RSS Efficiency Revisited
I watched a video from Tim Ferris, author of The Four Hour Work Week, over at his blog. The video is an interview with Robert Scoble (a most wonderful Ubernoggin!) about how he manages to effectively read over 600 RSS feeds a day (see my earlier post about RSS feeds ) and blog about what [...]
MySpace Experiment Update: Good news or bad…you decide
Well, after more than 48 hours our fictional MySpace girl has only 11 friends. We signed up for ten or more “friend trains” and got little to no response. I’m thinking that this is a sign that the “I have a million friends on MySpace” movement has sucked the real interaction out of the site [...]
Microsoft to Unveil Secret Project at Midnight tonight?
The folks at Gizmodo claim that Microsoft will unveil a new product tonight at midnight. Coming from the development division that brought us the Zune (total failure) and the Xbox (turned out better than we thought), this new product isn’t making me hold my breath but my curiousity is piqued.
Tune in later to see more [...]
Second Life for Dummies: Nominate your fav SL spots
Mark Bell (www.storygeek.com) and I are currently writing Second Life for Dummies. At the end of the book we’ll be listing a few top ten lists. I’d really like these lists to reflect, not just what I find interesting and useful, but also what others find as well. So here it is, your turn to [...]
My MiniLife: Webkins for Grown Ups
Best Practice Powerpoint and Bibliography
I was a bit of a slacker with sources on my PowerPoint for last Friday’s Best Practice conference in SL so I’ve received a few requests for sources. I’ll give you one better. I’ll give you my whole research bib. I tend to maintain one big one in a spreadsheet that allows me to draw [...]
MySpace Research Running Amok!
I read this article in my feed the other day about companies who offer to provide thousands of MySpace friends to folks who are willing to pay. This got me thinking so I did a quick Google for “MySpace friend train” thinking I would find these companies. What I found instead of dozens of pages [...]
The Tully Family Tree: A Small Second Life Study
Typewriter (www.storygeek.com) and I have been talking lately about research methods in Second Life. As in all research, it difficult to balance between personal privacy and research interests. Just how do we get info from people who are trying to just live their lives (first or second)? This got me thinking and wondering about some [...]
Gmail made even better!
As is usually the case, it’s Saturday and I’m finally making time to look through the tabs of great stuff I’ve had open in my Firefox window all week.
Lifehacker, which always delivers the UberNoggin goods, has created a Better Gmail extension that makes Gmail even better than it already was. I especially like the conversation [...]
Repurposing a Tech: Twitter for Helpdesk
I get super excited when I see a creative application of a technology for something other than it was created for (the definition of hacking I first learned way back when computers were run by gerbils on a wheel but I digress). Check out this method for using Twitter to create a free help desk [...]
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