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What if every underground artist had a way to see what DJs are playing their tracks in the clubs? What if they could not only see who’s playing their tracks, but could see what time the DJ played their track, what country, and even got a message the minute their track was dropped in the club? And even better, what if the artist could actually get PAID for their track getting played? Thanks to a new technology called Twitter DJ this is all possible now.

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Making Sense Of The Ever-Changing Social Media Landscape

Making Sense Of The Ever-Changing Social Media Landscape
by: Dennis Shiao of InXpo

Social Media Landscape by Ivan Walsh via flickr

In the early days (e.g. 2003 through 2007), social media was Missouri — in a “show me state”.  As Director of Marketing or CMO, your biggest challenge was not how to leverage social media – but rather, how to justify it to the CFO and CEO.  Return On Investment (ROI) metrics had not yet been established, so you had to “make it up” on the go – and then convince stakeholders that the metrics were valid.  In fact, you probably had to first educate stakeholders on what social media was and how it could benefit your company.
Here we are in 2009 and the world has shifted.  Social media and social networking sites are as much a household name as the “Big 3″ television networks were back in the 1960’s.  Today’s networks include YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.  The C-suite has read numerous accounts of social media driving real business value (ROI) – and they’re seeing the competition active in social networks.  So now the tables have turned – the CEO is now in pursuit of the CMO to ask questions like, “what is our social media strategy” and “why aren’t we doing more of it”?

Social media is an ever-changing landscape – and that’s a good thing, as it reflects the fluid and dynamic nature of the associated technologies and communities.  As a marketer, though, it means that you need to stay on your toes to best judge how to adapt to the changing landscape.  How quickly do things change?  Well, let’s consider the developments of the past few months:

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Doubledown Tandino's Diggs of the Week - Iran Election & Social Media - June 2009-3

This past week's news was filled with Iran election & revolution coverage (or lack there of). We also witnessed a revolution in social media.

I pulled several interesting article links from the past week. These articles are about the massive role social media played rather than news about Iran:

#IranElection Crisis: A Social Media Timeline - One of the striking aspects of the #IranElection crisis has been the heavy use of social media. Iranians have relied on it to spread information on protests and to communicate their situation to millions of concerned people worldwide.

How (Twitter and) I* Crashed Iran's Propaganda Web Sites - A top new-media activist looks back on his role in the Twitterati's rise to power this week — and why it didn't stop Ahmadinejad's. *"I" is Josh Koster , Raph Koster's brother.

What the World Didn't See in Tehran - Iranian state television yesterday broadcast the soap operas and covered the news about Rafael Nadal's withdrawal from Wimbledon and Pakistani operations against the Taliban as if they were the most important stories of the day...

Tools to Undo Censorship in Iran and China. USE THEM - Web censorship has once again become a huge issue, due to two unrelated events: China’s Internet blockade due to the anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, and more recently, the controversial Iran elections which have resulted in new oppressive measures, implemented by the current country leaders, to shut down free speech in the country.

Iran, Twitter, and The American Information Elite - Over the weekend, Iran hurtled into political upheaval, and America's 24-hour cable news networks hardly noticed. Mark Ambinder explains the role Twitter played in Iran.

5 Things Every Band Should Know About Twitter (via TwtTip)

You'll notice I'm talking about Twitter a lot. Well, so is everyone else. You'll find a new great use for Twitter article written easily by visiting sites like mashable, techcrunch, and problogger's twttip. Here's a great gem just posted:

5 Things Every Band Should Know About Twitter
via TwtTip

By Owen Kelly of The Indie Digest. Follow him @ojkelly.

Twitter provides a unique opportunity to everyone that has never really existed before. Not only do you have the ability to follow every minute detail of your favorite band, but you can also have a conversation with them.

It’s often been said that twitter is like a bar full of people. You can listen or jump in with any conversation at the bar. Keep this in mind when you tweet.

If you just blurt out “Click here to see my new video!” Then you closely resemble the people handing out crappy pamphlets at the train station, that end up in the bin seconds later.

Anyone attempting to promote a product, be it a song, CD, or even a book, needs to be aware the usual rules do not apply on Twitter. It has evolved with its own set of rules and etiquette. To successfully promote your product you need to be aware of a few things.

