People often talk about meeting-up in the real world once they've connected in places like Twitter or Facebook. Is your online avatar simply that: a representation of who you would like to be instead of who you really are? Don't get me wrong, pressing the flesh and meeting in our protein forms is critical. This is not about removing the human factor and the amazing collaboration that happens when we meet in person, but when you're online, you're still in the real world. Tags: avatar. If there's one acronym I hate, it's this one: IRL. They don't buy it. popeye. MORE >>

HOME | ABOUT ME | MY COMPANY | @AARONSTROUT | QND PODCAST | 5 MINS OF ME | FLICKR Friday, April 23, 2010 I See You Seeing that today is yesterday was the day that the movie, Avatar, became available on DVD, I couldnt help *borrow* one of the more critical lines from the movie. Posted by Aaron_Strout at Friday, April 23, 2010 Labels: avatar , cirque du soleil , flip the funnel , ipadio , jess berlin , joe jaffe , roku , sonos , starbucks 19comments: Elmer said. The brilliance in the phrase “I see you&# from the movie Avatar is in its simplicity. Citizen Marketer 2.1 MORE >>

suppose Ev doesn’t think real human faces are associated with avatars in comments and that fingers on those bodies write comments. He destroyed his blog in an effort to convert everything into a book… and to force you to tweet him. -- Thanks for reading Meet Everett Bogue: A Blogger Who Only Wants Blog Readers Who Tweet Because Everyone Else is a Low-life , the latest article from my blog on the social web. I first wrote about Everett Bogue six months ago when I was displeased he turned off the ability for people to comment on his blog. blinked when I saw that message. MORE >>

community, I’ve had the opportunity to meet a ton of different people, all with different motivations, frustrations, and aspirations.  As I read through these, I admit I had some good, clean fun visualizing avatars (er, faces) of folks I’ve worked with who, to me, (in my totally subjective, and only partially-informed opinion) exemplify each personality type, including the last two. meets Cosmo quiz. meets Cosmo quiz. meets Cosmo quiz. Home About Me Speaking Legal-ese My Team Gov 2.0 Government 2.0 Miscellaneous Personal Prof. Personality Type? MORE >>

wrote a post a while back on Social Media Mom, that discussed the digital revolution , one very interesting avenue big businesses were taking was working through avatars. They were at home, cleaning the house, drinking tea, and dressing their avatars to meet colleagues from China in a digital conference room. Around 2007 it became obvious that Generation Y would never live up to the demands of working America – not due to lack of intelligence or drive, but sheer lack of interest in the corporate world. Credit. So who is asking for too much? Where were they? Uh Sweet! MORE >>