While so many people within the marketing community scratch their heads about how “useful” Second Life is, it appears that the fashion/retail brands are the one’s with the most opportunity. Like American Apparel’s leap into the virtual space, Lacoste has taken note of the young, fashionable, and artistic crowd within Second Life and jumped on […]
Entries Tagged as 'Virtual Lives'
Lacoste goes Virtual
May 3rd, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Ad Biz · Virtual Lives · Community Marketing · Idea City in Second Life
Media In Transition 5 - Live at Idea City
April 28th, 2007 · No Comments
Check into Second Life this weekend, where we are excited to announce our live webcast of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program: Media in Transition Conference MiT5 . Broadcasted for the first time from Idea City, MiT is a high profile biennial conference that MIT Comparative Media Studies Programs holds to explore the transitioning media […]
Tags: Idea City in Second Life
Big Brother is watching… yourself?
April 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
With merging technology connecting you (your person, your clothes, your “media” and your behavior) to your technology (your online community, your data, and your devices), the notion of big brother get’s turned on it’s head. It’s you watching you.
Returning to the blogosphere, our old colleague Joel Greenberg reports on the Sheep talking to one another, […]
Tags: Idea City in Second Life
Rapid Prototyping
April 5th, 2007 · No Comments
The New York Times has a great article on 3-D scanners today - desktop boxes that can copy, e-mail, print or fax 3-D objects.
This builds on the current regarding home fabrication in the home. Sears was publicised a few months back for introducing a home fabricator. Combined with a 3-D imager, hobbyists will soon be […]
Tags: Media Technologies · Breakthroughs · Design & Creativity · Idea City in Second Life
Data Humor, Visual Geekiness, Statistical Anthropology
March 29th, 2007 · 2 Comments
I hate math.
This could have something to do with what I expect to be undiagnosed ADD. I’m also convinced its part of a genetic flaw that leaves most members of my extended family unable to balance their check books. In case anyone wants to challenge this as dramatic license to the intro of a blog […]
Tags: Analysis · Information Art · Factoids · Data Junkie · Idea City in Second Life

