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Archive for December, 2007

TAGGED!

So I’m flying along, minding my own business, when *POW* I get smacked by Gwyneth Llewelyn’s tag. Now I have to write eight things about myself, and tag another eight people to do the same. It’s like one of those horrible chain letters I generally hit “reply” to with a bunch of angry comments. I’ll […]

Facebook Fright

“Truth about Facebook” by Vishal Agarwala - original presentation in Flash
In part, this is about grassroots journalism. The original flash has 3170 “diggs” at the time of this writing, having been created sometime in 2006. AlbinoBlackSheep picked it up from there, and then others used screen-capture software to make videos of the presentation and upload […]

The Techno-Priest

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We spoke earlier about how virtual world professionals and web2.0 obsessoids, well, we’re not completely understood by our friends and families. What if we were? What if that turned into a bad thing somehow? Herein I play a Techno-Priest zealot some years hence. Take it for what it’s worth.
Blessings […]

Here Comes Another Bubble by Matt Hempey & The Richter Scales

via Laughing Squid

Writer’s Strike and the Virtual Office

Here’s the definitive story on “The Office” build in Second Life and, as it’s the hot news item of the day, the writer’s strike. It’s just 3:46 long and comes courtesy of Draxtor Despres. Nice remix on the sound samples Drax.

Of course, it’s only fair that we hear from a member of the writer’s union […]

Strange Places We Walk

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I’m experiencing the Digital Divide, redux. What I’m discovering this time around, however, is that there’s no “right side” of the divide.
I’ve taken technologies like Voice over IP and virtual worlds for granted. They’re things that have become obvious to me, simple conventions that I use to get things […]