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Virtual Worlds 2007: The Tipping Point?

Everyone I met at Virtual Worlds 2007 seemed to agree this conference, the first of its kind, marked a “Tipping Point”. Of course, people love to talk about Tipping Points. It is one of those ideas that adds a little excitement to an occasion regardless of accuracy. But, the buzz and excitement was tangible at […]

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Twitter in Africa and Virtual Worlds
On Your Cell Phone

Please see Soyapi Mumba’s, (Liloge, MW), post on Twitter and its possibilities in Africa where the use of mobile phones is much higher than that of computers. Mumba also links to some interesting new uses for Twitter that extend the genre of “what I am doing now” in interesting ways. For example, “The train system […]

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Virtual Worlds ’07: Philip Rosedale, Second Life
and Positive Global Development

Day One of the Virtual Worlds 2007, NYC. Philip Rosedale, founder and CEO of Linden Labs gave the opening presentation at VW ‘o7, 9am. In an auditorium jam packed with a Fortune 500 crowd gathered to look at, “The Future of Marketing and Media,” Philip Rosedale/Linden stayed true to his visionary, futurist roots. His talk […]

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