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5 Ridiculous Goofy Ways I like to use Twitter (and why Twitter stirs up the same excitement as gambling)

5 Ridiculous Goofy Ways I like to use Twitter

and why Twitter stirs up the same excitement as gambling

Everyone's talkin' Twitter these days. Twitter this, Are you on Twitter?, Twitter helped my company!, We saved the world with Twitter!, yada yada yada... well I say, Twitter is always fun to be ridiculous on. Get goofy. Be yourself. Don't listen to anyone else telling you how Twitter should be done. Twitter is whatever you make it, so make it a good one.

I also write this article in the face of the "marketing experts" that have the keys to Twitter. Well, I grind your keys to Twitter down to the nub and then I poop all over your little ring of nub-keys. The proof is in the pudding my friends, and the pudding is that Twitter is an endless residual semi-nonsensical brain-scramble melting pot. You can be the random individual self that you are in real life on Twitter as well, or you can be the person you want to be. But don't be the person you think you're supposed to be. There's no need to be nervous or hesitant on Twitter, because no one will remember what you tweeted if your tweet is stupid. Once you hear the voice in your head say "hey wait, maybe I shouldn't tweet that because some marketing twitter blogger said I shouldn't" then that's when you're in a little Twitter egg shell, not tweeting what you want, but tweeting only what you think you aught to. ... why? Sure I understand if your twitter account is a company, then remain professional and represent the company that's paying you. However, if your twitter account is the personal you, the real you...then BE YOU! ALWAYS!

Here are my 5 crazy reasons why I like to use Twitter

1) Make up insane breaking news update tweets & then watch your followers retweet it - "This just in Donald Trump buys Microsoft from Bill Gates"... obviously not true, nor will it ever be, but if there is a headline story that either sounds real or sounds really rediculous, someone will find interest in it and retweet it. Sometimes you want to go a little overboard, plus add a #hashtag too: "Bill Gates buys Donald Trump's toupee on Ebay auction for $20,000! #EbayToupee #fakenews " ...why do this? No idea, but I like doing it. ... I enjoy tweeting to @nasa at least once a day telling them where to stick their rockets.

to go along with making up news... and basically, making up whatever:
2) Make up goofy #hashtags - I love doing this. On twitter from time to time a trending topic will be a twitter word game. Enough people are adding examples, it propels the topic to trend further. Examples have been
#beatlesporn "When I'm Sixty-Nine"
#iremember "I remember when I had money for pants"
#3drunkwords "Hold my hair"
#3turnoffwords "It's your baby"
etc. etc. etc. The trending hashtag word game can be anything. Well, I say, make up #hashtag games too, and see if they catch on. There's always satisfaction if you can get your funny hashtag to trend and retweet around for a little while:

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*) Special Section Sidenote: The personal Twitter goal game - Twitter is like a free-play loose slot machine in an active exciting casino...

Let me digress - Whatever people may say about the purpose of Twitter, if they say its to gain number of followers, they are wrong. The purpose of Twitter is to have someone retweet what you've tweeted.
1) you'll get followers this way.
2) You'll find the most ideal people to follow this way.
3) You'll feel that little satisfaction proud-of-yourself Twitter sensation in your stomach.

Let me digress further.... and compare Twitter to a slot machine in a casino
Twitter tends to cause "the feeling" for some... you know.. that feeling... when there's "action"... and when you're on Twitter you're "in the action"... It's the buzz... you're in the now and in the know...
It's the feeling you get similar to when you're gambling at the slot machines in a casino. That fantasy that perhaps the next pull is a winner... or a Jackpot.

Twitter is the casino. The lights are flashing, different buzzers, noises, and alarms are going off in every direction, people are all around you talking, laughing, having a great time. You see people all around you winning (being retweeted)... and every pull of the slot machine lever is another potential payday.... on Twitter, you get to play for free! and so you play;

you tweet.... 1...2....3 "i ate oatmeal for breakfast"
... no payday... you lost 2 followers... play again?
tweet again... 1...2...3 "You suck Fox News!"
... winner.. one cherry comes up... gained a follower... play again?
tweet again... 1...2...3 "Man gives birth to lizard on film #dudebirth #lizardbaby" JACKPOT...Retweeted 20 times gained 50 followers.

