Back in the saddle? Perhaps…

October 28, 2009

I haven’t done anything (of note) on my research for over a year; I figure it high time I got down to business

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Forrester: Value of Virtual Worlds

October 26, 2009

We should not be trying to COMPETE with the Microsofts, Alcatel-Lucents, IBMs, Avayas and Ciscos of this world

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My new research question

September 30, 2009

What decision-making processes did corporate managers go through to enter into 3D virtual worlds? What makes them stay?

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Social Media Tsunami – the numbers say it all

September 30, 2009

Mega thanks to Gary Hayes for this! Technorati Tags: gary hayes, social media, statistics, numbers

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On theses, not papers

September 25, 2009

An email in my uni inbox today reminds me that I must search the theses databases* for further insights into a sparse literature around my topic of interest. I’m enjoying reading my UniSA School of Communication colleague Shelley Bird’s doctoral thesis: “A Communications Professional Explores the Role of a Women’s Resource Network in a Large [...]

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It’s ‘All in the Mind’

September 25, 2009

Can the ‘alts’ of Second Life and other virtual worlds be akin to ‘alters’, the various alternative states of DID and MPD?

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Being a man and shopping for girls

September 25, 2009

Let no one think otherwise – I am a man. And a shabbily-dressed one at that. Oh, I like to think that I look good in Armani or Boss, but in fact I am far more at home in a pair of Levi’s and a rumpled t-shirt. I am more ‘rock’ than ‘international man of [...]

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Getting rid of a swag of old images

September 24, 2009

I’m going to be cheeky. I’m going to pop completely irrelevant images from my Second Life and other journeys into these posts. Why? Because I have a swag-load of them and no real means to share them, and it seems such a waste for them to be cluttering up my hard drive. Yes, I could [...]

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Reflections: 23rd Sept 2009

September 24, 2009

It’s crunch time. All of those suggestions from Jackie Cook that I write, write, write and never stop are finally making sense. I have to start my doctorate over completely from scratch – including the initial proposal – and have 12 months in which to write and research and submit it. That is a nightmare-ish [...]

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The start of a new panic

September 24, 2009

Shite! Ok… time to think clearly. I cannot import my old blog, nor can I point to it so that you can see it. All my old posts, comments, etc., are lost to the world (and I can hear the world a-wailing and a-gnashing its teeth). So you will have to make do with this [...]

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