December 2006 - Posts

• Second Life conference feels just like the real thing

  Second Life reminds me of the old MUD (multi-user dimension/dungeon) online games I played ten years ago, just far more sophisticated. For a while I've thought of SL as a fun way for gamers-who've-grown-up to interact while doing business. Based on my Read More... Posted 15 December 2006 13:08 by Lisa Walker | 2 Comments Attachment(s): Doug presenting at CaseCamp SL.jpg

• For sale; one customer - gently used

  There’s a department store in my neighbourhood which I’ll call Zippy. Every time I approach the check-out counter, the cashier and I greet each other, then the conversation goes something like this: Me: (nicely) “Just want you to know upfront that I don’t Read More... Posted 13 December 2006 15:15 by Lisa Walker | 2 Comments

• The "Five Things You Don't Know About Me" Meme

  Tamera Kremer just tagged me with the 'Five Things You Don't Know about Me' meme. It's the kind of thing you want to do right away so no-one else picks your next targets. Here are my five things: I have met and failed to recognize Mickey Rooney, Catherine Read More... Posted 11 December 2006 15:01 by Lisa Walker | 11 Comments

• The permanent record

  In 1987 I was a first-year student studying journalism at Rhodes in an apartheid South Africa. On my first day of classes we learned the same thing as j-school students everywhere; get the facts down - who, what, where, when, why. On my first night out Read More... Posted 11 December 2006 12:06 by Lisa Walker | 3 Comments

• Throng 4 meets in Toronto

  Earlier this week was the fourth Throng; a monthly get-together of social media types over drinks in downtown Toronto. Despite competing for the time-slot with Geek Dinner , we had a couple of new PR and blogging faces including Maggie Fox , and four Read More... Posted 01 December 2006 10:38 by Lisa Walker | 10 Comments