From Jean Miller, Director of International Initiatives for Linden Labs (Otherwise known as the company that made Second Life.) Second Life is now 750 Square Kilometers. Singapore is 700 Square Kilometers. Wow. I’m listening to her speak right now, and she has that whole "I’m talking really softly and spewing stats that are making you incredibly jealous (like pre-localization numbers) and I can talk softly with just that slight hint of "I’m cooler than you" tone in my voice, because, well, I am." And dammit. She is. 750 Square Kilometers. Damn. Jean Miller’s Second Life Avatar Total Residents: 7,576,467 Logged In Last 60 Days: 1,739,352 Online Now: 30,505 US$ Spent Last 24h: $1,610,883 LindeX Activity Last 24h: $222,959 Damn.

That’s how much time people with Internet access, on average, around the world, spend online. That’s 30 hours a month. I’m not talking about people in my industry – We’re the ones online 24/7. But think of this – Young adults – TV down 8%, Radio down 44%, Internet up 98%, from 2000-2003. These numbers come from James Chadwick, head of Strategy, Asia Pacific, for Mindshare. Makes you think. James Chadwick speaking about where we’re going… With that fun little stat in your head, I say good morning. I was asleep early last night. Home from the dinner at 9:30pm, asleep by 9:31. Phone rang numerous times during the night, and I answered it each time. (Tip: Keep a can [...]

Think about it this way: Since it’s 12 hours later here than there, I’m going to start telling people I can see the future. Got up this morning and hit the gym. Again, no jet-lag, and a few miles on the treadmill confirmed it. By 9:30am, I was out and about, exploring Singapore on my only free day here this week. "Off days" at conferences are weird to begin with – you’re working, yet you’re not. And if you’re anything like me, you’re actually ahead of the game because you spent so much time working on the plane – so you’ve time to kill, but you feel weird about killing it. Even though it’s 3am in your home time zone, [...]

Well. That was a fun 34 hours. First thing to realize is that you don’t truly appreciate a smiling driver holding a sign with your name on it when you clear customs in a foreign country until you’ve been in transit for 34 hours. Flight from JFK to South Korea was as pleasant as could be – Got on the plane, cleaned out my inbox (I love doing that on planes – there’s something so gratifying about looking at your outbox and seeing close to 40 messages all waiting to be sent – such a feeling of accomplishment, and means I escape email bankruptcy for yet another month) ate dinner, put on my BNC3 headphones, and popped a little white [...]

Thanks WN for the link. Important: You Must Follow All These Steps in the Precise Order to Obtain Your iPhone. Failure to Do So Will mean Being Denied Entry To the Kingdom of Jobs  1.       Take a number from the iPhone number dispenser at the front of the store. 2.       Proceed to the Coolness Evaluation Station. There you will be evaluated on your dress, appearance, and general coolness to determine whether you are worthy of having an iPhone. Among the criteria: A.) If you have a goatee, you may not have an iPhone. Those are so last year. B.) If you are a white man with Chinese or Japanese symbols tattooed on any part of your [...]