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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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Predictions Revisited: Five Not-Too-Distant Technologies That Might Change Social Media

Ignite Social Media

Now more affordable technology exists to make virtual worlds even more immersive than Second Life ever was thanks to products like Oculus Rift. Search interest of “Artificial Intelligence” has waned since 2004, though it is currently on an upward trajectory that started around 2013.

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What Do We Need to Teach About Knowledge Work? | Computer Writing and Research Lab

Buzz Marketing for Technology

In this white paper, I take a postcritical stance (Selber 2004). Gonzalez & Mark 2004) in which they operate, the overlapping work activities that largely share the same tools but different rules, communities, and divisions of labor. Allen 2003; Senge 1994; Stone 2006). They need to become aware of and manage the â??working

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How to create a cosy love-in that guarantees outsourcing success

Absolute PA

The tsunami in 2004, 9/11, Barack Obama winning the Presidency? Over here in the virtual world, we don’t have those kind of moments, physically. D’you remember being in work after hearing some MASSIVE news? Or times when you were all up against a deadline and someone ordered pizza at 11pm?

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Experiential Economy: Social Media Business Podcast

Laurel Papworth

Joseph Pine has an amazing Ted Talks video that explains the Experience Economy really well: Some stuff sounds like “yeah we know about authentic experiences already&# but the talk was from 2004. Social Media and Experience. Even coins have no inherent value: Diamonds for me. … one day you throw $2.00 to a busker.

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Facebook Trust: A Point of View From The Millennium Generation

Diva Marketing Blog

She joined Facebook when she began college in 2004. Her 491 friends are truly people that she knows and has allowed into her virtual world. Jessica Robyn : I resisted at first once my college was first added to Facebook since I saw everyone competing for friends, but December of 2004 I caved.

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Friday Fun: For the Heart, Head & Soul

Diva Marketing Blog

Friday Fun is Diva Marketing's virtual happy hour from cosmos to Jack to lemonade. Too many wonderful things happening in the virtual world not to pass along from fun contests to help non profit causes to quirky ways to grow your business. A waiting for the weekend 'playground' time to be sophisticated-silly.