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Fatblogging: 194
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Mar 7th 2007 2:32PM Jason, if you ever cruise by my desk at Podtech, I've brought in a little somethin to help with the fatblogging movement even thought I'm not a part of it--- it's a small 4lb medicine ball (looks like a yellow basketball, but heavier), and it's just the right size to roll around and flip back and forth between your hands when in a meeting, building up forearm and finger strength.
We must keep our clicking parts in top shape! :)
Prokofy Neva banned from the Linden Blog
Second Life Insider
Dec 8th 2006 3:04PM As goofball as some of Prok's ideas can be, I completely disagree with the banning from blog comments. I've been doing this blog thing for too long, and it's one of the cardinal rules.
My definition of trolling is far worse than THAT. Sheesh.
Frogg Marlowe on MTV!
Second Life Insider
Nov 19th 2006 3:28PM Don't forget! Keiko was also there, one of the fast growing sensations in SL:
http://www.mtv.com/games/video_games/news/#/games/video_games/news/story.jhtml?id=1545822
Story and video. (Frogg rocks too, he's older so he gets all the headlines! :-)
Interview - Plastic Duck / Gene Replacement
Second Life Insider
Nov 11th 2006 2:09PM I never knew nor cared who Plastic Duck was except through old, dusty history blogs. I knew Gene though. I have no opinion on his guilt or innocence because well, I don't actually know. What I do know from personal experience, is that he was a nice kid, never gave me hassles, and is quite dangerously smart. (Go on and insert the 7 paragraph 'sympathizer' tirade here___).
Thanks for posting this interview, Tateru-- I think it's important. Knowing Gene and some of the others who were swept out, I've had some doubts about Linden's decisions, but hey, they make the rules and have access to the knowledge we don't. We can still have our doubts, though. :-)
Elitism and security
Second Life Insider
Oct 13th 2006 6:13PM Pick your poison. Slow, laggy, packed sims that could crash resulting in a failed event. Or, limited access, special invite or cover charge to manage flow and alienation of those in different time zones, limited funds, or idealism-driven.
Both will be covered negatively. It's lose-lose.
This is a struggle for anyone who puts on live events. Damned if you do and damned if you don't. The system's limitations of 40 people (okay 100 in theory, but it plainly does not work) is what event organizers have to work with. A decision has to be made and it's gonna piss off people.
It makes me question if LIVE is really necessary in most cases. I host one of the Regina Spektor kiosks, and missed the Suzanne Vega event. Vega's event got a ton of press and now it's gone and done. The Spektor loft somehow persists over the longer term. Every day, people are there, in it, interacting with it.
I love islands and I hate them all at once, because they are in fact isolated and do not mix with the native scene. Out of sight, out of mind. And yet, more control and building flexibility.
Should be interesting to watch.
Coca-Cola Blak reviewed
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Apr 18th 2006 8:54PM Yeah but Victor, ain't that MPG savings PLUS increased performance from your injectors just rockin'? ;-)
Is Second Life your life?
Weblogs, Inc.
Jan 24th 2006 6:22PM Well, aside from having my own island (read: server), podcasting and vlogging in and out of world (hey I can use my mobile to have chats with people in my virtual house when I'm not there!), using it for machinima, as well as putting blog-type initiatives in there (sorta), I suppose you could say it's my life. But it's also work too. And I'm not applying cuz you'd need a blogsmith interface in world. Heh.
My photo work is on that special flickr URL for "Spin Martin". Next up: using SL as a test model for getting key information, screenshots and videos from a video game to your mobile phone, just to make sure your guild is toeing the line. Okay I've said too much. :-P
Technorati 100 rebooted...
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Oct 2nd 2005 10:32PM "616 referrers from Technorati in the past 48 hours." I'd read that as "616 newbies brand new to blogs/blog search who might be seeing Engadget for the first time." I'd think you'd think everyone already subscribes to Engadget in RSS. Numbers don't paint the most accurate picture, methinks.
I hate the new Technorati design...
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Jun 23rd 2005 5:45AM If we're going to succeed at being smarter with Web 2.0, we need to stop this "high end" or "insider" or "smarter-than-joe-six-pack" mentality. Shouldn't we *want* people in the mass market to access the kind of NON mainstream information and opinions and thoughts found inside Technorati? I know I do. Top 20% is enough? I actually want my mother and your mother and everyone else's mother to use Technorati and a boatload of other sites and services. That kind of thinking seems insulting to our mothers *and* ourselves.
CalacanisVidCast #1: From 30,000 feet up... (note: I'm still up here!)
The Jason Calacanis Weblog
Jun 9th 2005 4:18AM Now that's some serious international videoblog action, yo.
