From the category archives:

psychology

Second Skin – film about Virtual Worlds

September 18, 2009

Intro Those who’ve met me know I can bore for England on Second Life – e.g. people laugh when they hear my SL avatar is called Tandoorichicken Masala. You might have seen this summary of virtual world-related posts (on this blog) I put together recently. I really should check out some other virtual worlds, but [...]

Read the full article →

Are Women Taken More Seriously On The Web?

March 16, 2009

PRESENTERS * Blagica Bottigliero – Edelman * Karen Chu – PlayFirst Inc * Laura Roeder – roederstudios.com * Carly Kocurek – University of Texas at Austin DESCRIPTION Women used to have to get our foot in the door THEN prove that we deserved to be there. With blogging and social networking, we’re now able to [...]

Read the full article →

Is Spec Work Evil? The Online Creative Community Speaks

March 15, 2009

PRESENTERS Mike Samson – crowdspring.com David Carson – davidcarsondesign Jeff Howe – Wired Magazine Jeffrey Kalmikoff – skinnyCorp/Threadless Jeremiah Owyang – Forrester DESCRIPTION The ‘no-spec’ movement has long held sway in the design community but the web has created a new model for design that allows a freer exchange of ideas and inspiration, and more [...]

Read the full article →