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Virtual Arm feels real

Fascinating story in New Scientist.

For those of us interested in Virtual Worlds, the exciting question is: “What happens when people start to believe their virtual body (i.e. their avatar) is ‘real’?”

When one first enters Second Life (for instance) one of the interesting things is the freaky feeling of interacting with someone, one-on-one, in real time and yet of having no idea what their real name is, how old they are, whether they are male or female, what they actually look like or even where in the world they are (really) sitting as they type on […]

2011-07-06T09:35:36+00:00March 31st, 2009|General|4 Comments
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Google: they know where we live!

These are unusually tough times for Google. The company, which is not accustomed to announcing bad news, is cutting 200 jobs in sales and marketing, (following the 100 recruitment jobs earlier this year) the biggest round of layoffs in the company’s history. Meanwhile a group of British MPs is up in arms about the new Google Latitude mobile tracking technology and various consumer groups have noticed Google’s share of the search market (79% globally and over 85% in the UK).

Now what’s all this fuss about Google Street View? And why is Google doing it?

Well […]

2011-07-06T09:35:41+00:00March 27th, 2009|General|4 Comments
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These are a few of my favourite things (1)

– Cool Digital Stuff (no credit or liability sought or accepted).

You know how it is. Sometimes, in fact often, one comes across something in the wonderful world of the web which is just too good to keep to yourself. Yes I am aware that many will have seen these before. But if one person discovers something here and gets joy or inspiration from it and shares it then… Well you get the idea. Enjoy.

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My daughter still hasn’t forgiven me for sending her this link. I really like the shadows.

http://www.onemotion.com/flash/spider
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Great […]

2011-07-06T09:35:48+00:00March 23rd, 2009|General|1 Comment
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TFM&A 2009 – a delegate’s tale

I recently attended the TFM&A show at Earl’s Court. (It stands for “Technology for Marketing and Advertising”, in case you’re wondering.)

I thoroughly enjoyed it; I caught up with some friends (both real life and Twittermates) ex-colleagues and clients and came away with sufficient ‘nuggets’ to justify the time invested. I only have one complaint and it’s a biggie…

As in previous years, the organisers chose to make admission both to the show and to the seminars completely free.

The predictable result was queues all round Earl’s Court 2 for the seminars and keynotes, even ½ an hour before they started. The keynotes […]

2021-09-23T17:07:52+00:00March 22nd, 2009|General|1 Comment
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Hello World

Hi Everyone.

Here it is.

My first post.

Hard to know what to write, really.

One feels it should be something momentous.

Err…

I’ll get back to you.

Mike

2011-07-06T09:36:04+00:00July 10th, 2008|General|1 Comment
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