Mark Hemphill

February 13, 2004 · 5 comments

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I meant to mention this earlier. Mark Hemphill’s running a weblog over at TypePad. Go check it out.

I’ve only known Mark for a few months (we met back at Zap; he was the guy directing the filming and interviewing that was going on) but I’m convinced we’re long lost brothers. We have very similar backgrounds, career paths and interests and are quickly becoming very close friends.

Mark, like me, has recently returned to PEI after years away: Toronto, San Francisco. And, like me, has brought back with him a beautiful Ontario bride. :-) Mark is another great thread in the increasingly interesting fabric of life here on PEI.

Mark is currently a professor at UPEI and pursuing a PhD through an innovative program from a school in Switzerland. Mark is actually using TypePad weblogs for each of his two courses (Networking, Knowledge & The Digital Age and MIS for the Digital Age) and has set up a weblog for each of his students. I follow them and it is a fantastic way to maintain an ongoing dialogue with students. More professors should be doing this.

  • http://exonous.typepad.com Mark Hemphill

    woah, I thought it was the ‘twang’ that brought us together?

  • http://www.davehyndman.com Dave Hyndman

    Yeah. It’s a good idea to start a conversation with a mention of Whiskeytown … does some weeding out.

  • Jeff Hemphill

    Yes, I too have found a kindred spirit in Mark. We have much in common, and some even say we look alike. Our wives say we act alike. Although when he was younger I was less fond of him. You see he is my actual brother. As in blood. As in genetic. Mom & Dad.
    However we have differences too. He is an optimistic realist, I am a realistic optimist. He plays hockey. I curl. He has longer hair than me, right now. He is a wee bit taller. I am smarter than him, except when it comes to computer & technology thingys. I work 6 days a week, he works less. I like cars, he is not such a good driver.
    Oh, and no matter how old they get, the little brother can never beat up the older brother……….

  • Sheila McDonald

    I have Mark as a prof at UPEI. I have noticed the longer hair. My 14 year old son who looks at me through a mop of beautiful reddish hair hanging in his eyes thinks it’s cool when I tell him that my university prof’s hair is almost as long as his!

  • Elwin Hemphill

    Hey Mark: You’re a new one on me. Are you From Great Uncle Capt. Dan’s crowd? a brother of Jana, and a son of the Hemphill Pontiac guy, and a nephew of Wanson? Want to talk with you sometime. Cheers: Elwin Hemphill, father Milton, grandfather,Capt. John, g. grandfather James, GG. Grandfather James, gg. grandma, Mary Anne Pentz.