Archive for July, 2008

Virtual worlds are like, sooo 2006

July 9, 2008
By Marie Boran
Virtual worlds are like, sooo 2006

lively, originally uploaded by pixie*von*dust. Two questions: Why did Google decide to bring Lively out now? And why is it so eh … crap? If you feel like hanging out on Sex Island or a room simply titled ‘sex’ (which by the way appears to have beige carpet and potted plants. Yeah, sexy as...
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Scoble broke my Friendfeed

July 8, 2008
By Marie Boran

Like many others Twitter’s recent teething problems sent me in the direction of Friendfeed (and Summize, which I now cannot live without). I had already signed up a few months ago but hadn’t really done anything with it. After all, my friends were either on Gmail or Twitter so there was no purpose –...
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Microsoft Imagine Cup – Paris

July 5, 2008
By Marie Boran

Just a quick post before I head to the demo room where Sligo IT team ParkIT will be making a presentation that me and two other journos, Emmet Ryan and Karlin Lillington, are privileged to sit in on. Just came in from misty rain-covered Paris where Team Acidrain  were demoing their conversion engine and explaining all the...
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