Morning Reading: 11/6/06

By on November 6, 2006 in Tech

Ian Delaney on Second Life.  I run hot and cold on Second Life, but I’m encouraged by the number of businesses that seem to be lining up to make it more than a game.  We won’t know what Second Life is for another year or so.

Kate Trgovac on the branding of Halloween costumes.  My kids were Wonder Woman, a rock star and a ninja.  I didn’t see a single ghost.

Kevin Hales went 15-0 in a recent Scrabble tournament.  As an NC State fan, he needs something to pass the time during football season. (Go Deacs!)

Nick Carr on the true nature of Web 2.0.  What started out as something interesting and collective has become just another “pre-owned cars” slogan aimed at our pocketbooks.  And on that note- I want to interview anyone who paid $375 for Tim O’Reilly’s latest essay out of their own pocket.

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  • http://www.beagooddad.com/ Mike

    Our daughter was a red ghost. With a red firehat, red sunglasses, red necklace with Little Clifford (who happens to be red) dangling from it, and red high top Chuck Taylors.She’s almost 4 and thought it up herself.Last year she wanted to be a cowboy.

  • http://www.beagooddad.com/ Mike

    Our daughter was a red ghost. With a red firehat, red sunglasses, red necklace with Little Clifford (who happens to be red) dangling from it, and red high top Chuck Taylors.She’s almost 4 and thought it up herself.Last year she wanted to be a cowboy.

  • http://aqualung.typepad.com/aqualung Ric

    My daughter is 22 and dressed (for some reason) as a bobby-soxer … Hey – I LOOKED at O’Reilly’s paper, until I saw the price tag, and couldn’t even justify my employer paying for it. Anything that talks about “best practices” has already jumped the shark … I wouldn’t have said that Web2.0 was well-enough defined yet to have descended into that particular intellectual bankruptcy.

  • http://aqualung.typepad.com/aqualung Ric

    My daughter is 22 and dressed (for some reason) as a bobby-soxer … Hey – I LOOKED at O’Reilly’s paper, until I saw the price tag, and couldn’t even justify my employer paying for it. Anything that talks about “best practices” has already jumped the shark … I wouldn’t have said that Web2.0 was well-enough defined yet to have descended into that particular intellectual bankruptcy.