http://www.wetmachine.com/itf en-us Nucleus CMS v3.50 © Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.wetmachine.com/itfnucleus/wetmachine_icon.jpg http://www.wetmachine.com/itf http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1940 People have been having great pun as this has floated around the 'net for a while, along with charges of Photoshopping, authentication via reviews of business directories, and charges of racism. Now within a day or so of the release of Gooogle... The Age of Imagination http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1940 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:48:59 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1917 Our weekly engineering meeting has a conference table and a huge projection screen. On this Monday, the Vancouver Olympics had just closed, and our three Canadian engineers were celebrating their climactic hockey victory. Being virtual, it was rid... workflow http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1917 Sat, 6 Mar 2010 12:06:47 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1890 Under a banner that says “make a difference in the world”, there's a wonderful piece at active rain about using collaborative virtual worlds for Web 3.0 activity in the real estate industry. I think we made a difference. history: external milestones and context http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1890 Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1889 Real situation rooms devote an awful lot to physical requirements. Here's a virtual situation room from Forterra's Olive platform, where there is lot more emphasis on dealing with the situation. Of course, a real operations center needs... workflow http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1889 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1887 William Gibson has said, “I think in a very real sense cyberspace is the place where a ... telephone call takes place.” David says he thinks of Croquet as the dial tone for Cyberspace. metaphysics http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1887 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1886 Impressive Steve Jobs product presentations are built around a unifying theme. Really, the theme of our last version(*) is scalability for large institutions. This is largely architectural work hidden from most users, such as network topology or a... workflow http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1886 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1885 Julian Lombardi makes some terrific points about asset risk for virtual worlds on his blog. I think the issue is a pretty fertile area for exploration as we all continue to invent new ways of working together, but Blogspot simply doesn't allow th... General http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1885 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:00:00 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1883 We've been creating new technologies faster than I can blog about them. Of course, I can't say anything until they're out, and then I'm focused on the next challenge instead of describing the last. One thing we've had for a while now is a “... meta-medium http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1883 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:51:10 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1870 We've discussed here how collaborative virtual worlds and other technology can be used to facilitate better business meetings while reducing business travel. (See here and its links.) What about when the purpose of the meeting can almost be said t... history: external milestones and context http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1870 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:31:24 -0500 http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1869 Our David Smith has long had a vivid vision of ubiquitous computing that has complemented that of author Vernor Vinge. Here's another step towards making that real. history: external milestones and context http://www.wetmachine.com/itf/item/1869 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:56:17 -0500