Give it Up For Other Worlds

I got the distinct impression in the virtual world, reading about, venturing there, that a small cadre of frontiersfolk are thinking about such fundamentals as - so how do we police this? Do I actually need privacy? Is avatar sex in public better than real sex? Cross that last one out - I stumbled upon […]

Two New Newspapers to Launch

Hot on the heels of the news that one third of newspapers are likely to close because of new media competition, two more are launching but listen to this: the first is Avastar which will be a product of Axel Springer, in Germany, and will debut in Second Life and on the strasse. Yes, a […]

This is a Green Beta

Among all the web 2.0 betas this one stands out because it provides real benefits to more than one user. I don’t just mean it builds community, it may save community.

The service is offering by Green Mountain Energy, a US company that provides clean energy and helps corporate clients reduce their carbon footprints. Now […]

At Last The Story Can Be Told

No evident reason why some stories are embargoed - that is we, journalists, get to hear about them on the condition we don’t tell until the story owner, in this case IBM, says it is OK! Not a fan but I agreed to it. So earlier today I met with an avatar in IBM’s Second […]

The IBM Advantage

To date IBMs’ Second Life islands have been closed except to the IBM insiders and alumni. What IBM does for business in Second Life therefore is part of tomorrow’s news. But to preview: there is already a buzz around retail. Far more interesting from a wider cultural perspective IBM is demonstrably discovering that the virtual […]

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I just had a moment of clarity and realised as this blog is now being seen around 500,000 times a month we should offer an opportunity to advertise. We’re not going to scare the A list with those numbers but it does present an opportunity for advertisers who want to convey a message to an […]

Denial By Another Name

Opinion is not divided over Iran’s attempts to question the Holocaust. In fact there has been no collective hand wringing over how we provide this particular conflict with propaganda ammunition by not engaging with the accusation that the West suppresses free speech. All done and dusted you might say. We’ve had that debate and concluded […]

Is That the Mainstream or The Margin?

The famous American philosopher Thomas Kuhn once compared scientific explanations to a building surrounded by scaffolding to support all the people doing running repairs on the basic structure. News is a bit the same. Yes, Iraq is important but we kinda get the point. People are dying in unnacceptable numbers, it is a disaster and […]

Does Clooney Matter?

News that George is headed off to China to discuss Darfur issues there with political leaders is one of those lump-swallow moments. Another celebrity, another world issue. To the tune of, If I were a Soldier, A Soldier: If I were a Clooney, a Clooney, A Clooney Was I… I’d probably keep out of […]

Stalkin’ Dawkin

Richard Dawkins author of The Selfish Gene and now The God Delusion has been voted Britain’s top intellectual as well as pubishing his new anti-religion book (see above), and getting the dubious honour of TV over-exposure. It’s happening at a time when a fundamental belief in God is regaining old ground. No coincidence then […]

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