I am still intrigued yet confused about Second Life, but here’s an interesting and informative video about it with Drew Carey.
Entries Tagged as 'internet'
Internet-challenged
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · General
With the demise of my iBook and the ongoing disbaility of my PC, my opportunities to connect have been seriously curtailed. I have to borrow computers or use those on campus, which is far from ideal. I have been handwriting a lot lately, including a fairly long entry on Burn After Reading (which I can [...]
whoisi fun
July 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments · General
Here’s an idea for an unintended (nevermind) use of whosi: create groups and add feeds to them. I created a “name” called “Film Scholars” and added the trusty Dr Mabuse’s Kaleidoscope site. I was going to add everyone else in my film blogroll, but I didn’t because I’m lazy and I want to see what [...]
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Sharing and Stalking
July 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments · General
Back in May of 05, I wrote about distributed identity, and posted links to a number of sites with which I share information about myself, such as last.fm, flickr, etc. I mused about exhibitionism and sharing, but the problem then is that if anyone were actually interested, for some reason, in following my activities, they [...]
Tags: internet·online·social networking
Anonymity and (online) identity
July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · General
I’ve been working on Kracauer’s early writings, trying to think of his concepts of distraction and the loss of individuality attending the rise of modernity in terms of networked communication and video distribution. As a sort of residue of this work, I began thinking about internet use more generally, which spawned the following snippets, stripped [...]
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Second Life
November 20th, 2007 · No Comments · General
I am puzzled by Second Life. I like the idea of a virtual environment and everything I’ve read about it is positively amazing. But I just can’t get the hang of it. I think my problem is that I don’t have any real objectives, nor any friends who use it to help me explore. I [...]
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