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Does Community Mean Free?

March 4th, 2009 · No Comments

At least twice a week, if not more, I get approached with a “great idea” which usually entails that I do something for free with one of my “professional abilities” so that some new community can grow.  Rarely do any of the wonderful offers explain why they have so graciously selected me, nor is there [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life · Social Networks

Los Arboles Beach Club Update #2

February 12th, 2009 · No Comments

It has over a week since I first reported on the Los Arboles Beach Club.  As with last week, member of  this unofficial group keep appearing on regular basis in the afternoons during the week days.   There has been no sighting of them on weekends.
Mirror (Mike) has observed that the following (We had them up [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

Just Build It and They Won’t Come

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

A little long winded entry – but hopefully some one gets something out of this…. Banana  – also has been posted on Meta Magic Studio blog

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In light of the recent news posted in The Avastar of the closing of the Geek Squad sim, and the subsequent lazy media fall out that will happen, and [...]

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Random Thoughts · Second Life · Social Networks

Help! I am drowning in Social Networks!

May 11th, 2008 · No Comments

How many social networks can one be in? Or more precisely, how many social network tools do I need?
Jeez, I am in the following:

Second Life – 18 Groups
SL Bloggers Network
Face Book
My Space
Linked In
Flicker
uTube
MyBlog Log
Type Key
Twitter
Digg
Technorati
Stickam
StumbleUpon
Yahoo Answers
Santa Cruz New Tech Meet-up
Hash House Harriers – Websites & Local Running

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Tags: Metaverse · Random Thoughts · Second Life · Social Networks · Technology

Metaverse Advertising / Marketing

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

The virtual world is the newest venture into successful marketing, according to a recent study by Pepsi and MTV.
The major push, it seems, is coming from a new case study of Pepsi’s work in vMTV. An online survey of 600 consumers conducted for MTV Networks in January by Harris Interactive and MauroNewMedia looked at 300 [...]

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Tags: Metaverse

SLCC – Sept 5 – 7

March 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Three friends have told me that SLCC will be Sept 5-7 in Tampa…. I am absolutely bumming because I can not make it that weekend. Why o why was it not in August again?!?

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Tags: Second Life

Event Marketing in Second Life

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

SL Brand, where I am the wonk for development of Second Life content, just completed an event marketing event that included the following items from our tool box as we assisted Cisco Systems in their major introduction of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. The following items came into play in the three months [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

Just finishing up Quantum Shift Music Day

March 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Into our 7th hour of music coming from Cisco’s Quantum Shift Music Day. I will be posting pictures and some thoughts a little later.

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Tags: Metaverse · Music · Second Life

SL Community – SL Buzz

February 28th, 2008 · No Comments

The above widget came free from SL Buzz. A great community space for those involved in Second Life to post thoughts and pictures.
Yeah – that is my name in Second Life. If I did the math correctly, I average over 43.1 hours a week in SL… and that amount of time does [...]

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Tags: Second Life

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