virtual worlds

Discover what I read / have read

August 6, 2010

Intro Reading helps me keep up with the latest developments, learn about best practice, and stimulate new thinking. I’ve found myself recommending books to folk I meet, usually via an e-mail. To try and short-circuit this somewhat clunky approach (and make a trickle-feed of associate wonga), I’ve created this Amazon Associates store. If imitation is [...]

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Enterprise 2.0 – intro & questions

May 7, 2010
This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Enterprise 2.0

Introduction This post has been in draft for a few weeks, so I’m making concerted effort to get it live! I’m planning to run further parts so it’s easier to digest… I believe that organisations are going to change as the impact of Web 2.0 hits them. This post, therefore, is a kick-off to get [...]

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Aurora Training partners with Souter Consulting to deliver social media strategy workshops

May 5, 2010

Organisations wishing to kick off their social media efforts – but not knowing where to start – can look to Aurora Training & Souter Consulting to give them a led up!

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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 [...]

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GameHorizon feedback #gh09

July 9, 2009

My impressions I thought I should write up my thoughts re my recent attendence at GameHorizon: It seems pretty clear that the Computer Games industry is a major success story Apparently making more money than film & music [although all I can find on Google are rather dodgy get-rich-quick schemes which refer to this…!] What [...]

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GameHorizon live-blog #8: ‘Round Up’ & Closing Comments

June 24, 2009

‘Round Up’ – Ian Livingstone Closing Comments – Carri Cunliffe GameHorizon #8: ‘Round Up’ & Closing Comments Technorati Tags: virtual worlds,metaverse,north east england,technology,interesting,ideas,gateshead,gamehorizon,games,business This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike license.

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GameHorizon live-blog #6: ‘Future of Digital Distribution’; ‘Future Technologies’; ‘PlayStation Home’

June 24, 2009

‘Separating Fact from Fiction: the Future of Digital Distribution’ Roger Walkden, CEO, AWOMO ‘Future Technologies’ Steve Clayton, Microsoft ‘Development Opportunities in PlayStation Home’ Peter Edward, Director, PlayStation Home Platform Group UPDATE – I’m publishing the first bit of this session as a bulleted list, as the CIL service was offline to begin with… ‘Separating Fact [...]

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GameHorizon live-blog #4: ‘Survival of the fittest’; & ‘next Evolution in casual MMOPGs’

June 23, 2009

Panel discussion: ‘Survival of the fittest’ Chaired by Jamil Moledina (Outreach Director, EA Partners, Electronic Arts) with Darren Jobling (Business Development Director, Eutechnyx), Mark Rein (Vice President, Epic Games), Conor Sheridan (FX Dealer Manager, Custom House), Robert Bond (Head of IP, Technology and Commercial, Speechly Bircham), Alex Carter-Silk (Partner, IP, Technology and Commercial, Speechly Bircham) [...]

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GameHorizon live-blog #1: Welcome; Introduction; & Session 1 on persistent online games

June 23, 2009

Welcome to GameHorizon Conference Carri Cunliffe, Conference Director Introduction Ian Livingstone – Host and Life President of Eidos Session 1: ‘Building a persistent online game, and everything that goes with it’ David Jones, CEO and Creative Director, Realtime Worlds. GameHorizon: Building a persistent online game, and everything that goes with it Technorati Tags: metaverse,technology,north east [...]

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SCL at GameHorizon conference

June 22, 2009

If you’re looking for the live-blog sessions I’m doing at the GameHorizon conference, use the info in these boxes to tune in on whichever session is live (or passed). More info to be had on live-blogging etc. via this post. Technorati Tags: virtual worlds,metaverse,north east england,technology,interesting,ideas,gateshead,gamehorizon,games,business This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution [...]

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