Do you think that people who play Second Life, World of Warcraft, Xbox Live, MMOGs, and MMORPGs are freaks? Do you consider message boards, forums, virtual realities, and virtual communities to be a waste of time, populated by losers? Read more…
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Just to be clear, when you blog it is not the same as taking the piss out of your boss and the job down at the pub. Blogging is public and universally-accessible so you will be discovered and probably fired if you bite the hand that feeds you. Read more…
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While history requires statefulness, the very nature of the Internet is statelessness. State requires libraries, checks and balances, error-correction, and memory. While there are indeed ways to “look back” into the history of the Internet, the emergent, collaborative nature of the Internet makes the corruption and influence of online content impossible to prevent and improbably to police. The entire concept of “History” being “written by the victors.” On the Internet, the victors are those who are able to best control and maintain the message. Read more…
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“Five billion dollars, 7 billion, 10 billion. I don’t know what they’re really worth — and you don’t either,” said Terry Semel to his staff at Yahoo! about buying Google, “There’s no fucking way we’re going to do this!” Famous last words. Via Wired.
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