Case-Notes from the Artsy Asylum

Direct Messages: Gift or Curse?

OK you've heard me on the topic of being overwhelmed & overstimulated. You've listened to my tales of woe about how e-mail, which used to be anticipated, is now dreaded. And don't even start me on newsgroups. (Just say NO)

So now comes Facebook which in spite of its charms - and for me it has many - also provides an opportunity for direct messages. And that's a good thing.

Until it becomes like another email account - more messages to deal with - and avoid.

Overwhelmed with Opportunity

Presented with multiple bits of media and unending opportunities to get details about more things than ever, I'm impressed to no end. I soak it up like a sponge - absorbing every bit I can.

Facebook is my latest favorite. It would give twitter a run for its money except for a couple of drawbacks.

On the pro side: its a way to stay in the know and connected. It's interactive and for the most part intuitive. Its easy to fit into a daily routine. Updates can be sent to your phone. Lots of interesting people do have Facebook accounts & you're likely to find someone you've worked with, gone to school with or grew up with on Facebook. It's an excellent networking tool; a place to find and be found.

But here's the rub. The addition of third party apps that make Facebook more fun (throwing virtual pies at friends, buying a beer for people you admire, "tagging" people you connect with, who then must tag someone else to see your tag) also become a potential sink-hole, gobbling up more and more time,

What has to go for facebook to stay? Sleep? There's a lot left to figure out about this new age of connectivity. In the meantime, join me at facebook and let me know that we connect through the Artsy Asylum blog.

Future of 3-D Web

Christian Renaud from Cisco Systems winds up the meetings after  Trevor  Smith from Ogoglio and Jeff Barr from Amazon spoke about the future of the  3-D Web @ Metaversed new headquarters in Second Life

posted by Tynan Clary on Second_Mirage using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

Faux faux adventure

Mindbendingly, this backdrop is provided in the SL area called Dirty. Yes, it looks like you are in the desert southwest. But not only is your avatar not there, you're not even in an rea of SL that has this topography. It's flat as a pancake here. Does that make it three degrees removed from reality? Or more?
posted by Tynan Clary on Dirty using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

Postcard from Second Life

It could be titled "Getting away from it all in Second LIfe" or What  Susan does when she morphs into Tynan Clary.    Instead it's being sent because if I'm going to do something I'm going to do  it full on  . . . .

Message from Another World

Talk about mixing realities & warping mediums. My blog readers will be startled, amazed - or frightened - that I am posting this entry from a spot from _within_ Secomd Life. 

It's a lovely and slightly quirky place where I have obtained a HUD (heads-up-display) for plotting the spots I visit on a map and making notes for the blog. Seems a  perfect addition for someone whose virtual self earlier fell off the Eiffel tower.

While here I also enjoyed a podcast, fell in the water but came out dry, generally nosed around, and saw my twitter.com \"tweet\" displayed on a large screen. Cool beans so far.

posted by Tynan Clary on Nooribeom using a blogHUD : [blogHUD permalink]

BlogTV: He Shows it All Because He Can

Eric Rice is running errands and going to meetings today. He's also sharing the experience with anyone with a computer who wants to ride along via blogTV

Waiting in line, ordering, eating, talking, driving & checking in w/ chat room - at which he glances on the laptop open on the seat beside him - he gives multitasking a new meaning. In other words, he can do almost anything a mom can do

Life Squared; Why Can't We Do It All?

So here's the thing. I'm doing a little of this and a little of that; learning about more and more (and more) new media; getting invited to conferences; going to virtual meetings; twittering; interacting with virtual people about virtual marketing; watching live tv on the net & getting insights into new media via blog.tv. It never ends - there are still more new things and new ideas out there.

And no matter how many hours in my day I just can't do it all.