As we move ahead building second order knowledge about our networks, and more and more efficient software helps us manage our personal and corporate data, it is time to move ahead and make sure that our societies, nations are also analyzed, and scrutinized efficiently. We are now ready to build systems that enable us to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘economy’
XMediaLab meeting in London
October 26th, 2007
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Brendan Harkin, Director of X|Media|Lab, kindly invited my to participate in the first European XMediaLab meeting of this new technology think-tank.
Speaking at the World Business Forum
October 15th, 2007
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I will be speaking at the World Business Forum next Tuesday, on the User Generated Marketing panel. The conference will be interesting, and I hope to have time to say hello to Ray Kurzweil who is also speaking there.
The conversation about Second Life’s value is becoming interesting
July 31st, 2007
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The natural cycle of media coverage from hype to bashing is starting to be complete around Second Life, to the relief of many. At the end of this cycle it is much easier to concentrate on the values added by the platform, and the more interesting or exclusive applications that are possible through its use. [...]
Sony’s PlayStation Home validates, and pushes Second Life model
March 8th, 2007
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The blogosphere is abuzz (thanks, Massimo!) with the announcement at the Game Developers Conference of PlayStation Home, their take on shared online virtual worlds. Without having had the time to read about it enough, my guess is that the implementation will be flawless, the number of participants huge, the graphics stunning. And since it will [...]
Speaking at the annual meeting of Aegis Media
March 7th, 2007
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I have been invited to speak at the 2007 Annual Meeting of Aegis Media, the media, communications, and market research group. The title of my talk is going to be “A New Life for Marketing in Virtual Worlds – What are you really promoting in Second Life”, and as usual it will be possible to [...]
New space launch company Blue Origin unveiled
January 5th, 2007
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The founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has had his space exploration company operating for some time, but very little was known about it, and the type of launch vehicle that it was developing. A few days ago the website of Blue Origin has had a major update, and posted images of its vertical take-off and [...]
Pirates’ market
December 19th, 2006
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Pirates’ market Originally uploaded by david.orban. Inside this market all types of software can be found on conveniently assembled CDs or DVDs. A typical price for a CD is 100 rubles ( about 4 dollars, or 3 euro), independently of the content. You can find the latest releases of Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Office 2007, [...]
New apartment buildings
December 19th, 2006
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New apartment buildings Originally uploaded by david.orban. I am told these sell for five thousand dollars per square meter. No local with a normal job can afford them of course. Even if a lot of the local salaries come from unofficial sources. The real estate market with come back to earth, but it will be [...]
