The Gratitude Dance
June 23rd, 2008 by Caleb Booker
There just isn’t enough silliness in the world. Well I’m sick of it. I’ve been way too serious. Here:
Aaaah, that’s better!
Archive for June, 2008
Trading Markets on Clever Zebra
June 13th, 2008 by Caleb Booker
Always good to see us pinged kind of “out of the blue”. Check it out: Clever Zebra: Virtual Conferencing Growing
50 Invitations for 3D onlineworld Twinity
June 6th, 2008 by Caleb Booker
A moment of irony: watching Second Life video tutorials from Twinity.
I have a present for you. Twinity has given me 50 invites for their beta. Click here, and you’ll be there. Er… in Twinity I mean, not There.com… uh…
Virtual worlds ARE confusing, aren’t they? All the more reason to try one out I suppose! Come, transcendentalize with me!
(No it’s not a word shutup gah…)
Location, Location, Location
June 5th, 2008 by Caleb Booker
I’m a chronic tweeter on Twitter. Check me out. Unlike some who compulsively update Twitter with every little thing, I tend to just post a “Song Of The Day” and occasional random thought.
The most interesting phenomena of Twitter is the number of times it goes down, slows down, and bogs down only to have everyone suggest other tools… which I never try.
Why? Because web apps are about interaction with other people. So even though this thing is old-n-busted, it’s where the people are. Why would I want to use an interactive tool that nobody else is using yet? To become an evangelist for it, eventually driving all of my friends crazy?
Having said that, for whatever reason I tried Plurk today. Here’s the embed:
It’s superior to Twitter in a half-dozen ways that are self evident if you play with it, but whether I keep using it or not will depend on two things:
- Whether or not I somehow effortlessly end up with friends/followers/connections.
- Whether or not they offer a widget that will fit in my blog’s sidebar.
It’s analogous to the real world in a way. I mean, Starbucks is just crap compared to most of the independently run café’s in this city, but it’s everywhere I happen to find myself…
UPDATE: Yeah I forgot all about Plurk about three days later. Wasn’t natural enough.
Don’t Call It “Citizen Journalism”
June 4th, 2008 by Caleb Booker
BAVC – Joe Rubin speaks about iWitness on Frontline – Draxtor is attending the 2008 producer’s institute at BAVC, as a mentor and Second Life advocate. After 1.5 days of technical issues he finally got one little report out. Much more to come though….
In a way this is a great 3 minute spot on the way news reporting is going. In another way, it’s just me keeping up my position as Draxtor’s #1 fan. 