Hi there, welcome to my website! My name is Douglas Bell. I’m a college student from the San Francisco Bay Area (California), currently attending American University in Washington, D.C. as a rising sophomore, majoring in Public Communications. I also design and manage a number of websites, produce a podcast and a television show, and much more. More about me »
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Latest Blog Posts

• 17
  Jul
  2010
  OSCONvasion 2010: Let the Portlandvasion Begin...

  Last year, I organized a phpBB users meetup for the first time coinciding with the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, called OSCONvasion 2009, thanks to the fact that OSCON was in San Jose. It was... Read more »

• 16
  Jul
  2010
  [Series of YouTubes] iPhone Antenna Song

  Sometimes it just takes someone to say something incredibly obvious to make the world realize how short-sighted it really is. And if that someone can come up with a creative way of saying it, like i... Read more »

• 08
  Jul
  2010
  Figuring Out Social Media

  Cross-posted from the Tech tAUk Blog Long-time viewers/readers know that there's one person in the tech industry whom I idolize. No, it's not Steve Jobs. Not Bill Gates. Not even the genius creat... Read more »

• 02
  Jul
  2010
  Review: Transmit 4

  If you're like me, and you make a living as a web developer, you rely on FTP clients. Ah, yes, these programs whose sole purpose it is to connect to a server and allow you to copy files between it a... Read more »

• 26
  Jun
  2010
  Building Bridges

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njfhrJEijuw I would just like to ask every member of AU's Undergraduate Senate, every member of AU's campus media, and every student at American who has ever been c... Read more »