Category: miscellaneous

My grandfather, Bill, passed away yesterday.  He had been sick for a few weeks and, to be honest, hadn’t wanted to “be here” since my grandmother passed away the day after Christmas last year.  Still it’s a sad day and one that makes me feel older because Papa Bill was my last living grandparent.  My…

So it seems the guys over at Solid Works have woekn up to the fact that there is a 3D revolution going on on the web.  I saw this announcement on their Labs site today and stopped by their island to take a look.  Unfortunately there was no one there to chat with, so I…

According to market research firms Kzero, the number of auto makers dipping their toes into the virtual world Second Life is increasing at an exponential rate.  The attraction of lots of affluent customers and the ability to show off 3D models is just too great.  Glad we’re there with Siemens Innovation Connection…this space continued to…

Sure…and this whole Internet thing is a fad too…only popular with the “young” people. Ballmer: Facebook risks being ‘a fad’ – Times Online

.!. Interesting post from Bubblegeneration on why an investment by Microsoft in Facebook makes so much sense: because their strategies are both aligned around user lock-in and driving a platform.  While I admit that at first I was hesitant to do a lot in Facebook because it seemed like such a closed ecosystem, as more…

I’m getting more and more into Facebook.  The social network that underlies everything is the main reason most people are attracted to Facebook.  Being able to easily keep up with a large network of friends and colleagues is easier there than any other site.  But my increased attention has been driven by the large number…

Good post from Scoble that gets to the heart of what Microsoft is up against: 80% functional solutions that make collaboration 1000% easier.  Personally I am using all of the Google office products, even though at work I still us Microsoft Office.  Hmm…kind of like it was when we used to use Lotus at work…

Mind Mapping and Second Life.  Will definitely have to check out this map in SL. The Mindjet Blog » Capturing the World’s Information in One Giant Map

.!. This is really exciting.  Mazda has launched a design competition on Facebook.  Participants are being asked to submit a 150 word description of what they would like to see in the next Mazda3.  This follows on to similar efforts that have been launched by Peugeot (on their own site) and BMW (for their telematics…