I think subconsciously, there's the buzz of action felt every time one makes a tweet. Is every tweet in a potential internet meme? You have a 1 in a million shot in hitting the jackpot, but many people hit smaller amounts.
Here's the payout chart:

-The tweet sucks - you lose followers - lost money
-The tweet is of indifference - nothing happens - one cherry, got your money back
-The tweet was retweeted - 2 cherries - make a coin
-The tweet was retweeted by multiple followers - 3 cherries - 5 coins
-The tweet was retweeted by some of their followers - some are following you now because of those retweets - three oranges - 10 coins
-The tweet was retweeted by a lot of their followers - you're gaining lots of followers because of the retweets - three single -BAR- - 20 coins
-The tweet is being retweeted all over the place - you're gaining many many followers and people may remember your name around Twitter for awhile - three double -BAR- - 50 coins
-Your hashtag is in trending topics - everyone knows you now as Scobleizer or Mashable or the dude that posted the footage of the monkey that sniffs his finger after it's been in his butt.... triple -BAR- - 100 coins
-They're calling for keyboard cat to come and play you off of Twitter (IE your internet meme is now hobknobbing with other successful internet memes.. ) - JACKPOT!

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That's my take on how Twitter parallels to a casino, let me get back to more crazy reasons I use twitter:

part of that "twitter gambling action excitement comes from the fact that...
3) Celebrities might reply back if you tweet them right - That's right, if you say the right thing, you can make a celebrity respond to you. What I recommend is to simply be yourself and reply or retweet a celeb tastefully, and then hopefully eventually perhaps maybe one celeb may reply to you with a nod. However, if you want to ensure that a celebrity responds back to you on Twitter, and since you only have 140 characters, this is my method to make a celebrity correspond back to you. It takes a combination of all of these 3 things in your one tweet in order to get a celebrity to reply: (I used Brent Spiner as an example, he played Data on Star Trek the Next Generation and he's also an active tweeter.)

1) compliment them
"Hey @BrentSpiner I loved you in Star Trek"
It probably won't get a reply, but stars enjoy fan's chirping at em.

2) act confused
"Hey @BrentSpiner, I loved you in Star Trek, what do you have planned next?"
Giving the celeb a question means they'll potentially respond and answer if they see your tweet, so, play dumb, and lob them a softball question so they reply to you with their own promotion.

3) Add a Scathing Wit
"Hey @BrentSpiner, I loved you in Star Wars, what do you have planned next? Perhaps a Perfect Strangers reunion?"
Now, how could Brent Spiner not respond to that? Not only did I show ignorance regarding his career as Data on Star Trek, but I also confused him with the actor Bronson Pinchot who played Balkie in Perfect Strangers. If a celeb sees your confused scathing tweet, they'll usually reply to correct you.

4) Role-Play a character - You can be lazy about this and still be good at it. People will follow the image of the role you take on and the tweets your character tweets. You can be anyone you want to be (as long as you say you're fake in your twitter description), and people on twitter follow dedicated committed role-play accounts. Check out Charles Darwin or God or Susan Boyle's Cat. Twitter is a lot of fun, and you get a big quick loyal following if you play your character correctly. Of course, you could extend your personality and acting talents into a persona if you have the drive for it. Check out TheExpert.

5) Yell something at someone you feel deserves it, and the block them - At first you may think this is stupid, however, this actually can help your life and your stress levels. Yell at an idiot and then block em. You'll feel a tension release, plus your followers will be like "yeah, you got balls Whoa diss burnt! RT RT #pwnage"

How do you use your twitter? Do you abide by the twettequite or do you break the rules? Do you even feel twitter has it's own community social standards? Comments are open.

Celebrity Twitter Overkill & Twouble with Twitters

In case you don't know what Twitter is:

Rocking the Metaverse Show 1 Complete - The Twitter Buzz

I cannot even begin to express my gratitude for everyone that made it out to support Rocking the Metaverse yesterday at Orange Island.

