This will probably get me red-flagged by search engine bots. Never mind. It IS about business and online communities I promise. Nothing gratuitious. Chris O’Brien at Mercury News has an interesting article on Gary Kremen of Grant Media Eventually, Kremen turned Sex.com into a paid adult search engine, which delivered links to adult Web sites…
I found an interesting article on Social Capital in the Financial Express (Bangladesh). Social capital and Sisimpur by Khan Ferdousour Rahman The role of social capital in the creation of intellectual capital suggests that social capital should be considered in term of three clusters, i.e. structural, relational and cognitive. The structural dimensions of social capital…
I’m guessing that when Second Life said they were activity encouraging user generated content and member software… Hello Second Lifers, As announced on our website at http://secondlife.com/corporate/bulletin.php and corporate blog at http://blog.secondlife.com/?tag=security, Second Life discovered an attack on our servers on September 6, 2006. The full security bulletin is reprinted below, followed by a FAQ…
I just heard a rumour on Barren’s Chat (virtual world chat) that Peter Brock had been killed. Nothing on wiki until a few minutes ago and then only today’s date and a “just kidding” next to it. But now News has Car champ Peter Brock dead: report MOTOR racing champion driver Peter Brock is reported…
Twenty four hours for shock and disbelief and hugging around the virtual campfire. Then the jokes start: Steve Irwin jokes:Steve Irwin wouldn’t have died had he been wearing sunscreen – it would’ve protected him from the harmful rays. The song played at Steve’s funeral will be “Don’t Stand So Close to Me” by Sting. Steve…
Ah yes. User Generated Content. If you are a site developer, no doubt you’ve had new converts to Web2.0 rush in and say “OMG build me a website that revolves around my customer, with a content management system that allows both my company employees AND the consumer to add heaps of stuff content. Y’know *makes…
About this time a year ago I applied for a job at eBay Australia. I figured I’d have a good chance at it, having implemented US -centric initiatives into other theatres (Europe, Asia etc) for major technology companies in the past. I’ve built massive teams from the ground-up for eBay type corporates. Plus… no shock…
When Australia lost the Crocodile Hunter a couple of hours ago, shock reverberated around the ‘net. Intriguingly, I expected Guestbooks to be up with the half hour. What I did find was the comment section of The Courier Mail performing that task. Tragic Loss of An Aussie Icon. Unfortunately, because they moderate every comment I…
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…
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