music Room forums. 
Quietbritishjim hails from the UK, where he’s working towards his math degree at Cambridge University. Jim has been online for four years. He started out using Yahoo! Messenger, but quickly found himself using MSN and IRC to keep in contact with his friends. Now he’s addicted to Trillian because of it’s great IRC and multi-IM support. When not moderating the Trillian forum, you might find him at a local pub or clubbing to cheesy music. 
David is a long-time member and joins us as a moderator for our AIM forum. He’s a high school student in the U.S., where he competes on the track team. He’s been online since 1997, and using AIM since 2002. Favorite IM today? Trillian, connected to the AIM and MSN networks. Dave enjoys skiing, programming and scripting, and runs the Railway Forum on his own web server.
Dr Kimble moderates our newest off-topic area: the Movie Room, as well as What Makes You Laugh? Her real name is Emily and she’s currently studying Food Science at Chapman University in southern California. She’s been using computers since she was six years old, when she got an Apple IIE. Though she’s been on the net since the late ’90s, she’s only been instant messaging for about a year. Her favorite IM? AIM along with DeadAIM — “mainly because I like the simplicity.” When she’s not online, which isn’t very often, you’ll find her working in the lab or outside hiking, mountain biking, rafting or running. She loves ducks (she has over 200 stuffed duckies) and even has her own cartoon strip featuring a cheeky duck named Quacky. And if you hadn’t guessed, she’s a Fugitive fanatic.
Elisa, or Oreo as she is better known in the forum, spends her days as a high school social studies teacher. Elisa loves history and anthropology, and recently moved back to the U.S. with her husband after teaching in Puerto Rico for four years. She’s been around computers since she was very young — remember the TRS-80 with the snappy cassette storage? She used one. Elisa has been on the Internet since her days back in college, and instant messaging since 1996 (a long time in the IM world). “I am a Yahoo! addict but I like ICQ and MSN as well. I’m a little quirky and off-center, but not in a bad way — at least I don’t think it’s in a bad way. I am fairly laid back and relaxed when I’m not stressing out about something.”
Elisa can be found moderating the Yahoo! Messenger and IM in Education forums, as well as helping out in the Movie Room and What Makes You Laugh?
Finally, there’s your friendly host, Jeff (that’s me). I am the default moderator for anything that’s left over. Contrary to popular opinion, I do not know everything about instant messaging, but I’m learning all the time. I used CompuServe forums and dial-up BBS systems way back in the ’80s… when a 1200 bps modem was considered fast.I’ve used just about every major ISP that’s come along at one time or another, and jumped on the Internet just as soon as I possibly could. My first instant messenger was ICQ, and today I move between Trillian, MSN, AIM and Yahoo. When not online, I’m probably doing something with, for, or to one of my three teenagers (explains a lot, doesn’t it?). Are you interested in becoming a moderator? Do you have a passionate interest in instant messaging? If you think you might, send me an email letting me know what forums you’d like to moderate and why you’re well-suited for the job.
I’d like to create something similar, but organized by team. To help, please reply with a few details about yourself (let your personality show!) and attach a fairly recent photo. When the page is complete, I’ll replace the existing vBulletin link and make it prominently available.
Thanks!
Hm… I just thought of something. Instead of writing about ourselves, why don’t we have someone else write about us (I actually always find that easier). I mean, from how it sounds, you wrote the little bios for the staff here, and it sounds great. Maybe you could write ours, as well, or maybe get the Team Leaders to do it? I dunno, it’s just a suggestion, I always find writing about myself is rather difficult, it’s best left to your peers.
Spike… the problem is he/we probably dont know enough about all of the staffers to properly write up little descriptions… which is why it might be better for us to whip up short little blurbs about ourselves (in the third person of course). There’s so many more staff members now than there were at that time, it wouldnt be very efficient.
Well, as I read the examples above, mine would probably go something a little like…
Spike, or Jake, currently attends high school in the US. He has been using computers since he was four (he got an NCR workstation running MS-DOS 6), and currently moderates the Computer Support and Chat and IM Alternatives forums. You can find him online on any of the six major networks connected through Trillian, his favorite instant messenger client. He prefers to use IRC connected thourgh mIRC, though, becuase of its uniqueness. When not online, Jake enjoys downhill snowskiing, usually in the Rocky Mountains, and boating in Indiana with his family.
And for your convenience (I don’t know how you’re putting this together) the HTML Version:
Spike, or Jake, currently attends high school in the US. He has been using computers since he was four (he got an NCR workstation running MS-DOS 6), and currently moderates the Computer Support and Chat and IM Alternatives forums. You can find him online on any of the six major networks connected through Trillian, his favorite instant messenger client. He prefers to use IRC connected thourgh mIRC, though, becuase of its uniqueness. When not online, Jake enjoys downhill snowskiing, usually in the Rocky Mountains, and boating in Indiana with his family.Ah, Tom, you’re right, I forget how many staff members weve acquired over the months, then again, this wasn’t that bad. At least it doesn’t sound bad…
Edit: Attached Picture of me.
