Archive for the 'Life' Category

Tired and croaky: busy day yesterday

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

I’m tired and slightly croaky after a long day yesterday. As Andy already pointed out, much of it centered around NMK’s My So Called 2nd Life conference at 01Zero-One, right in the middle of Soho.

Once it got underway, the speakers were:

MMOs: where are they now, and where are they heading? - Michael SmithMichael (the CEO [...]

The Darren and Roo show: Day 1

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Darren and Roo show off Second Life at an internal conference. Food and speakers: good. Beds: too short.

Baby Linden Second Life in Second Life

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

We have a nickname for the baby. Last time it was Herbert/Herbertina. This time I have started calling the baby Linden. So it is natural to put the picture in second life and capture him or her on Snapziila

Thoughts on Professions

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

I’ve been spending most of the weekend writing my professions case. Professions cases are used to qualify for certain levels of accreditation within the Professions structure. It is, essentially, an internal IBM qualification. There are different Professions streams for different job types (Project Management, Architects, Software Engineers etc.) and I am in [...]

Taking risks and Blogging

Saturday, July 8th, 2006

Robert Scoble talks about the risks and intent of blogging

Ambient Orbs, Rabbits, Penguins and the Availabot

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

Roo ponders the advantages of ‘ambient’ technology, and the custom Availabot online status monitor reminds him of a wireless penguin.

Wimbledon, Shuttles and July 4th

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

An interesting group dynamic in the Wimbledon bunker

The Warner Music man who ‘gets it’

Monday, July 3rd, 2006

Good coverage for Ethan Kaplan of Warner Recors, the man who ‘gets it’

Amazonians push the envelope

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

3pointD are reporting on the recent news from Supernova 2006 that some peole who happen to be Amazon employees in Second Life are exlploring the potential of “a bridge between Amazon Web services and Second Life so you can go into Second Life and actually try things on there and buy them”

My latest Second Life toy - a Last.fm player

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

What was the last song Roo listened to? You can find out on Last.fm, and now in Second Life too.