Caleb Booker

MellaniuM is a small company that’s representative of a few hundred unsung hero companies of the metaverse, in my opinion. They fill a niche with virtual worlds technology in a way that can have a serious return on investment.
In their case, they create renderings of real-world constructions. You can walk around them, see how they […]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 under new media, content, press, hype, futurism. Comments: 4

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!

Posted on June 23rd, 2008 under new media. Comments: None

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 […]

Posted on June 5th, 2008 under new media, numbers. Comments: None

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 […]

Posted on June 4th, 2008 under new media, press. Comments: 1

Well… for what it’s worth:

2012: The Year The Internet Ends
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2012: The Year The Internet Ends
http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality
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I Power:
http://ipower.movielol.org
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TANIA’S PICS OMG
http://ipower.ning.com/profile/Tania
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Athene:
http://athene.movielol.org
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Athene movie:
http://www.wrathofthe1337king.com
If I had the choice between two ISPs, and one had a clear and public Net Neutrality policy, I’d go with that one without hesitation. A lack of net neutrality could be a major expense for companies […]

Posted on June 3rd, 2008 under history, new media, governance, press, hype. Comments: None

Alright, I’m a very bad Canadian. I’m only just now discovering this incredible series. So sue me. Well… ok don’t sue me even though I’ve created this almost-logo above from some image snatched randomly on Google Image search, thus committing many an old-media faux-pas.
Spark is a radio show / podcast from the CBC, hosted by […]

Posted on May 28th, 2008 under art, new media, press, futurism, writing. Comments: 1

I “spoke” today on Orange Island to help them kick off Games Week. This was a text-only event, which is pretty hardcore oldbie stuff.
The Orange website has full details of the event series. Here’s the transcript:

Posted on May 26th, 2008 under new media. Comments: None

So, we start with this 17 seconds of joy:

Zombie Kid Likes Turtles
Beautiful. Remixes ensue. The celebrity sing-along was my personal fave.
Now, the TV station picks up on it and says: “Why the hell is everyone so excited about this? Those remixes are getting massive attention! Let’s do the ULTIMATE remix and do an actual full […]

Posted on May 16th, 2008 under art, new media, press. Comments: None

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I was reminded recently that Twinity was in open beta, so I signed up and took another look. For those of you not familiar it’s a Second Life competitor that has some real potential.
You customize your avatar in much the same way (except that you can upload a picture of […]

Posted on May 8th, 2008 under new media, futurism. Comments: 2