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Archive for November, 2009

Virtual Flesh is Still Flesh

Two things:
1. Dr. Gregory Garvey says that virtual worlds are a very separate experience from our other experiences. (Well, that’s an over-simplification, but not entirely unjust.) Full video here, real good stuff:

2. Studies show that having a non-smoking avatar encourages you not to smoke either.
Which is correct? Both, of course. After all, consciousness isn’t [...]

Come Help Break This

Nortel just won a big government communications deal, which is good… because with bankruptcy looming over the company, we were a little concerned about the future of web.alive. Still, it looks like it could be developed into a viable option for a few projects and remains on our radar.
Meanwhile, the good folks over at Mellanium [...]

Monday Work Avoidance

I followed up on an invitation from Zacch Cale today to see their new exhibit. Check it out: SLurl.
Everything is hand-drawn and there are lots of fun interactive bits. Wild stuff!
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Ok, that was my 15 minute break, back to work…