I had an interesting night catching a couple of fireworks displays — one virtual and one real. I’d have to say I had a better time at the virtual one. The real life fireworks show was put on by Macy’s for July 4th on the East River, like they do every year. I walked over…
Birthday Presents Inventory!
Got a round of strange and fun presents this year from my lovely friends, as you can see. From left to right: Fake Korean banana dessert – ummm, okay! Cat Getting Out of the Bag by Jeffrey Brown – so stinking cute! USB Circus Cannon! Manga Moods by Saori Takarai the Jesus Phone – present…
Happy birthday to me!
Thirty-eight years ago I rezzed into this strange realm we called reality. Such a funny number. But not so scary, particularly since over the past few weeks I’ve celebrated the birthdays of a 79-year old and a 93-year old lindy hopper. Both of whom still can kick my butt on the dance floor. It’s been…
“77 Million Paintings” a delight for the eyes and ears
After a very busy weekend, I spent a relaxing couple of hours checking out the multiple in-world installations of Brian Eno’s ambitious art project "77 Million Paintings." Organized by BlueairTV, with the able assistance of SL artist Angrybeth Shortbread, the SL installations do a great job of re-creating what must be an astounding real world…
Nice article in Publishers Weekly on Frankie Manning viral marketing campaign
There’s a cool story in the trade publication Publisher’s Weekly about the viral marketing campaign that I coordinated for the launch of the book Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop. I got some nice quotes in this piece by Gayle Feldman, talking about how we managed to get Frankie’s book from #22,000 to #7 on…
“For Dancers Only”: Why Jelly Roll pwns my lindy hop @$$
Image by Swifty Every once in awhile I get a bit discouraged about the lindy hop scene in New York. As the fertile ground where swing jazz and swing dance was innovated and developed during the 1930s and 40s, today the modern swing musician and dancer has few places where they can get their groove…
I gave in to the hype: me and my new iPhone
I’ve been waiting for this bad boy for six months, saving my pennies and counting the days. I was unfortunately tied up all of June 29, so I couldn’t get in on the fun macgeek love-fest outside of Apple stores everywhere. But just as well. I got up at the crack of noon, cycled down…
Measuring Avatar Engagement: the $100 million question
The Playboy Sim Everywhere I go in virtual world circles, I seem to encounter folks wrestling with the question: how do you measure avatar engagement? (Check the new Meta Metaverse blog and the eSheep blog for interesting commentary on this.) For companies looking to use virtual worlds for marketing, avatar engagement is the Holy Grail….
Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2007 Winners: The Brooklyn Bombshells!
=Well, the powers that be at Coney Island’s official website seem to be taking their sweet time posting the official results on the main Mermaid Parade page. But one of the moderators managed to get this onto their discussion boards, so I’m assuming these results are official. I’m going to repost them here, in case…
iStun: personal defense peripheral for your iPhone
I have read a number of concerns on Gizmodo, Engadget and Slashdot about the possible safety risk for those few early adopters who manage to get the iPhone on July 29. After all, this easily identifiable luxury gadget may make you the target of a savvy mugger or just a desperate geek. Luckily the folks…