2007 May 24 | BlogSchmog

ARCHIVE / May 24th, 2007
Sim Terrorism
An island was nuked in Second Life. Or the SL equivalent of a nuke. Devastation of the 3D island landscaping for the popular Australian company ABC came sometime overnight and took several hours to correct. ABC Island is reportedly the third most-visited place in world. The act of cyber-terrorism was possibly caught in the digital archives, so it will be interesting to see what transpires. There were hints of business rivals being involved, but those might be red herrings.

Posted on May 24.07 to BlogSchmog, Communities, Cool Sites, In the News 6 Comments
Amaznode
There is a well-designed search tool called Amaznode that leverages the Amazon.com recommendations to visualize how search results relate. The tool is a personal project by that started in 2004, was thwarted by existing Flash technology, and last year was renewed by creator Takayuki Fukatsu when that tech caught up. Try searching for HCI Design, informatics, parenting, fantasy sports, relational-cultural+theory, complex systems, online community, politics and Bloomington, Indiana. These are areas of interest to our blog.

Posted on May 24.07 to BlogSchmog, Complexity, Cool Sites, HCI Design, Software 1 Comment