Intellagirl in the Yearly Review
Gotta love it when your work becomes a marketing bullet!
New Second Life Interface Looks Like a Web Browser
One of the oldest debates among Second Life users is about how to merge Second Life better with the rest of the web. Folks have argued for the ability to have interactive HTML browsing inside Second Life for years but the issue has its detractors. A new release from the Electric Sheep might signal a [...]
Google Buys Jaiku!
If you’re interested in microblogging ala Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, you might be interested to know that Google purchased Jaiku today. Besides making all the Jaiku employees dance around in celebration of their upcoming stock options, this could mean something big. Other smart folks are talking about it too:
BlogShmog
Guardian
Reuters
Mashable
Read/Write Web
OReilly
This could mean some serious improvements in [...]
Fmail: Gmail in Facebook… You will be assimilated into Facebook. Resistance is Useless!
Yep! The social network which is fast becoming all things to all people has assimilated and absorbed another part of your life. You can now check your gmail from inside Facebook with a new app called Fmail. Now you need never leave Facebook! Evaaar!!!
Law & Order SVU to take on Second Life-esque Story Tonight
Tonight’s Law & Order Special Victim’s Unit episode, called “Avatar”, will take on a story about under age sex in a virtual environment called “Alternate You.” Looks like a stab Second Life and all the controversy over age verification and the mysteries of the fine line between real life and virtual life. Set your DVRs! [...]
Facebook to add new Grouping tool! Reed’s Law in full effect!
According to the “In the Works” page on Facebook there will soon be a tool that allows you to sort your friends and customize what updates/info is released to each kind of friend/contact. Finally a social network that really gets it! We all intuitively know that we have multiple identities in online spaces. I’ve blogged [...]