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I Can Has Shortstory? – Warren Adler via SecondLife

Who needs fiction when blogs are there or when truth is stranger than fiction? Warrren Adler Short Story writer was at Amazon Island in Secondlife to share some of his Short Story writing tips. It is natural to understand his … Continue reading

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NASSCOM e-Gov, Walking the talk, and Leadership

Generally I don’t pay much attention to NASSCOM as they champion the big league and cater to different segment of Indian IT. Yesterday, I was led to the NASCOMM Leadership Forum’s blog via Kiruba’s twitter stream. I found the blogpost … Continue reading

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Proto.in Serendipity Enhancer: RippleRap Conference Notes Sharing

While Proto.in via Secondlife featuring is to enhance participation and interaction for remote participants, RippleRap Conference notes sharing is to enhance sharing and serendipity for proto.in event attendees. RippleRap is based on tiddlywiki a browser based personal wiki. Agenda and … Continue reading

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Featuring Proto.in via SecondLife: As if Being There!

What does the old cliché, Location! Location! Location! translate into in an increasingly flat world? When there is problem of plenty( not exactly abundance) what is the single thing that makes or breaks? Is it not Serendipity? As I’d like … Continue reading

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Photo Snap Chennai from Afar with SecondLife

Not there in Chennai during Nov 3, 3:11pm Sanp Shot Evant? Now you can participate via SecondLife, With the unique method of spilling SecondLife Avatar Interaction to real life( Avatar Voodo), it can be made real!

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Proto.in Summer Edition: Internet and Web2.0

The first to be called on stage was Pramati Software as they experienced setup glitches, BriteSoft took the stage. To quote from their website: BriteWorks The BriteWorks platform enables users to create enterprise applications in a fraction of the time … Continue reading

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“Everyone Can Learn a Lot from Porn Industry” Kiruba@Podworks.in

“Everyone can learn a lot from from the porn industry” At a press conference part of the PodWorks.in, India’s largest podcasting, videoblogging event organized by The Knowledge Foundation, Kiruba, who brought BarCamp to Chennai and started the fire was saying. … Continue reading

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Mturk + Opensource Process = ?

1)The code opensource movement initiated by RMS resulted in Linux which culminated into many things including Wikipedia. 2) J P Rangaswami( Confused of Calcutta) in his on going four pillars discourse talks about Opensourcing processes. 3) I’m presently very excited … Continue reading

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Collaborative Book creation with Wiki: Wikicamp.in Wiki2Booklet experience

Unconferences are crazy time. The upcoming Wikicamp.in is no exception. I along with Prasad of Universal Print System, initiated the Wiki2Booklet. We wanted to get the feel of collaborative book making possibility of the wiki. And also learn a few … Continue reading

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Digital Non-Cooperation Movement with Second Life!

Thanks to Ric Panganiban, a non-profit professional active in Second Life, I came across a novel way to protest against your fav issues. Well what is democracy without protest, non-cooperation? The method looks extremely promising!

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