Category Archives: Thoughts
My Second Life exploits get a write up
My exploits in Second Life have been picked up on in an article on eurekastreet.com.au. From the article titled “Flying with disability in Second Life” Australian David Wallace, a quadriplegic who works as an IT coordinator at the South Australian Disability Information and Resource Centre in Adelaide has also found an outlet for his artisticContinueContinue reading “My Second Life exploits get a write up”
MungeBrother Twitter Pipe
Just made my first yahoo pipe to follow just my fellow Munge Brothers feeds and tweets between them and a couple select friends. Ahh…filter=signal Munge Twitter Pipe
Puzzle for the day
A friend posed the following puzzle. See what answer you come up with. A brick weighs 7kg plus half its weight. What’s the weight of the brick? Dave
sticky signals – radio baily springs to life again
The other day one of the feeds in my reader came alive and I notice radio baily is back on the air. Gday UnclePaul. Stickyness of connection only works if you don’t kill the signal (feed). Dave
Billboards have ears in Second Life
Punching more holes in the semi-permeable membrane, along the road to the singularity, Second Life has Contextual Advertising. “A ContextAds board listens to the conversations of those avatars around it, displaying advertisements when certain keywords are mentioned. Advertisers can bid on keywords, with their account only being charged when their ads are actually shown. AvatarsContinueContinue reading “Billboards have ears in Second Life”
change and the digital generation
In the light of what Nick and I talked about on this podcast I posted last night, this video presentation is a brilliant synopsis. A must look. From Park Paradigm, via JP Just wish I had a clearer view…persevere, it’s worth it. Edglings – some previous thoughts about life on the edge Dave
twitter fragmentation
I like Kent Newsome. Besides the fact he has good taste in the blogs he reads (mine!), he seems to carve out his own way amongst the goat tracks on paddock blogosphere and stick to it. Recently he developed another of his own guides to direct his twitter use and is only going to followContinueContinue reading “twitter fragmentation”
Exceptional grace
In so many ways, this is a masterful expression of existence by Doc, if for no other reason than its succinct treatment of a complex subject. The older I get, the more I see life as the exception rather than the rule. Those gone outnumber those here, all of whom will live one speck ofContinueContinue reading “Exceptional grace”
stories connect
Dear Mr Hodge (Uncle). Connections happen when stories overlap. Need to build a way to overlap the geek_dots in the geek_stories. Dave (Uncle) PS: I wanted to leave this as a comment on this post on on10.net but do I really gotta sign up for yet another account on another silo?
un-twitter
Just watching my friends twitter feeds makes me tired. Because I’m not watching them as a twitter user they don’t know. Be afraid. Dave PS: Does this mean I have no recognition or anything useful to say? PPS: Because I’m not a twitter user and one of my friends has a closed list, does thisContinueContinue reading “un-twitter”
Friendship
Is connection enough? [via postsecret]
Bruce Sterling in one day
One days take-aways from one days reading and listening crammed inbetween one days travel and one days work. Bruce Sterling @ IDEA 2006 * architectures of participation * mass dis-intermediated production * participative information architecture * If you cut up the present, the future bleeds through. (William Burroughs) http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000698.php Bruce Sterling @ SXSW 2007 sociallyContinueContinue reading “Bruce Sterling in one day”
dkart exhibition at Bradley U opening in SL
The other day I had an exhibition of my Second Life art. I was invited to show it at the opening of the building and resources that Bradley University have established on Information Island. I took the opportunity to capture the opening and snipped together my versy first video with iMovie and on YouTube. SeeContinueContinue reading “dkart exhibition at Bradley U opening in SL”
Suffolk ‘n’ Cool Second Life T-shirts
So here’s how a net works. Mike emailed me about Peter Clitheroe (suffolkandcool.com) saying he’s a mate of Pete Cogle (pcpodcast.podsahow.com) and how he was heard on his podcast talking about having tshirts in Second Life and needing a hand with getting them out in-world. So, I left a comment on the suffolk ‘n’ coolContinueContinue reading “Suffolk ‘n’ Cool Second Life T-shirts”
eAccess forum workup
As part of work, I’m giving a talk/demo at a forum on eAccessibility next week to a couple hundred Govt. and NGO types. I’m no accessibility expert and think mostly they want demonstrated issues around physical access to the online world. I’m thinking about what effects software design, layout, markup – virtual things – haveContinueContinue reading “eAccess forum workup”
Reality is sometimes…..
Yes, Stranger than Fiction. (No Signal) Photo by Whistling in the Dark I just got back from seeing the film Stranger Than Fiction. I state upfront I’m not a Will Ferrell fan and have come to expect shallow, overstated slapstick which quite frankly leaves me feeling empty. But this movie is different. It is aContinueContinue reading “Reality is sometimes…..”
tools = freedom
Back on Jan 16 and 18, posts by JP alerted me of a video of Lawrence Lessig speaking at the 23rd Chaos Communications Congress. Here’s a link to the video. JP says: One of the key points made by Lawrence Lessig in his 23C3 speech is how code, once used solely to make things work,ContinueContinue reading “tools = freedom”
Share Overlap Connect
Well it seems too much is happenning in my life at present. Which annoys me. It annoys me because I desire connection and in the world of connection sharing is key….another word I spin on that sharing meme is openness. But it takes time to share. And right now I don’t have time to share.ContinueContinue reading “Share Overlap Connect”
New Media Connect SL Art Symposium
From February 11 to 13th The New Media Consortium virtual campus and AMO Studio will host NMConnect, the largest visual arts symposium in the virtual world of Second Life. NMConnect will host works of artists from all walks of life; master gurus and aspiring artists of every genre will come together in an exciting digitalContinueContinue reading “New Media Connect SL Art Symposium”
Melbourne 2007
Been in Melbourne last few days on holiday. Nice city, reasonably easy to navigate, very scenic. As usual there’s a few caveots – see more on lifekludger. While at southbank I met Cameron Reilly, esteemed chief honcho and CEO of the Podcast Network, where our extraordinary everyday lives show is hosted….here’s a pic of theContinueContinue reading “Melbourne 2007”
Lifekludging Melbourne
Been in Melbourne last few days on holiday. Nice city, reasonably easy to navigate, very scenic. As usual there’s a few caveots. Forget tram travel. There’s bloody trams everywhere but only 1 accessible to any degree and the route it takes is virtually useless as it can be wheeled easy enough. Better option is theContinueContinue reading “Lifekludging Melbourne”
Aim High – Virtualisation of Rick Clise’s Physical Art
I wonder does this: Look anything like this: Rick’s website I learnt a bit more about buildig in Second Life and had this idea that I could reproduce a virtual representation of a physical sculpture. And so is this object I created and that exists virtually as an object in Second Life a ‘copy’. ShouldContinueContinue reading “Aim High – Virtualisation of Rick Clise’s Physical Art”
Christmas 2006
Well Christmas went off without a hitch. A few photos are in…… Christmas2006
