My post about the new Apple TV sucking has generated a lot of traffic. I thought I’d follow it up with my own impression of what would be a whole lot better. About a year ago I started a project that I continue to fine tune, but I have perfected it enough to explain. This is a project so cool
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I have been following the Open Sim development for a couple of years now. Some of the latest developments have convinced me that if there is ever going to be a 3D internet, it will be based on Open Sim. I say this knowing that Open Sim currently has a rather low population of participants, low enough that one could question the sanity of such a statement. Well here is a brief summary of this conclusion.
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I saw an article last week on a list of things that have nearly disappeared over the last decade. All of them are still around, they are just becoming archaic or obsolete. I suspect that over the next decade, there will be other things that are common today that will become archaic and decline over time.
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Hate to be the person that disagrees with pretty much everybody on this issue, but maybe I’m the only one who sees the big picture. Builderbot is an awesome idea and a key component to expansion of the 3D web. It is probably the most important 3rd party SL utility ever, and if Rezzable doesn’t release theirs, someone out there should release something similar, including the ignoring copy permissions and ownership part. (click title to continue)
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One of the first posts on this blog was about the future of the internet, and the likely decline of the “Golden Age of the Internet” to quote John Dvorak. My older post was about government and lawsuits causing a decline in online freedoms. The freedom of the Internet seems to be on the decline once again, but this time the
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There is a lot to say about the Open Sim paradigm, and I’ll be covering it in future posts. For now, I’ll just say it is very early and there is a lot of work still to be done. Right now all it is is a poor substitute for Second Life, but I think it has huge future potential as
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