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Archive for September, 2007

Investigative Reporting 101

Just a preface: when I use the term “Investigative Reporting”, I’m talking about trying to discover something people don’t want you to know. This doesn’t include the run-of-the-mill “be sure to do your background work” kind of stuff.
I’m having a love/hate relationship just at the moment with investigative reporting. I love it because it’s stimulating, [...]

Newt In Second Life

Everybody is quite excited about Newt Gingrich visiting Second Life. I don’t know or care about him, so I’ve been spending a lot of time shrugging and looking for more interesting things.
Today someone emailed me the following under the subject heading “Read this and THINK”. I offer it to you unabridged, unedited, and uncommented. Do [...]

The Fractured Metaverse

via 2ubh
At the Metanomics meet yesterday someone mentioned how all of these worlds springing up lately weren’t interfacing. They saw that as a problem. The Metaverse is coming, but it’s coming fractured.
I’m starting to realize that it’s a good thing.
Web 2.0 applications don’t all communicate with each other, and while there is some demand [...]

We Have Visceral Needs

This latest from Bernhard Drax is the best demonstration of where media is going. It’s not enough to see it. It’s not enough to hear it. You must experience the reality for yourself.

Avatars In Your Browser

I tripped across this IMVU-type service via Alice’s DEL.ICIO.US links. It’s called mEgo, and it’s a fancy-dancy avatar you can put wherever.
An avatar you can’t walk around, interact with, or otherwise do anything with… sounds like… a picture.
IMVU is doing great, and mEgo looks nice and flashy and will undoubtedly do even better as you [...]

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