The future is funny

Hello FutureI’ve been watching the new jtv vodcasts and I think the comedy section, called Hello Future, is very funny. They basically make fun of the interactive television that we don’t have. It is set in the 80s apparently. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to the show on YouTube or anywhere and I’m not going to spend the time editing it out. It is usually at the end of the jtv vodcast. If you want to know how to do interactive without the technology, watch this show.

[pic from Gertrude]

Academic Citation Generator Back

I just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge the great work that Julie Meloni and Jeremy Douglass did on creating the first Academic Citation Generator for blogs (at present only WordPress). I was part of the testing and did have it installed on my blog but forgot it when I changed servers. So, here it is back again. At the end of the post you can see the text ‘view academic citations’. When you click on it you will see the correct citation details (in five styles) for that blog post. If you’ve got a WordPress blog — pop it in!

Second Life Update: me on radio & a pdf

SLATENight CoverI announced just recently that I work in SL as a journalist and that the magazine, SLATENight, is now online. Well now you can download a pdf of the magazine.

I was also interviewed for ABC’s Radio National programme: Background Briefing a couple of weeks ago. The segment is about virtual money etc and is now online. The segment, Loot: Real Money in Virtual Worlds, has all the virtual money Gods in there: Edward Castronova, Julian Dibbell (who’s book, Play Money, was the first real life product I have bought in a virtual world) and even Philip Rosedale of Linden Labs! I’m in there too as a writer and cross-media consultant who advises clients on how their property can extend to SL. Just little bits of me showing Cath Dwyer, the journalist, around SL, and a mention of Cybster DJ!