October 2009
52 posts
Helping in a class at the CU business school where Dad is dissecting the Linden Lab case study put together by the Harvard Business School.
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The reason “liberal use annual leave” exists is for middle management to CYA if the weather doesn’t suck and CYA from liability if it does.
Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Barbarians at the Gate:... →
Second Life Tourists Show Little Interest in U.S.... →
Fascination with virtual worlds, especially Second Life, has led several government agencies to construct outreach and public education centers in the Metaverse.
Now, after several years of concerted…
“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we...”
– Albert Einstein
“The best way to predict the future is to invent it.”
– Alan Kay
In the world of coffee baristas, it appears Facebook is winning the battle with Twitter. http://yfrog.com/0w47pj
Eric In the world of coffee baristas, it appears... →
In the world of coffee baristas, it appears Facebook is winning the battle with Twitter. http://yfrog.com/0w47pj.
There are few things in life that pass as slowly as waiting on required government services. Like “No Exit,” eternally anticipating torture.
NOAA’s administrator is finally on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/NOAA.Lubchenco
Does anyone have experience with polleverywhere.com? http://poll4.com/KZJyfA
Using notecards in SL leads to terrible communication. Perhaps not as bad as smoke signals due to the bandwidth, but please just send email.
5-minute citizen engagement plan -- Federal... →
Ben Huh is an expert on audience engagement who’s best known for creating a platform where people can post photos of cute cats and funny captions. If you’re wondering what this has to do with the…
The Economics of Cloud Computing Analyzed |... →
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Megaregions in OpenSim are officially cool. Finally a “real” ocean and atmosphere for NOAA that doesn’t look like a fish pond.
Eric Megaregions in OpenSim are officially cool. ... →
Megaregions in OpenSim are officially cool. Finally a “real” ocean and atmosphere for NOAA that doesn’t look like a fish pond.
ExecutiveBiz Blog» Blog Archive » Mark Drapeau:... →
First came the technorati. Then the twitterati. Now the goverati have burst onto the Web 2.0 scene. These are individuals from government and industry alike leveraging new technology to better shape…
Just downloaded the Layar augmented reality iPhone app. Company website doesn’t even have it listed yet…
OpenSim 0.6.7 released to the world: http://bit.ly/1b07aO
Crytek | MyCryENGINE →
This is the new home of Crytek®’s award-winning CryENGINE® technology. Explore this site to discover all you need to know about using our new CryENGINE® 3 multi-platform engine to make greater…
Filtering Reality - The Atlantic (November 2009) →
“It’s not that Millennials don’t understand risk, it’s just...”
– Gary Galloway, DoS
NASA wants you! →
Become a lunar geologist. MoonWorld is now open and looking for explorers to register in simulated missions. You can go as an individual or form up to a team of four avatars.
Annoyed I asked for Google Wave through official channels. I should learn the social underground is faster than governmental process flow.
Outliving ones favorite virtual destinations feels strangely like a mother outliving her son. Why must the Intertubes be so transient?
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Multi-cultural! My first quinciañera.
Your Second Life Avatar Is Dressed Inappropriately →
Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Obama Executive Order... →
President Obama issued an executive order a few days ago that will go a long way to kick-starting government’s examination of new ways to meet and collaborate.
Digital comics? What’s the resale value on a vintage download? #bdnt
No shortage of jobs here at #bdnt. Ressession? What?
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AT&T decided today to allow VOIP traffic on it’s 3G network. +1 for the consumer! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125486091615268647.html
A Closer Look at Blue Mars and Corporate Content -... →
Monday’s article outlining how Blue Mars appears to be setting up a content creation system tailored toward established businesses stirred up some strong reactions in our e-mail inbox.
Adobe today announced a brand new feature for the upcoming Flash Professional CS5: Export as iPhone app. Time to learn Flash.
RT @tweetmeme http://bit.ly/8N7it
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Global Energy Simulations in Virtual Spaces
This was a presentation I did a few weeks back down at the University of Colorado Denver campus. I’m reposing it here to test of Tumblr and save a bit of my history from my old Wordpress blog.
Global Energy Simulations in Virtual Spaces
Religious Experience Linked to Brain’s Social... →
Brain scans of people who believe in God have found further evidence that religion involves neurological regions vital for social intelligence. In other words, whether or not God or Gods exist,…
IMAGINE PEACE TOWER unveiling ceremony in Second... →
Yoko Ono to unveil John Lennon memorial in Second Life
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Lynda.com
If http://www.lynda.com had an iPhone app I would totally sign up.