blamblog banner

           
  Thursday, July 26, 2007

Second Rate

Two years ago I posted about what a disappointment Second Life was. Now, WIRED has caught on:

As worldwide head of interactive marketing at Coca-Cola, Donnelly was fascinated by its commercial potential, the way its users could wander through a computer-generated 3-D environment that mimics the mundane world of the flesh. So one day last fall, he downloaded the Second Life software, created an avatar, and set off in search of other brands like his own. American Apparel, Reebok, Scion -- the big ones were easy to find, yet something felt wrong: "There was nobody else around." He teleported over to the Aloft Hotel, a virtual prototype for a real-world chain being developed by the owners of the W. It was deserted, almost creepy. "I felt like I was in The Shining".


 

9:58 AM , # , |


   

design portfoliodesign portfoliodesign portfolio
design portfolio

Contact
info[at]brettlamb[dot]com


My Cartoon Archives
HAPPY CREATURE
MS. JOHNSON
ED LOCKE

Regular reads
Accordion Guy
Bill Doskoch
Daily Dose
Davezilla
Tony Pierce
Warren Kinsella

News
BlogTO
boingboing
Cursor
DIGG
Dork Shelf
Drawn!
FoodForethought
Fleshbot
Garlicster
Global Nerdy
MetaFilter
Mondoville
The Oil Drum
Reddit
The Register
Slashdot
Space.com
Spacing Wire
Torontoist
Treehugger
ZDNet

Arts & comics
Children of the Atom
Chromewaves
Comic Strip
Corrigan
DeadThingsonSticks
Dinosaur Comics
Hollywood North Report
Maakies
MacKay
Sally McKay
Secret Lair
Toronto Comic Jam
Zoilus

Audio
The Bugle
Coverville
Radio Clash
Ramdom Thoughts

Video
Channel101

Toronto blogs
Circadian Shift
Consolation Champs
Crazy Biker Chick
Day in the Life
Dead Robot
Easternblot
estrojenn
Exhausticated
Free Clara
JB Warehouse & EmporiumLiz Vang
Luminescent
Marmalade
Merv
Naked KnitGirl
Photojunkie
Pony
Pshaw
Raymi the Minx
Robot Johnny
Searching for Tao
Secret Storm
Squiddity
TBIT

Canadian blogs
Simple Spendor
Sooey
Confessions of a Monkey
Dust My Broom
Grrl Meets World
Ian King
James Bow
Simple Spendor
Sooey
View from up here

USA blogs
Cityrag
democraticSPACE
Dooce
Explananda
Fred the Blog
Jett Superior
Maakies
MegaBeth
Panopticist
Yoon Choi

Oz blogs
Brett Lamb: OZ
Little Lioness
Penguin Says Yes

UK
B3TA
Rathergood

View My Portfolio

  Brett Lamb

Create Your Badge

www.flickr.com
blamb's items Go to blamb's photostream

A R C H I V E S

2009
JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

APRIL

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

2008
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER


2007
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER


2006
JANUARY - 1
JANUARY - 2
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST

2005
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

2004
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER

[ 2003 ] [ 2002 ]

 
       
View My Stats