The Big Announcement:
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Tali Rosca
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07-04-2008 02:02
From: Sling Trebuchet This has nothing to do SL per se. It is simply about people using SL as a disruptive technology *platform*.
It has nothing to do with SL competing with other virtual worlds.
SL is a relatively low-cost facilitator of developments requiring 3D visualisation and interaction. Mitch et al want to encourge such developments. While poking fun at LL for putting this up as an important announcement, the topic itself is actually worth thinking a little over, and Sling hit the nail here. There are many aspects of SL which fits the "disruptive technology" term, even just the simple rezzing of plywood boxes. Joe Average is regularly 3D modelling; something which used to require 1,000$+ software packages and tons of dedication. And as the blog post mentions, there are several areas where people have used SL for something where other professional tools already exists. The way to do it in SL may not be as polished as the dedicated tools, but is is in many cases "good enough", and the accessibility lets a dedicated hobbyist use it, and "get over the starting line" with something where the entry barrier could otherwise have been prohibitive. |
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Rebecca Proudhon
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07-04-2008 02:50
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Argos Hawks
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07-04-2008 03:04
From: Walker Moore "A disruptive technology is defined as a low-performance, less expensive technology that enters a heated-up scene where the established technology is outpacing people's ability to adapt to it. The new technology gains a foothold, continues to improve, and then bumps the older, once-better technology into oblivion. Sounds good. The problem is that there is not one example of this ever happening. When boiled down, the notion is essentially a rewrite of the adage Adam Osborne devised to explain the mediocrity of the Osborne 1: "Adequacy is sufficient."
Exactly, disruptive technologies never catch on. Vacuum tubes are so superior to transistors that they'll always be used. And why would any individual ever need a computer in the home? They're way to expensive and can't do anything useful outside of a big corporation. Sell books on the internet? You're talking crazy! Sling and Tali have this one pegged right. SL is already a platform that can function as a disruptive technology in certain areas. We can already see it's applications to distance learning, project colaboration, seminars, art, design, architecture, and I'm sure the list goes on. For a great study on disruptive technologies and how they can make or break a business, read The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton M Christensen.
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Conifer Dada
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07-04-2008 05:04
Perhaps I could use this space to make a big announcement of my own. My home - the Egotherapy Centre in Yosu sim now has wooden beams holding up the ceilings. Soon there will be new lampshades too.  Anyway, re. the proper big announcent, not really clear what it means but it could still be something good, I guess. |
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Jillian Callahan
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07-04-2008 05:22
From: Brenda Connolly I still don't know what that means. It means LL loves buzzwords. |
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Nina Stepford
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07-04-2008 05:43
i know you intended to be sarcastic, but this is actually true in some circumstances. people are willing to spend many many thousands of dollars on valve/tube amps, while transistor amps are largely viewed as junk. the same is true in a recording studio, valve powered outboard gear is nearly always preferable to their transistor counterparts. From: Argos Hawks Exactly, disruptive technologies never catch on. Vacuum tubes are so superior to transistors that they'll always be used. |
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Marianne McCann
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07-04-2008 07:30
From: Farallon Greyskin God save us all from Important Announcements! You got dat right!
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Raymond Figtree
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07-04-2008 07:49
I just can't wait to see how SL will be a platform used for medical research and science when currently it can't even be used to reliably rez a lawn chair.
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07-04-2008 07:51
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Dekka Raymaker
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07-04-2008 08:23
From: Argos Hawks Exactly, disruptive technologies never catch on. Vacuum tubes are so superior to transistors that they'll always be used. Next you'll be saying wireless will make a come back. |
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Pie Psaltery
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07-04-2008 09:00
Debunking the "disruptive technology" myth: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1628049,00.aspFrom: John C. Dvorak
There is no such thing as a disruptive technology. There are inventions and new ideas, many of which fail while others succeed. That's it. This concept only services venture capitalists who need a new term for the PowerPoint show to sucker investors.
Pretty much sums it up for me. From: Blog
Mitch’s announcement will be about a new program that recognizes the achievements of Residents in making Second Life a disruptive technology platform.
