25Aug/062
More publicity around TV06
The story of my virtual attendance at Transvision '06 got picked up by a small, online alternative weekly called the NY Inquirer. Go check it out here. In other news: supposedly Ray Kurzweil was on the Daily Show just the other day, but I'm afraid to watch. I heard it was a PR disaster. Anyway, here is a clip of the Inquirer piece to provide you with titillation:
I was pleasantly surprised at how interconnected the Second Life conference was with the real world. In the virtual conference room, there were dozens of seats. What began with only a few people ballooned, at times, with almost twenty virtual attendees.
August 25th, 2006 - 08:39
The Daily Show bit was just some dumb humor, a rip-off of the Ali G technique, a mock interview in which the interviewee is being strung along.
As long as the interviewee takes it with good humor, or, more likely, knows what’s going on, it is probably all in good dumb fun.
Kurzweil posted it to his KurzweilAI feed.
August 27th, 2006 - 01:25
Thanks for the good review Michael! I have plenty of ideas on how transhumanists can use SL for a memetic edge and for worldwide community building, come see me in SL.
G.