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Re: iAlja: Why I write at least 750 words a day

gracemcdunnough — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 06:03:32 -0000

I have neer heard of this, but it's inspiring and intriguing. Thanks for the tip and insights!

Re: Scary Places, Real Stories

gracemcdunnough — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 18:38:55 -0000

I wear my "I don't do horror films" t-shirt with pride!

Re: Whither Thou Goest, Metaverse

gracemcdunnough — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:24:49 -0000

Are you suggesting that a horde of Pandas is not cool? ;-)

Re: SXSW 2012 - Can a Social Web of Things keep TV cords connected

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:47:04 -0000

Thanks Chidi - and if we get in and end up across the river at 0800 on Sunday morning, I will completely understand if you sleep in and skip it!

Re: SXSW 2012 - Can a Social Web of Things keep TV cords connected

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:46:02 -0000

Don't think I won't be picking your brain for ideas :)

Re: SXSW 2012 - Can a Social Web of Things keep TV cords connected

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 07:45:14 -0000

Definitely Rab.

Re: A Penchant for Creativity - Knights and Nobles

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 14:38:26 -0000

A bit of background - for context and clarity.

The slideshare embedded in this post is from the 2009 SLCC - Live Music Track discussion entitled "Looking to the Future of Live Performance in Second Life".

The discussion was a mixed reality event, several people joined the discussion where I facilitated in-world whilst Colossus and others were physically at the SLCC event. We used SL voice and Authorstream to collectively discuss the presentation, complete with a lively Q&A.

Developed in 2009, the impressions and ideas predate many of the things in place today such as Viewer 2, the Destination Guide and web-based profiles.

Ideas were solicited from a broad audience as part of the SLCC planning outreach and while the responses came from a "you" made up of many different voices - they were clearly and transparently identified as a minority set.

REF Slide 8:
"Data Disclaimer: This is a VERY small sample set of data (<200) and most responses appear to be from the live musician community. Although there are some shared concerns, *we will kindly ask that Linden Lab re-run this exercise to be sure to address the diversity of live performance issues*."

The recommendations most prominently discussed were those included in the bulk of the presentation: communications, events system and group limits. Those included on the last slide were aggregated from the participants as points of discussion.

Re: http://www.stoweboyd.com/post/2924228533

gracemcdunnough — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:17:04 -0000

Okay, that was creepy. I spent all morning reading about Bauman and Liquidity. And yes, I'm returning your email :)

Re: For Linden Lab, Santa Giveth and Santa Taketh Away

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:22:22 -0000

I'm sure there is a lesson to be learned about how businesses can develop meaningful relationships with their consumers to strengthen the base and grow; I am also sure your anonymously posted innuendo is not likely it.

Re: For Linden Lab, Santa Giveth and Santa Taketh Away

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:15:27 -0000

Just that they were all "in place" as part of the Kingdon expanded executive team in January 2009. http://phasinggrace.blogspot.c..., but Gene didn't leave until April 2009; Mark became CEO in April 2008.
http://phasinggrace.blogspot.c...

Re: For Linden Lab, Santa Giveth and Santa Taketh Away

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:24:26 -0000

Well said.

Re: The Creative Destruction of Second Life

gracemcdunnough — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:47:42 -0000

By "rush job" I meant that the actual development of a viable product (versus focus groups, meetings and talking) appeared to be rushed ala a classic waterfall approach.

Re: The Creative Destruction of Second Life

gracemcdunnough — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:10:38 -0000

As long as there are people that come to listen and spend time with each other rather than just tune in from some random Facebook widget, I think it will stay interesting.

Re: The Creative Destruction of Second Life

gracemcdunnough — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:09:21 -0000

Thanks lufpleh. I wish I had more insight into the development of Viewer 2, but I agree it sure looks like a rush job.

Viewer 3? I can hardly wait.

Re: The Creative Destruction of Second Life

gracemcdunnough — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:07:39 -0000

Heh, I said BK doesn't grok SL "like an oldbie" (see link to Cubey's post) but if you are suggesting that McCue somehow imparted his past NS experience/knowledge to Komin - I'm skeptical still. However, if you want to usher McCue into the SL big seat - I won't complain ;-)

Re: The Arks and Arc of Our New Narrative

gracemcdunnough — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 07:01:17 -0000

LOL I *had* completely forgotten about Ted Nelson until you mentioned him in the last post - I was as stumped as Brian Lehrer.

But I agree, Ted Nelson lends more credence to the concept than Mandela's democratization. If they had chosen "information freed from imprisonment" as the metaphor for Nelson - that would have strengthened their position.

You think I Love Alaska and the IDEO concept are hints toward the "Empire of Illusion"?

Re: The Arks and Arc of Our New Narrative

gracemcdunnough — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:37:40 -0000

Duane Bray and Robert Lenne attribute Nelson to Nelson Mandela - you'll have to take your argument up with them :)

Re: You Realize I'm a Customer, Right?

gracemcdunnough — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:28:59 -0000

No, I really meant the missing paragraphs. I must have deleted the bulk of the post before I hit publish. *face palm*

Part of the missing paragraphs was an interesting comment I ran across:
"If you are not paying for it, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold."
posted by blue_beetle on metafilter
http://www.metafilter.com/9...

Re: You Realize I'm a Customer, Right?

gracemcdunnough — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:31:33 -0000

Well this is quite curious. Thanks for the comment c3. Did you by chance see the other four paragraphs that were with this post or was it just like this when you dropped in (they've gone missing)?

Re: Coding Our Faces for the Crowd

gracemcdunnough — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:15:54 -0000

I'm afraid reproducing some of my facial expressions would require any entirely new scale of compute cycles ;-)

Re: My Virtual World Ideal

gracemcdunnough — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:08:54 -0000

Thanks Lem. Those are my personal opinions and feelings, they are based on my time, observations and my experiences. Maybe you see things differently; I respect and appreciate that but it does not negate my own perspective.

As for people's motivations, I have little insight - the observation that people swing with a great force at things that appear unfamiliar is not attributing motive - it's my personal observation based on watching it happen over and over again.

I've always taken your criticisms of me, my ideals and now my courage to say openly what I am thinking constructively. I've engaged you in lengthy commentary here even when we disagreed. I have not witnessed you being nasty or vitriolic, and why you would take that personally is probably your question to answer and not mine.

Sometimes leaving things open to interpretation rather than closing the conversation outright is all a person has to offer.

Re: How Mesh Will Reduce Lag

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:42:28 -0000

I think you are right, it's just that the market and subsequent impact will be smallish IMHO.

Re: How Mesh Will Reduce Lag

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:39:25 -0000

I didn't know *anything* could be legally exported that was built natively in SL, regardless of ownership.

What are the export policies?

Re: How Mesh Will Reduce Lag

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:37:32 -0000

There are Linden Lab tools to create sculpted prims in world? Have I been living under a virtual rock?

Re: Is Citizalia a Missed Opportunity for Second Life?

gracemcdunnough — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:35:14 -0000

Hi Mike,

Thanks for stopping by.

I do appreciate the issues with asking people to download a heavier client like Second Life and the complications with corporate environments. There are of course a host of issues with flash. Nonetheless, I do think Second Life would have been a good place to test out your concept for a relatively low cost - with the added bonus of an installed user base.

I took the quote "It is a role playing game and social networking forum wrapped in a virtual 3D world that captures the essence of the European Parliament" directly from the Citzalia blog site here: http://blog.citzalia.eu/about-citzalia/.