Actually Spike, we staffers wrote those bios…or at leat I wrote mine. Jeff just edited it a bit. I am all up for an update..I neeed a new picture :p
That page we had before worked well when there weren’t very many of us, but I think we could use something else now that there are many more staff members. It might be difficult to go through all those names, perhaps divide them up by rank? I don’t know.. I don’t like dividing things, but it would be a long list otherwise. A list of Admin, leaders, advisors, and mentors all separate would make navigation easier. Just a thought.
As Emily noted, I wrote the original bios, but after collection some basic info from each staff member — what do you do (college student studying ???, employed as a ???, etc.); what’s your background with computers, the Internet and instant messaging? What do you do when you’re not online? What are your interests?
This isn’t a homework assignment — just a chance to share a bit about yourself in a fun way.
The CC’ers did this a while back….take a look at our crazy box of crayons I had something in mind as in bios for the section…started on it…then I got swamped at work. Darn outdoor, living history museums take all of ones time during Spring, Summer, most of Autumn and lots of Winter! (I think that’s called work…but I have fun so I’m not sure!) Still read the bios…I love them!
Alright Jeff, here’s a bit about myself.
- From England, UK.
- Currently doing a degree in Software Engineering at Huddersfield University.
- Play the guitar, bass, and drums.
- Favourite band are the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- Numero One Manchester United fan :p
Oh, can you grab the picture from my profile?
- Name … Sarah of course!
- From England
- Lawyer – yes yawn I would but I do love my job.
- Live in the world of CC (needs capitals because its the most important part of Bigblueball :0) don’t argue it’s not worth it!
- When not on-line or working, I look after my hubby and two children and I love to travel, except the flying bit … so boring! But love to see other countries. I like to read, watch films listen to music, eat out and well I enjoy life!
- Oh and on-line for about 2 years (looks back is it that long!), and you will find me on yahoo messenger and google.
oh and ps Jeff ….on the original bit they had their names coming out of their mouths what are they called … quotes? But I dont want one! It would do my street cred no good at all! haha :0)
I’m replying to show I’ve noticed and read this topic – I may have time in a few days to write up a bio etc. perhaps on the weekend, but not right now I’m afraid. I have a couple ISU’s to do for school and so usually dedicate my time to that. However, as you can see, I do still post and provide more information when needed (in my section) that the other staff missed.
Hopefully this isn’t a problem. 🙂
About me:
- name: George, Giorgos in Greek.
- Location: Athens, Greece
- studying Engineering at university
- works part-time in a calling center offering services for an internet/fixed telephony company.
- Been using computers since 1994 and the internet since 2000. My favourite IM client is MSN Messenger and the first I ever used. However, you can find me on every other messenger as well.
- Interests: Playing guitar and singing => songwriting, playing soccer/basketball, watching movies, greek food.
- Currently participating in BBB as an Msn Messenger mentor.
I attach this pic, i find it fairly decent and it’s not old either 🙂
Shifter (known alias: Marcus) currently dwells in the deepest, darkest regions of Northern Alberta, Canada. A “professional” graphics & web designer by day, and family man by night, Shifter is also an avid guitar player and song writer. Found usually on MSN, Yahoo & Google Talk, he also maintains his role as Team Leader on both the MSN & Yahoo Forums, this “jack-of-all-trades” may also have the position of Advisor somewhere in the deepest realms of Computer Support.
EDIT: Picture to follow soon.
EDIT: Picture attached.
Very good! And i loved that quote::D
shifter wrote:this “jack-of-all-trades” may also have the position of Advisor somewhere in the deepest realms of Computer Support.The picture will come sometime in the near future, hopefully…. i’m gonna try to get one of my housemates to take a decent picture of me… basically just an update to my aging senior picture. (from 5 years ago)
as for a mini-bio:
Quote:Tigerblade, aka Tom, is currently a college senior in the States working on a Management degree with a Psychology minor. When he’s not stuck in class or working on endless amounts of homework, he’s hanging out with friends or playing around on his computer – designing websites and otherwise generally just tinkering with stuff. He also considers himself a music junkie; he can’t function unless there’s music playing somewhere, even if that means the radio in his head has to be cranked up. He is serving as an Advisor in the AIM Forum, but can usually be found on any of the big three networks (AIM, MSN, and Yahoo).Feel free to tweak that if you like…
yeah cookie we had one in our section too https://bigblueball.com/forums/showthread.php?p=177188#post177188 Note the date was August.
I’ve taken mine and edited it though, for this.
Amy is our Chat and IM Alternatives Advisor and was born when Pong first came out. That’s right 1974! She’s been programming computers since the age of seven. She’s a deeply religious person and enjoys helping out others where and when she can. She’s been a voice over artist since 2000 and perhaps you’ve even heard some of her work and don’t even know it. She’s been working with chat programs since before AIM came out.
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