Monthly Archives: October 2006

Should he go?

I’m in the midst of designing my graduate media law class for next semester. Even though it isn’t directly part of the interactive communication major (it’s required of all graduate students in the School of Communications, I think), I’m taking a heavily “interactive” leaning to it. That means that instead of spending 80% of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Pong Democracy

Just what you need: another game of Pong. But there is something less fun than facinating about this Massively Multiplayer Pong. Each side is played by a team of several people who, though constant feedback, “vote” where the paddle should be. One way to play is to place your vote where you think the paddle [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Drinking one’s own Kool-Aid

Mr. Calacanis is at it again, attempting to monetize the world of user-created media. I don’t, like some, think that a recent influx of cash somehow means the automatic death of the read/write web. All new media go through a period of maturation that often includes colonization by profit-seeking organizations and individuals. But in this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 12 Comments

Last minute call for ICA: Second life research

This is very last minute. I announced this on the SL research list and to some folks individually. Trying to assemble some folks to present their ideas on Second Life. Generally, I’m hoping to hook with ICA’s theme this year, which is (in part) about the politics of creation–at least, that’s how I’m interpretting it! [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Online chat on Wikipedia in the Academy

This was behind a pay-wall before now, but the Chronicle of Higher Ed has an article on the relationship between Wikipedia and academia. I was quoted in there, and it focusses a little on the Isuzu Experiment but I guess that’s not all bad. As always, I think that there is space there for missed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 3 Comments

Let me tell you how it will be…

Don’t ask me what I want it for, (ah-ah, Mr. Wilson) If you don’t want to pay some more. (ah-ah, Mr. Heath) ‘Cause I’m the taxman, Yeah, I’m the taxman. So, the IRS wants to know how to tax items in virtual worlds, including Second Life. A whole article on this over at the SciAm. But isn’t there already [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | 2 Comments

A year standing

For the last year, I have tried to work standing up. If it was good enough for Donald Rumsfeld, among others, I figured it would be good for me. I also realized that when I was trying to brainstorm, I tended to walk around, and that my best ideas came when standing in the shower. [...]
Posted in General | Tagged | 4 Comments
  • Tweets

  • Archives

  • Advertise
    Here
    Ask
    Me How