Monthly Archives: June 2007

The future of virtual worlds

Over at Terra Nova, Richard Bartle has asked folks to predict what will be going on in Virtual Worlds (VWs) and/or Massively Multiplayer Online games (MMOs) in 20 years. And while many prognosticators like to hem-and-haw and disclaim that, "Oh… … Continue reading

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1st in a series: NetVoices respond to assinine PCMag post

Amber has been doing this hillariously a couple times now. I find it hysterical. I’m going to have a go, but probably do a bad job of it. This is, of course, based on the wonderful work of our friends … Continue reading

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“Should I trust Google?”

Good article at the Financial Times about "Google’s Goals…" [By way of John Battelle's Search Blog]. A quote in the piece from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, Google’s CEO is either hyperbolic, or scares the crap out of me: We are … Continue reading

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New blog project: Kid Vid Id

So… My 7-year old comes in and says, “Dad… Moms says I’ve got 10 minutes to go before bed, and I’m supposed to bug you so that I’m not bugging her.” “That’s cool. Whaddya wanna do for 10 minutes?” He … Continue reading

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50+ legal marketing posts

For a year and change, I was doing legal marketing consulting full-time. During that period, I wrote a legal marketing blog (often called "blawgs") that was consistently in the top 10 results on Google, Yahoo! and MSN search for the … Continue reading

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Experiment in social free-ness

I’ve been pimping TaleWeaver, my creativity/storytelling book/game for some time now. Between the newer one (which is better) on Lulu, and the one that got up on Amazon through no fault of my own a few years back, I’ve sold … Continue reading

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Pushing the brand out: Absolut “Pillow Fight” ad is spot-on

If you haven’t seen the new Absolut TV ad, check it out here and come back. [Yes, at some point I’ll figure out how to embed videos right in the blog. It needs a plugin and I’m having issues with … Continue reading

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