Archive for August, 2007
Thursday, August 16th, 2007
When I get back to Perth, one of the first things I'm doing is speaking as part of the next Propel Arts Pollinate Forum. It's a free event for anyone under 25 years of age (but don't forget to register) and $10 for older folk. Here's the details:
MYSPACE ...
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Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Is This Man Cheating on His Wife? [WSJ.com]
Is marrying one woman in the material world, and another -or at least her avatar - in Second Life cheating or polygamy? That's the question in this WSJ article on the 'fuzziness' of the line between game-life and the outside world.
(tags: secondlife ...
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Sunday, August 12th, 2007
British Military Gags Blogs [Danger Room - Wired Blogs]
"Before they blog, upload a video to YouTube, or even play a game of World of Warcraft, members of the British military first have to get approval from superior officers, if there's any hint that defense matters might come up."
(tags: miltary blog ...
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
The answer to 'who owns web2.0?' should probably be 'everyone who uses it', but a recent post by Amy Webb uses a very simple but important image to remind us all that convergence isn't just a technical or cultural term, it's an industrial gameplan for everyone from Google and Yahoo ...
Posted in Google, convergence, microsoft, web2.0 | 3 Comments »
Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Facebook Off ... when college social networking turns bad! (Or: The Perils of Identity Theft for Beginners) [Via Sivacracy]
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Saturday, August 11th, 2007
Universal goes DRM-free [Boing Boing]
"Universal Music -- who are usually the most extreme piracyphobes in the music industry -- have announced that they're going to try selling much of their catalog without DRM from now until January."
(tags: drm music mp3 ipod apple)
Minneapolis Bridge Collapse & Citizen Journalism [Internet Marketing Blog]
As ...
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Friday, August 10th, 2007
Nine loses electronic program guide case [Technology - The Age]
"The [Australian] Nine Network has lost its bid to retain control over how and when people consume its television shows in a landmark court judgment today". (The EPGs are here to stay in Australia! :)
(tags: drm tv convergence)
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Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Web savvy Kevvy puts Johnny on the spot [Technology - The Age]
The Age and other mainstream media are taking the Liberals and John Howard to task for their poor use of social software during the election campaign (possibly because The Age went through something similar a year earlier!)
(tags: socialsoftware ...
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Wednesday, August 8th, 2007
Rudy Giuliani's daughter is supporting Barack Obama. By Lucy Morrow Caldwell [Slate Magazine]
Slate broke the story that Republican candidate Rudy Giuliani's daughter appears to support Democrat Barak Obama. The reporting and story itself raises privacy issues about Facebook! Her profile is gone now.
(tags: facebook politics privacy surveillance ethics socialsoftware socialnetworking)
Why ...
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
So, Kevin07 is here! Australian Labor leader Kevin Rudd has gotten all web2.0 and has a new portal website which integrates nicely with Labor and Rudd's re-vamped MySpace page, YouTube and Facebook. As I've discussed in the past month, Labor has already shown far more success in using MySpace and Facebook ...
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