If you missed it a) Don't worry, there's still 3 more shows! b) Mal Burns recorded the whole show. (freakishly, I have my mouth wide open in a Jokerlike grin. #avatarfail)

Here's some of the hot buzz coming in today on Twitter about yesterday's concert:

1. Doubledown_InSL Check out: "Koinup Blog: Photo Reportage from Rocking the Metaverse first show at the Orange Island" (http://twitthis.com/hzalac)
2. orangeisland Our photos from Rocking the Metaverse are online on our Flickr, Koinup and brand new Facebook page (http://tr.im/lSYC) #rocktheverse
3. Dr_Manhattan RT @Doubledown_InSL: "Koinup Blog: Photo Reportage from Rocking the Metaverse first show at the Orange Island" (http://twitthis.com/hzalac)
4. AreeLulibub Web cast of Rocking the Metaverse here! Awesome show. My Flickr got a mention, woot! http://www.orange-island.com/?p=2126
5. IvoKrupinski Reading: "Koinup Blog: Photo Reportage from Rocking the Metaverse first show at the Orange Island" (http://twitthis.com/hzalac)
6. malburns "Rocking the Metaverse - The 1st Crossworld Music Tour" http://bit.ly/KVlQ1
7. koinup Reportage from Rocking the Metaverse: http://bit.ly/qKF2m @cuppy @Ravelong @orangeisland @Dr_Manhattan
8. j0anna Reading: @cuppy 's blog - Rocking The Metaverse Tour - Live music - multiple virtual worlds @dizzybanjo @Doubledown_inSL http://bit.ly/1e2jr
9. cuppy RT @Doubledown_InSL: ROCKING THE METAVERSE LIVE! @Doubledown_inSL @SlimGirlFat http://tr.im/lOO1
10. Gridlink Rocking the Metaverse #rocktheverse @koinup @orangeisland http://bit.ly/t2sYt http://ff.im/3388O
    

AND over 100 more Twitter posts about "Rocking the Metaverse"

Doubledown's Web 2.0 Social Network Service Roundup - May 2009

Some interesting developments have occurred on the social network scene. If you're on any of the sites heavily, you'll notice each are making some screw-ball changes that uproar the community. It seems that each social network site that gets too big makes a major sloppy decision that marks the beginning of the end of the power-tool website. Prokofy calls it "jumping the shark" in regards to Twitter. I call it selling out. Same difference in these situations. It seems to always be the same scenario:

1) Site is used, site is highly awesome, giving away new net tools for free, site is spread
2) Many more people use, Site becomes popular
3) Site becomes mainstream as more powerful features are added
4) Site owners change specific features, limit abilities that were the initial cause of making the site popular, or change the layout, or offer an IPO, or change advertising features, etc
5) Active user base goes into an uproar threatening to quit forever. Through using the company's own social network against them, the user community boycotts and protests.
6) User numbers drop as corporations move in.
7) Site ends up still popular, however the tech geeks and power users have moved on to what is the next most powerful thing.... the thing that we'll all be on soon (Friendfeed for example).

A Social Network site reaches skyrocketing popularity when it's a 'for the people, by the people' site. Once the company goes all Republican, and starts catering to the corporations, or the elite users, or the payola users, the social network site that was once blossoming, get turned into an advertising spam farm mixed with teenagers wasting time (a la myspace). UPDATE: Aliza Sherman of the Web Worker Daily has this to say on the Growing Feedback Fiasco of Twitter and the general social networks 'company versus user base'.


I could be wrong, but I am predicting Twitter's peak was April 2009, and will head down fast just as Myspace did. However, right now, it's powerful, and the #1 most important currently.

Facebook has been battling with itself trying to become the new new new Facebook.

Meanwhile, FriendFeed is morphing into a twitter + facebook, however, it's only good in theory right now and not practical to use. It is very fast with it's real time spout of information though.

Youtube completely sold out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V025E_b5I4g

And of course Second Life (www.SecondLife.com) is dealing with a major shift because of new adult content terms & bot terms. That, plus the recent SL viewers and SL experience has been subpar lately.

But we still love em all, and use em all....

For right now, May 2009, here's what I recommend for the time-constrained web 2.0 user:

Use Twitter to its full potential. Right now Twitter is HOT, and using it to your needs WORKS right now, while the userbase is heavy and active. You may even want to consider twitter as another option to Google. With twitter, you can search for current news and info faster than google can bookmark it.

Sign up for Facebook. (make sure to sign up using your real name) Use it when you want. Facebook is your new myspace. It's good to have a facebook profile, even if you don't want to actively use it. Set it up to give yourself the full potential. Use the tools, and don't get sucked into the stupid invite games.

