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Category Archives: placeofmedia
Making Money in Virtual Worlds
This IBM commercial seems to poke fun at the whole virtual world phenomenon. Interesting, considering IBM is one of the largest corporate investors in Second Life. Perhaps it’s tongue and cheek, perhaps its ironic – in any case, it’s worth … Continue reading
Posted in mixed_reality, placeofmedia, second life, virtual economies
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The Geography of Virtual Worlds
I’m editing a special issue of the journal Space and Culture on the “Geography of Virtual Worlds.” Here’s a draft of the introduction. It’s still in process, but it might give some sense of what I think will be a … Continue reading
Posted in article ideas, games, geography, hub2, placeofmedia, second life, SecondLife
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Mobile Places
I’ve had this question running through my head for some time now: what’s the connection between mobile computing (i.e. cell phones, PDAs, GPS, etc.) and local computing (neighborhood networking, digital civic forums, etc.)? On first blush, these are entirely separate … Continue reading
Posted in cities, city, citygovernment, Community_Informatics, mediated urbanism, mobility, net-locality, place, placeofmedia
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Urban Informatics
A special issue of Information, Communication and Society just hit the stands and it’s worth a mention here. Yeah, yeah, I have an article in it, but more importantly, it’s a fantastic collection of work on the topic of “Urban … Continue reading
Hub2 Launch Big Success
The key is presented to Mayor Menino The virtual mayor takes the key to the virtual city The Hub2 kick-off event was a big success. We had a packed room, both in first and second life, and there was an … Continue reading
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Situated Technologies
The reception for the new Situated Technologies pamphlet series is taking place this Friday at the Urban Center in New York City. I really wish I could be there, but with the end of the semester fast approaching, I won’t … Continue reading
Hub2 To Present Mayor’s Office with the Keys to Virtual Boston
Below is the press release for our event on December 13. Should be a good time. We’re going to say a few words and symbolically hand Boston Island to the service of the City of Boston. There will be a … Continue reading
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Urban Communication Foundation Award
Last week I was in Chicago at the National Communication Association conference. I never used to go to this conference, but over the past several years I’ve been attending a pre-conference seminar with this group called the Urban Communication Foundation. … Continue reading
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CCTV MediaMap
CCTV is a community media center in Cambridge, MA that is doing some fascinating work in the integration of web media to the mission of community television. My grad student, Colin Rhinesmith, is doing his master’s thesis on this topic … Continue reading
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