Around 40 people showed up yesterday for the first of our coffee with crayon sessions at crayonville Island in Second Life. This is the weekly get-together where everyone can discuss literally anything related to new marketing. With no formal agenda, the session could have been a damp squib. Instead, it…
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I spend quite a bit of time in Second Life. Recently I’ve been visiting different places I hear about, especially when that involves what a company is up to. There’s a lot going on in Second Life which I find extremely useful in gaining more understanding about a virtual world…
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Judging by the mingling and dancing at crayonville Island in Second Life last night, the crayon Christmas party was a huge success. Late for me (the show began at 1am GMT this morning) but what fun! I estimate there were at least 30 people there, all chatting, dancing and generally…
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CaseCamp, a marketing ‘unconference’ open to anyone, is holding it’s first event in Second Life on December 14. If you’ve not heard of Casecamp before, the concept is simple – it’s a conference where presenters share case studies of their work, with the goal of creating a commons for discussion,…
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Under four hours to go until we formally launch crayon today in Second Life. As you might imagine, I’ve devoted much of my time this week in preparing for this event. So not much else has caught my attention. Emails unanswered, RSS feeds unread, as I focus on my contributions…
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The teasing is done and it’s time to get specific about the new company I’m now part of alongside founder Joseph Jaffe, veteran communicator Shel Holtz and podcasting pioneer CC Chapman. The new company is called crayon and will be fully open for business this coming Thursday October 26 when…
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I’ve been online since 1988 starting with CIX, Demon Internet and CompuServe. I declined AOL. In 1992, not long after the web was born I started writing online, creating my first website that year. Hand-coded HTML! Fast forward a decade to more modern times and the advent of blogging and…
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Two things happened recently that reminded me of the saying “what goes around, comes around” but in a good way. Both things concern the metaverse, Web 3 and Internet 2. These are terms that everyone is talking about online and offline, yet no one seems to be talking about them…
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