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Forget Traditional, Think Internet-ional: Why Starting Business Online Is Good

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When we take into consideration the ground-breaking technological advancements that shift our world in the fifth gear, we inevitably get to the point where discussing a company that solely operates online is completely ordinary. Years ago, the idea of doing business in a virtual world was inconceivable.

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Real investments in virtual worlds continue

The Way of the Web

Don’t forget back in 2004, David Storey paid $26,500 in Entropia , then Jon Jacobs invested $100,000 in a virtual space station in Entropia in November 2005, and of course Anshe Chung became a millionaire via Second Life in 2006. If I had the money and time, I think I would try to make investments in this kind of virtual worlds.

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Blogs and educating the eflective practitioner

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This presentation is about using blogs in higher education as reflective journals. virtual world, relatively free of the pressures, distractions, and risks of the real one, to which, nevertheless it refers. It stands in the intermediate space between the practice world, the รข?? (tags: elearning professional ).

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KM Edge: Where the best in Knowledge Management come together

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In the current issue of Inside Knowledge magazine, editor Jerry Ash raises the same question that Chris Hearne brought up in this blog a few days ago : If virtual is so great, how come conferences are booming? As Larry [Prusak] says, "If the virtual world is so great, why are the planes still full?". Comments (1).

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Barack Obama pushes the button on his first tweetโ€ฆ

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Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Major problems upgrading to WordPress 2.9

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The time is right for pervasive social gaming

The Way of the Web

Grand Theft Auto is something I already tipped as a potential sure-fire win as a virtual world, and would also lend itself to pervasive gaming (Look at the success of Mob Wars on social networks).

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Solving Feedburner Feedsmith plugin problems with Wordpress 2.9

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Web Strategy Wikinomics Rankings ← Real investments in virtual worlds continue My new project is now live… → Solving Feedburner Feedsmith plugin problems with WordPress 2.9 January 3rd, 2010 · View Comments If you’ve upgraded to WordPress 2.9