Sign up for FriendFeed and set it up. It's okay if you don't use it. Set it up to aggregate your status updates. This is your backup in case Twitter fails.

Sign up for Koinup (the virtual world photography and video social network). The users are bubbling with activity. Plus I believe Yahoo's Flickr will never be anything more than it is now. New photo and video sharing sites are much more powerful than Flickr.

Sign up for LinkedIn.com. Put a professional business profile up.

Plurk is a dud.... but sign up to it anyway. The Second Life user base on Plurk is HEAVY.

Use Tr.im as your link shortener.

Use Twitter and Digg for breaking news, and interesting articles/finds of the web.

Music: Reverbnation.com | (http://www.reverbnation.com/bradreason)
Sends and Receives through Facebook and Twitter

Don't forget about the upcoming virtual world: Metaplace

UPDATE: I'm keeping an eye on BLERP.... looks like the future of the internet.

Do you have an opinion about a social network site or tool that has been powerfully effective for you? Is there a popular web 2.0 site that should be mentioned? Please, post your thoughts in the comments.

Stay Current On Virtual Events and Virtual Worlds with Social Media

As a followup to my post about my current favorite web 2.0 and social networking services, here's a cool article.
[Thanks Mal Burns for the find]

How To Use Social Media To Stay Current On Virtual Events And Virtual Worlds
Written by Dennis Shiao from It's All Virtual

In 2009, I’ve seen a surge in the volume of content published around virtual events and virtual worlds - coverage in mainstream media, blog postings, videos, podcasts and even entirely new web sites developed to cover these specific industries. It’s all great - but with a rising volume of information comes the challenge of how to efficiently stay current. I’ll highlight a few social media services that I use to keep current on events, track emerging technologies and find relevant commentary on all things virtual....

read more | digg story

The Morris Vig Experience

An offshoot of Morris Vig's Second Arts blog:

The Morris Vig Experience
http://morrisvig.wordpress.com/

Morris Vig has been a great SL buddy of mine for years now.
A true artisan and journeyman, The Morris Vig Experience is going to be a treat.

(below is a Twitter screencapture, Morris Vig is discussing his newest machinima project while MC Hammer is still talking about his 20 year old dance moves.)

Doubledown's Web 2.0 Social Network Service Roundup - April 2009

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	M - Th 11p / 10c
Twitter Frenzy
comedycentral.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Economic Crisis Political Humor

With Twitter skyrocketing in popularity these days, so much so that Google wants to buy it (UPDATE: It's BS, Google isn't buying Twitter) , Facebook taking in Myspace's users in droves, plus, mass confusion on whether Second Life is brimming with possibility & enterprise or falling into obscurity, AND EVEN the general state of the real world economy causing masses to play on the internet, I thought I would give my roundup as to what web 2.0 and social networking services I am currently using (and which ones I decided to stop using).

There are many bloggers and posters out there that have already concocted their best of lists and why they choose each service. There are going to be many more to come, including web 2.0 flowcharts, posts about blogging, blogs about posting, digging to tweeting to facebook.. oh my! All of which can get confusing. This is simply my personal favorites list currently.

Sidenote: I have completely left out any consideration regarding mobile technology. Simply put, I don't have and use a mobile device so I have yet to test.
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Updated April 7th, 2009

Virtual World:

- Second Life (avatar name: Doubledown Tandino)

- Metaplace (up-and-coming potential VW prospect. I have not had time to investigate, but this would be my next choice as a VW to check out.)

- OpenGrids currently being developed.

- There are many many virtual worlds and MMORPGs. The user will have to decide which ones are best for them.


All Encompassing:

- Facebook.com | (My Profile: Brad Reason: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=580038856)
Receives from Ping, Digg, Friendfeed, Plurk, Twitter, and more.
Sends to account applications installed


News & Web Finds:

- Digg.com | (http://digg.com/users/BradReason)
Receives from all websites
Sends to Facebook, Friendfeed, Twitter, Blogger, and more.

- Technorati.com | (http://www.technorati.com/people/technorati/DoubledownTandino)
Receives Blogs, Websites, and RSS
Sends through ShareThis

- Buzz.yahoo.com
Receives from all websites
Sends to Facebook, Search Engines, and more.
(the only yahoo! service I like and use.)


