Monday, October 30, 2006

iAmoeba

i thought this was pretty clever. apparently seth godin asked for an iAmoeba and Allan made one, i thought it was kinda funny so i post now.
It doesn't do anything much. But every once in a while it divides, and then you have two

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

dynamic seating


we are all exploring how we can make dynamic furniture and architecture in second life, but check this out. you can mess around and make your owns words. is it more comfy if you spell "pillow" instead of "nails"? what word would you spell?
how blog

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

reuters in second life

reuters is now showing a presence in second life. what do you think the response will be? i really wouldn't go there for my news because there are more efficient means for me already on the internet, but maybe i would if second life was more immersive for me.

Monday, October 16, 2006

download from youtube

check it out, a legal way to download from youTube and convert it to mp4, automatically. it's free and there are no spyware and all that junk. check it out: iTube

Saturday, October 14, 2006

new names in second life

Individuals who want to use their real last name will incur a $100 setup fee and a $50-a-year maintenance fee.

micropersuasion

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

gooberTV episode 2

episode 2 for gooberTV is now up!!! it's pretty kinky

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

engineers v marketers

i thought this was pretty interesting and somewhat humourous
Engineers - think it will catch on simply because it’s possible

Economists - think it will go mainstream when it’s cheap enough

Marketers - are sure it will explode if they spend millions marketing it

But the most important thing is that it will not catch on before it’s user friendly and easy to understand!
eirikso

what tweens would miss

an article on emarketer was very interesting to me. it stated what type of media our kids and tweens would miss the most if it were removed. internet seems to replace tv as numero uno as the kids age. also interesting (and somewhat humourous) was the fact that none of the age groups cared about newspaper and magazines.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

is email old?

do you guys think email is too old now? what? i don't think so. check out the other opinions
87 percent of teenagers in the US now use the Internet, and many of them prefer instant messaging to e-mail.
personally, i still prefer email

rocketboom raking it in

apparently rocketboom has struck a huge deal, according to this article by marketwatch.com
rocketboom has signed an ad deal worth $80,000 for a week on the program

digg viz

check out these news ways of visualizing the content coming into digg.com

Monday, October 02, 2006

space tourism vehicle

check out the new line of space tourist vehicles. tickets are expected to be less than $200,000 US.
TEDblog

choosing happiness?

check out this awesome speaker from TED conference (technology, entertainment, design). it will change the way you think about "true happiness".
Dan Gilbert is a psychology professor at Harvard, and author of Stumbling on Happiness.

Sunday, October 01, 2006

need help with goober

ok guys, i need help with our project; gooberTV. what can we do to get the word out? who can we call and email? please comment or email us with any ideas. also, it will help us greatly if you link to our site anywhere and everywhere you can. thanks for the help!