Monthly Archives: July 2008

Randy Pausch, Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008

Posted on July 31, 2008 by Bart Pursel

I finally found the time to sit back and watch Randy Pausch in CMU’s Last Lecture series. WOW So many profound things within his talk. It is unfathomable to me how someone in his situation puts something this inspiring together.

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Digg Labs

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Bart Pursel

I’m going through a bit of a transition at work that has me looking more closely at data visualization and data fusion. One of my students presented on Digg last week, and spent some time looking at some of the … Continue reading →

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Electric Sheep & Google

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Bart Pursel

The Electric Sheep Company just released a new virtual world platform, Webflock. This is right on the heels of Google’s release of Lively. There’s a great post by the Technology Intelligence Group (thanks J.Swords) about how the Electric Sheep got … Continue reading →

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Google Virtual World News

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Bart Pursel

Well…sort of. I’ve been falling behind on my reader and Millet filled me in today on Lively.com, a Google application that lets you: Create an avatar and chat with your friends in rooms you design Doesn’t sound all that interesting, … Continue reading →

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Teaching the web 2.0 philosophy

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Bart Pursel

Things will likely be slow around here for the rest of the summer as I’m teaching two sections of IST 110, running my pilot study for my Doctorate degree, and preparing for my comprehensive exams. I’m sure a few teaching … Continue reading →

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