Status Updating / Aggregation of Posted Info / Social Network Organizer*:

- Ping.fm
Pings out blog posts and status updates to multiple web 2.0 sites at once

- Twitter.com | (http://twitter.com/Doubledown_InSL)
Receives from most all blogs, status update services, Digg, and other news/webfinds sites
Sends to many services based on personal setup

- Plurk.com | (http://www.plurk.com/DoubledownTandino)
Receives from Ping.fm
Sends to Facebook, FriendFeed, Multiply, Friendster, and Twitter

- ShareThis.com and AddThis.com
Sends to ALL

- *FriendFeed.com | (http://friendfeed.com/doubledowntandino)
Receives from 57 services
Sends to Twitter and Facebook

- *Netvibes.com | (http://www.netvibes.com/doubledowntandino)
I have not had time to check out Netvibes yet, it is on the top of my list

- *Mybloglog.com | (http://www.mybloglog.com/buzz/members/Doubledown/)
(I do not like mybloglog, however it is good to set up a site for yourself in case others to wander on to it.)


Professional, Business, Entrepreneur:

- LinkedIn.com | (http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradreason)
Receives from any RSS feed (blog or status)
Sends to ???


Blogging:

Blogger.com | ( http://www.blogger.com/profile/14826783551439281499)
Receives from Ping.fm + any blog post method that is set up.
Sends to ALL except Plurk


Your own Social Network Site:

Ning.com


Music Related:

Ilike.com | (http://ilike.com/user/BradReason)
Sends and Receives through Facebook

Reverbnation.com | (http://www.reverbnation.com/bradreason)
Sends and Receives through Facebook and Twitter

Thesixtyone.com | (http://thesixtyone.com/Doubledown)

Blip.fm | (http://blip.fm/Doubledown)
Sends to Twitter


Photo or Video Related:

Koinup.com | (http://www.koinup.com/DoubledownTandino)
Sends to Flickr

Youtube.com | (http://youtube.com/user/doubledowntandino)
Sends to Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, and more



Here are the ones that I have not been using recently although I previously did:

- flickr.com
- Google Reader: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/10869641010676548376)
- plaxo.com
- Delicious.com
- Reddit.com
- last.fm
- bebo.com
- myspace.com
- garageband.com
- yahoo360.com
- stumbleupon.com

Here are some of the ones that I have never tried and have value:

- Wordpress.com (I believe wordpress to be the best blogging site, better than blogger... however, I am using blogger.)
- Okrut.com
- Typepad.com
- Multiply.com
- friendster.com

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What are your thoughts about my April 2009 list?
Are there any web 2.0 social networking sites I left out that I should have a look at?
Please let me know if there is anything that should be corrected or added.

MalBurns Writer - The Ponce De Leon of Second Life

Explorer Ponce De Leon, among his countless expeditions, was most famous for his exploration for the fountain of youth. I'm not sure if he found it or not, because I think he's dead by now so I guess either the fountain didn't work, or he was at the wrong fountain. Plus, I live in Florda, and I havn't seen any "Fountain of Youth" billboards on the highway.

My askew anology here is that Mal Burns is the awesome Ponce De Leon of Virtual Worlds and Technolgy. In fact, Mal is better than Ponce, because unlike Ponce, Mal actually finds stuff.
Mal Burns (Malburns Writer in SL) is the explorer on a daily expedition to bring life, knowledge, and the overall happenings of all things related to us to the masses.

Soon, I will devote a whole feed section to his exploration find. In the meantime, here's some I picked out, courtesy of Mal Burns

It’s an SL Buskers Life?
By Allanah Tomsen

The Wishfarmers - Kelly Services Jobbit

Follow-up: 20% Tax Rate on Virtual Currency Brokering in China?
By Juho Hamari

Virtual Worlds: necessary or just making things easier?

Collapsing Geography
Posted by cory ondrejka
Having used every tool around during distributed development for Second Life, I am jazzed to finally see people moving in the direction of EtherPad. Real-time, collaborative text editing on the web done really well. Plus, from quick mucking around, it seems to work in the SL browser.So, collaborative text editing in Second Life. Very big deal.

Thank you Mal Burns for the finds.