I’ve had a really superb mobile phone for the past three months – a Nokia N95 8GB, the latest generation of a phone that packs 8 gigs of internal flash storage space, has wifi, GPS and more bells and whistles than I could have wished for. I got my N95 almost by chance. One day [...]
Films
Last Friday evening’s Die Hard 4 virtual press conference and expo launch in Second Life was a great example of how this virtual medium can work well when you have some real imagination and execute a good plan of organization. The event featured a live Q&A session with Bruce Willis, the star of the film. [...]
Climate change is a hot topic much in the news these days with increasing messages from our governments telling us we need to act now to save the planet. We’re hearing new phrases like ‘carbon neutrality,’ ‘carbon footprint,’ ‘personal CO2 emissions’ and ‘climate forcings’ along with old favourites like ‘greenhouse gas’ and ‘ozone depletion.’ Does [...]
Films about the Second World War war don’t do much for me. I can count on one hand such films that have made an impact, the most recent being Flags of Our Fathers which I saw on a plane journey in February. Then I saw Black Book on DVD this weekend. Released in late 2006, [...]
Holding events in Second Life of one kind or another is not new: people have been doing this since this virtual world started back in 2003. As more businesses enter Second Life, the idea of including this virtual world as a channel in broad marketing and PR planning makes a lot of sense. In its [...]
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