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Justin in Virtual Worlds

June 19, 2009

I was thinking that my activities relating to Virtual Worlds are beginning to bear fruit, in that I can go to business development meetings with potential clients and be able to talk VWs with credibility. I’m blowing my own trumpet here [er, I think that’s called Marketing – Ed.], but hopefully you will find the [...]

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SCL joins NEESPR!

June 17, 2009

A post to announce that Souter Consulting Limited has joined the North East Service Provider Register. So, if you are looking for assistance around Social Media strategy & fulfilment (e.g. how can I use blogging & Twitter for my business?) Document, Information & Knowledge Management, and using collaborative technologies in general Management of Change to [...]

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SCL Narrative – my thoughts: your feedback please

June 5, 2009

I’ve been kicking some ideas around for a while about what SCL is for – what is the Big Picture? Those who know me know that I think in pictures. So, instead of publishing a long-winded explication, I’m publishing this mindmap to get my thoughts into the Public Domain, and hopefully to garner some feedback [...]

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Thinking Digital feedback #tdc

May 28, 2009

A quick post re my thoughts about Thinking Digital. I’ve just filled out the feedback survey, and that is probably the better way to feed back… Overall, I thought Herb & the Team did an amazing job. I met loads of great people and learned some fascinating new things. I loved the mixture of sessions, [...]

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Manifesto: UK Public Sector data should be set free

May 27, 2009

[UPDATE Jan 2010: Check out ‘Public Launch’ a post about the launch of data.gov.uk. Data sets & mashups ahoy – w00t!] This post is a synthesis of various ideas which have come together now that Data.gov is live. In turn, I would like to see data held by UK Public Sector organisations be freed up [...]

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#RSCN09 – Learning in Virtual Worlds conference: my thoughts

April 22, 2009

This post is my immediate feedback from the event at the University of Sunderland yesterday, details of which are here. A great opportunity to find out more about Virtual Worlds, the issues involved and how best to use them. Also some excellent advice about how to help those in your organisation wishing to exploit VWs [...]

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John Kirriemuir keynote – Learning in Virtual Worlds Conference

April 21, 2009

John works for www.virtualworldwatch.net: “Surveying virtual world use in UK universities and colleges”, and lives in an annoying beautiful place off the coast of Scotland. This was a useful introduction to his research. VW Keynote presentation Technorati Tags: second life,metaverse,education,success,research,interesting,opensim,opinion

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Project support tool – your input would be appreciated!

April 17, 2009

I’m in discussions with someone locally about a potential programme of activities to help businesses make the most of technology (usually information technology). We’ve been talking about what tool(s) might help underpin the whole enterprise. Photo credit to Andy Lawson It will probably be web-based, in order for everyone to have access – i.e. the [...]

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My views & feedback on SXSW

April 14, 2009

This post sets out my observations of the South by South West (SXSW) interactive festival (http://sxsw.com/interactive), in March 2009. I attended as Ambassador to Thinking Digital (http://thinkingdigital.co.uk/). Reflections Overall, it was a fantastic experience, not overwhelming I don’t tend to overdo things, so didn’t "burn the candle at both ends" too much! I found it [...]

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Are Virtual Worlds a Refuge from the Recession?

March 17, 2009

PRESENTERS Lauren Bigelow – WeeWorld Maura Welch – WeeWorld DESCRIPTION Virtual worlds could be recession-proof because the economy won’t change the fundamental desire users have to evolve their identities and express themselves creatively. Virtual worlds allow this in ways never before possible. Some claim that virtual worlds are in a recession, based on low currency [...]

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