Author: Chris
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My 5 minutes of fame
Well, I guess my 5 minutes has come and gone ;-). I have been paying extra attention to twitter this week – really trying to figure out if its useful or just another distraction. Popular opinion seems to be that you have to follow a significant number of people (>100) to approach usefulness, so I…
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If SL = AOL, then ?? = the Net
One other interesting thought from the FIR interview with Erica Driver was an off hand comment she made about SL being kind of like AOL in that it’s a walled garden. This has been one of my biggest problems with using SL as a real business tool: it’s the most disconnected tool I use on…
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Forrester getting serious about second life
Forrester has been spitting out a number of reports in the last 6 months on the opportunities and pitfalls of doing business in virtual worlds like Second Life. The latest by Erica Driver is called “Getting Real Work done in Virtual Worlds” and is available here for Forrester subscribers. I took a listen to an…
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Regulated IT
Interesting ideas about what needs to happen in the IT industry to reel in some of the outlandish claims that are made by some: deal architect : IT and Telecom: Extremes in regulation If this sort of regulation did come in to being in any form, I think it would be one more sign that…
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Air guitar
.!. I saw this yesterday and for some reason it stuck with me: ‘Guitar Hero,’ ‘Rock Band’ drive music sales – Internet- msnbc.com There’s really a lot to this when you think about it. Here’s what I see: user’s want to be in control. They don’t just want to listen to music, they want to…
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Who knew?
That there were 17(!) different things to do with Twitter. I think I have only really considered one or two of these. No wonder so many people are signing up. And some say there is no business model… 17 Ways You Can Use Twitter: A Guide for Beginners, Marketers and Business Owners
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Duet for PLM?
It’s no secret we’ve been working with Microsoft for a long time now and have delivered some things I am really proud of. Teamcenter on SQL, our .Net based middle tear and some really interesting graphics/visualization stuff. However all of it has been pretty much focused on the back office / server room – until…
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Does not calling a bad habit by a bad name not make it a bad habit?
.!. Seth’s Blog: Workaholics
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Second Life takes another step towards an immersive experience
Those of you who read the headline and thought I was going to write up something on the latest lighting simulation or HMI gadget, look elsewhere. No I just ran across the news of the banking crisis in SL, and see this as another sign that SL is becoming more like RL every day. Banking…