Random thoughts, musings and things I think are interesting…
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Ballmer: Facebook risks being 'a fad' – Times Online
Sure…and this whole Internet thing is a fad too…only popular with the “young” people. Ballmer: Facebook risks being ‘a fad’ – Times Online
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Microsoft = Facebook = Evil???
.!. Interesting post from Bubblegeneration on why an investment by Microsoft in Facebook makes so much sense: because their strategies are both aligned around user lock-in and driving a platform. While I admit that at first I was hesitant to do a lot in Facebook because it seemed like such a closed ecosystem, as more…
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Another one bites the dust
Congrats to the guys at Seemage who managed to get themselves bought up by their fellow countrymen, Dassault. I hope you all can keep up the blog, but I wonder how the message will change. Alex has been pretty vocal in his opposition to IT centric or heavy PLM systems, so here’s to hoping that…
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Getting more into Facebook
I’m getting more and more into Facebook. The social network that underlies everything is the main reason most people are attracted to Facebook. Being able to easily keep up with a large network of friends and colleagues is easier there than any other site. But my increased attention has been driven by the large number…
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Adobe joins rest of industry in going for Microsoft’s throat « Scobleizer
Good post from Scoble that gets to the heart of what Microsoft is up against: 80% functional solutions that make collaboration 1000% easier. Personally I am using all of the Google office products, even though at work I still us Microsoft Office. Hmm…kind of like it was when we used to use Lotus at work…
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Two of my favorit things come together
Mind Mapping and Second Life. Will definitely have to check out this map in SL. The Mindjet Blog » Capturing the World’s Information in One Giant Map
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Manufacturers starting to tap in to social networks
.!. This is really exciting. Mazda has launched a design competition on Facebook. Participants are being asked to submit a 150 word description of what they would like to see in the next Mazda3. This follows on to similar efforts that have been launched by Peugeot (on their own site) and BMW (for their telematics…
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Another 3D world is launched at demo fall
Mashable has a write up of another 3D world that is getting some press out of Demofall 2007. SceneCaster looks interesting to me for 2 reasons: It seems to be an open platform. I can do what I want to do, not what they will let me do. It is directly integrated to Google 3D…
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SL bevomes more like RL every day
.!. I wonder if the UAW considered striking at GM’s SL islands? IBM SL PROTEST ORGANIZATION