links for 2009-07-01

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In any case, Chris Abraham has a long post on how Twitter’s hype cycle is BETTER than Second Life’s hype cycle and it’s because – well, because it’s light, and cute, and it’s easy to use. Which is fine, except that if I wanted a light, cute, easy to use version of Second Life I’d restrict it to being a platform where all you could do is post 140 character messages and call it a day. I wouldn’t need a client download to accomplish that.

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"Twitter is what Second Life wasn't," marketer Chris Abraham argued recently in Advertising Age, seeking to quell anxiety that the current media hype about Twitter means that it's inevitably destined to suffer the backlash Second Life did in 2007. Unlike…

Nachdem Chris Abraham am 26.06.2009 noch in seinem Artikel schrieb, dass Twitter genau das sei, was Second Life nicht ist: “Light, Cheap and Open”. Zu deutsch übersetzt, Twitter brauche keine Installation, kostet nix und ist offen für alle. Nunja, klingt auf den ersten Blick ja schon logisch, nur ich weiss ja nicht wie der gute Herr Abraham darauf kommt solche generell total unterschiedlichen Programme miteinander zu vergleichen. Zuviel Kaffee oder so, was solls *g*. Jedenfalls bekommt “Vadder Abraham” nun auch sein Fett weg und zwar von Wagner James Au, Autor auf New World Notes. Denn Wagner holte zum Gegenschlag aus mit seinem Bericht.Denn für ihn ist Second Life das, was Twitter nicht ist: “Unique, sticky & profitable” – Einzigartig, bindend und profitabel!

"Twitter is what Second Life wasn't," marketer Chris Abraham argued recently in Advertising Age, seeking to quell anxiety that the current media hype about Twitter means that it's inevitably destined to suffer the backlash Second Life did in 2007. Unlike Twitter, Abraham notes, Second Life is not "light, cheap, and open". That is, it requires a large client install, has relatively demanding hardware/broadband specs, and isn't readily interoperable between the web and most other applications.

Aston Martin has announced a new compact car concept, the Cygnet. Aston calls the car a “luxury commuter concept,” but that wasn’t the biggest surprise in the news release.

Congratulations! The Your Shot special issue hit newsstands today (June 30). We may have done the editing, writing and design, but you took the pictures—101 of our favorite photographs submitted by readers since Your Shot debuted in March 2006.

How did we pick the pics we picked? There's no magic formula. Personally, I'm drawn to images that make me feel something, be it joy, sorrow, suprise or wonder. So that's how I structured the issue: four chapters, four emotions. The selection process took months, but for photo editor Susan Welchman and I, it was worth every moment.