I still luv j00 Stratics

ByLaurel Papworth October 10, 2005

I still love you Stratics even though I’m no longer wielding the banz0r stick, doing news reporting or appeasing devs. Stratics is The Massively Multiplayer Network site that hosts Ultima Online, EverQuest etc gaming portals. By providing a mature and friendly atmosphere within which both game Players and designers may freely interact in a positive…

By providing a mature and friendly atmosphere within which both game Players and designers may freely interact in a positive social environment, Stratics serves as a powerful conduit for the collective voice of today’s online gamer. This realization of communal activity and individual contribution on such a massive scale serves to create the unification of information and interaction that is Stratics: a unique blend of Community, Strategy, Statistics and News aimed towards all people interested in massively multiplayer games and persistent world environments.

To people who pooh-pooh RP gaming communities – they figured out how to do user-developed content long before you even heard of the phrase “user based content development”. So there! Oh and there’s an interesting read on Wikipedia.

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NOT hiring someone based on Facebook or Twitter

ByLaurel Papworth April 21, 2010

It’s dangerous to Google someone and then not give them a job – particularly if you tell them what you found and also keep a copy somewhere. Here a potential employer blogged about not hiring someone because she tweeted “I can’t bludge anymore”. Commonsense says you wouldn’t want that person as an employee but what…

Content Management System for Law Firms and Barristers’ Chambers

ByLaurel Papworth December 10, 2005

Matrix Chambers with digitalTMW went live today with MatrixLaw:The system (Persephone) can publish news, press releases and partners’ or members’ CVs to the general public, while allowing for more restricted dissemination of sensitive information, such as for minutes of senior management committee meetings, or a community set up for a particular legal case.The system can…

Protecting Children through Trigger Phrases

ByLaurel Papworth December 11, 2006February 23, 2011

John Reid, British Home Secretary had this to say: A”kite mark” standard is being planned by the home secretary to help protect children from internet paedophiles. John Reid told GMTV he planned a system of approved software so parents could feel assured their child was safe from paedophiles while online. He said the idea was…

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EVENT: Facebook Developers Workshop – Australia

ByLaurel Papworth January 17, 2008November 24, 2019

I don’t think this is a technical workshop so it might be interesting for those wanting a high level view of developing Facebook apps – or even the direction it’s all going in. There’s a Venture Capitalist speaking for example. You have to register, get more information etc. on the Facebook Event page: Date: Thursday,…

The business of digital graveyards

ByLaurel Papworth September 2, 2006

Some time ago I wrote about digital graveyards Diaries of the Dead – a Forgotten Babyon – the email addresses, blogs and online presences that continue long after their creator has passed from the real world. I speculated that these pixel ghosts would soon outnumber their flesh-and-blood counterparts. Well its seems there is now a…

Local communities and Sensis

ByLaurel Papworth August 9, 2006

First, the YouTube video explosion thing. Back on June 21st I wrote about Mark and Guy’s Excellent Digital Adventure, remember? I uploaded (fully attributing) Neill Blomfield’s video called Alive in Joberg by Neill Blomkamp Spyfilms, simply so I could link to it, for this blog. Since June 21st I’ve had one comment and a few…

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