What are the Lessons of Second Life?
Second Life is a product I blow hot and cold on. I’ve written enthusiastically and I’ve written critically, but I think I’m getting closer to understanding why. Let’s set out the stall.
Second life is a 3-D make believe world made up of pretend territories. Those territories can be intellectual such as IBM’s IQ island; sexual […]
Democracy Player Improves
The tech sites have focused today on Democracy Players downloadable IPTV suite. Democracy Player is building up its channel portfolio and offering an open standard solution to IPTV viewing. They currently boast 700 channels.
I wrote about it a month ago and would say pretty much the same again - the emphasis with video has […]
ESPN, Netvibes and Webwag.
Over at a mashable story, ESPN launches netvibes for sports, Franck Poisson from Webwag has made an interesting comment on the spread of startpages.
My feeling is that Webwag have created a brand new web (way?) to surf the web and to read content: mouse-over preview, self-organization of my page, multi-mini windows in one browser […]
Washington Post Wisdom Of The Few Should Think Again
Newspapers really like to put a new spin on an old fact. In fact it’s in the nature of journalism to be dealing with repetition in novel ways. That could be one half of the definition of news.
The Washington Post’s report on websites that promote “expertise” instead of the wisdom of the crowd is […]
CNET TV
CNET TV plays out as soon as you get there so be ready for the noise that hits your ears. It trips from an intro into a tips section which also grates.
CNET is one of the most distinguished voices in the tech sector - notably affected by rapidly declining audiences.
How-to tech tv does not seem […]
Gaming YouTube - Mashable’s Unmissable Post
I don’t think I’ve ever come across a post as damning as this one over at Mashable. I’m late on it - though that’s maybe to do with the US-European time difference, but surprised also not to see it up in Wall St analyst posts, blogs and the rest.
The gist is YouTube is easily gamed […]
Keeping Track of the Indian Scene
Webyantra has this to say about current VC attitudes in India.
“My sense is that VCs (in general) are not too happy with the available investment climate in India (specially amongst the smaller startups). Its almost as if, there is ‘just too much VC money,chasing too few good investment opportunities‘.”
Yes, before you can shout: “send the […]
Vista, Disaster and Microsoft’s Rosy World
The idea that Vista is doomed and Microsoft will be hauled over the coals by the EU competition authorities, mercy, mercy, is gaining unnecessary traction.
I like Vista. I like the semi-transparent screens. It really appeals to the boy racer in me. I can’t be seen in a car with stripes down the side but an […]
A Goldrush Called Second Life Namespace is Also About Sex
Clickable Culture talks today about the sale of Second Life names (right now you have to choose from a list given by Second life).
Second Life now intend making names a tradable item, pretty much like domain names, though more expensive (like $100).
I wrote about Second Life in the Irish Times recently and, weird, then […]
Jobneters About to Launch Post-beta Site
Jobneters is finally launching its post-beta site and it may turn the recruitment world on its head.
Whereas the conventional recruiting world works when a recruiter goes out to seek an employee, Jobneters process begins when users and members recommend people for jobs.
Not the easiest concept to get to grips with. What jobneters is doing is […]