The spiral twists ever tighter
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alias_sqbrSo, as it happens, I started using both Second Life (for the cfs study) and the beta of Google Wave today.
They're both..odd. My brain is reeling a little from learning and experimenting so much all at once. I think both would be improved if I knew some other people, so if you have an account on either let me know.
Google wave seems like a more fluid, multi-user version of Google docs. You create a document, and invite people to use it, and then people can edit it in real time and insert all sorts of stuff like maps, polls, videos etc. Any addition is in a little box with the name of the person who made it, and you can reply to these to create a sort of chat-like environment. You can do private replies too, which I can see getting complicated. Username: alias.sqbr
One of the nice things about doing the study is I got talked through the Second Life setup process. But once left on my own and done with tutorials and fiddling with my outfit I ran out of stuff to do a bit. I wandered around, but while some of the places I've found are pretty cool there's noone there. I guess it's the time difference? Username sqbr Daxter (which is a really dumb name, but I'm stuck with it now :))
EDIT: I searched for "Chat" and chatted to some random people from England for a bit. Man, I haven't chatted to genuinely random strangers in ages.
They're both..odd. My brain is reeling a little from learning and experimenting so much all at once. I think both would be improved if I knew some other people, so if you have an account on either let me know.
Google wave seems like a more fluid, multi-user version of Google docs. You create a document, and invite people to use it, and then people can edit it in real time and insert all sorts of stuff like maps, polls, videos etc. Any addition is in a little box with the name of the person who made it, and you can reply to these to create a sort of chat-like environment. You can do private replies too, which I can see getting complicated. Username: alias.sqbr
One of the nice things about doing the study is I got talked through the Second Life setup process. But once left on my own and done with tutorials and fiddling with my outfit I ran out of stuff to do a bit. I wandered around, but while some of the places I've found are pretty cool there's noone there. I guess it's the time difference? Username sqbr Daxter (which is a really dumb name, but I'm stuck with it now :))
EDIT: I searched for "Chat" and chatted to some random people from England for a bit. Man, I haven't chatted to genuinely random strangers in ages.
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Date: 2009-10-12 10:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-12 11:34 am (UTC)You would not be the only one.
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Date: 2009-10-13 11:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-12 12:32 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-13 11:27 am (UTC)I've just gotten in. Drop me a line at docjekyl at gmail from the gmail address of your choice, and I'll give you one of my invites. It cautions, though, that there's a delay.
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Date: 2009-10-13 11:30 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2009-10-12 03:06 pm (UTC)(Also, I have an SL account but don't like it.)
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Date: 2009-10-13 11:24 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-10-13 03:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-12 05:58 pm (UTC)I'm confused about the title given you didn't tag this post "downward spiral".
Semi-random link: a web 2.0 question and answer site for maths: http://mathoverflow.net/
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Date: 2009-10-13 12:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-10-13 03:42 am (UTC)Ok, that was officially very odd but awesome. MUCH more interesting than Murdoch's.
Ahahaha. Cam has spent SO MUCH of the last year or so obsessed with Stack Overflow, it's bizarre realising there's a version that would be better suited to me. That would have been useful during my Phd.
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Date: 2009-10-13 03:51 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-11-03 01:05 pm (UTC)Look forward to hearing your thoughts.
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Date: 2009-11-08 01:54 am (UTC)