Pats on the back for everyone making stuff good enough for Linden Lab to use in promoting their platform to sucker investors. |
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Oryx Tempel
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07-04-2008 09:06
From: SuezanneC Baskerville Nope. Someone (was it you? I forget to whom I replied) made a reference to Yamamoto. http://www.electricinca.com/56/annotations/admiral_isoroku_yamamoto.htm |
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Viktoria Dovgal
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07-04-2008 09:15
From: Cocoanut Koala Yeah, someone said on the blog, too, that this was all our fault. Well yes, it was. Do people get all worked up when the TV announcer promises a "very important message" from the sponsor that turns out to be a run of the mill ad? Or that next week's "very special episode" isn't? What about it _didn't_ look like the usual marketing blather? |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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07-04-2008 09:19
Oh, I was referring to SL's Baba Yamamoto.
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Cocoanut Koala
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07-04-2008 09:34
From: Viktoria Dovgal Well yes, it was. Do people get all worked up when the TV announcer promises a "very important message" from the sponsor that turns out to be a run of the mill ad? Or that next week's "very special episode" isn't? What about it _didn't_ look like the usual marketing blather? No worries. Next time LL says they are going to announce something important, we will know not to pay them any attention at all. coco |
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Cherry Czervik
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07-04-2008 09:40
From: Cocoanut Koala No worries.
Next time LL says they are going to announce something important, we will know not to pay them any attention at all.
coco ROFL didn't most people get to that stage a while back? I know I did ... shrugs
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Wildefire Walcott
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07-04-2008 09:54
Am I the only one who breathed a tentative sigh of relief upon reading that blog post?
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Nika Talaj
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07-04-2008 09:56
From: Blog Mitch’s announcement will be about a new program that recognizes the achievements of Residents in making Second Life a disruptive technology platform. "Disruptive technology" has been overused so often in powerpoints for venture-backed companies that at this point it's just slang for "new". Technically speaking, I don't see any technology that SL has actually displacee, so I think "new" and "kewl" may be all they really mean here In any case, I don't understand folks' bitterness about this announcement. It's our own fault if we're so starved for significant news about LL's future that we read things into their casual statement about "a big announcement", LOL! I know I did, and I should have known better! *laughs* God forbid we should discourage LL from recognizing residents ... LL DOES owe their success to residents, and it's nice to see them acknowledging that. Of course, being LL, they may contrive to do so in such a way as to piss off large parts of the community. It'll be interesting to see if M can preserve them from the foot-in-mouth disease that consistently plagues their efforts to pat folks on the back. . |
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Cherry Czervik
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07-04-2008 10:04
/me sits back smugly, safe in the corporate arms of a .com which is now part of a big nasty steaming great multinational. We lost our quirkiness here not because of swimming and being swallowed by bigger fish but by the recruitment of some dour senior management. (RL) I really am waiting with interest to see how they turn this one into anything other than shrug city in the Slade household (Of and in SL)
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Chris Norse
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07-04-2008 10:16
From: Viktoria Dovgal Well yes, it was. Do people get all worked up when the TV announcer promises a "very important message" from the sponsor that turns out to be a run of the mill ad? Or that next week's "very special episode" isn't? What about it _didn't_ look like the usual marketing blather? I can proudly say I have never watched a "very special episode of....." any show. To me those are code words to find something else to do.
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Macphisto Angelus
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07-04-2008 10:20
From: Raymond Figtree I just can't wait to see how SL will be a platform used for medical research and science when currently it can't even be used to reliably rez a lawn chair. Thanks for the sig! |
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Darien Caldwell
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07-04-2008 13:05
From: FD Spark quoted from blog:
"Mitch’s announcement will be about a new program that recognizes the achievements of Residents in making Second Life a disruptive technology platform"
Huh? That sentence doesn't look right. Why is achievements of the Residents in make Second life disruptive technology platform? Griefer Awards. |
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Tengu Yamabushi
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I think I called it right up front... can I haz cookie?
07-04-2008 14:10
From: Tengu Yamabushi As the recipient of untold 'Very Important Announcements', ranging from corporate missives from CEOs to the flags on company emails received from Marketing, I can assure you: The actual importance of an announcement is in inverse proportion to the stated importance of the announcement. That is all. |
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Oryx Tempel
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07-04-2008 17:51
From: Chris Norse I can proudly say I have never watched a "very special episode of....." any show. To me those are code words to find something else to do. What? You didn't watch "A Very Brady Christmas?" |
