As Duc pointed out, a recent episode of CSI: NY included footage taken in the Suffugium sim within Second Life.

I couldn’t help but express some excitement. This was where I cut my metaversal teeth. It remains a favorite sim.

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Patrick Rhone recently paid a visit to the State St. store in Chicago, discovering the existence of the Circa sample bars. As previously discussed, these are workstations where employees work with customers to build completely custom notebooks as free samples. [1] [2] [3] [4]

The obvious implication of handing a free custom notebook to a curious customer is the increased probability that customer will ‘get hooked’ on the product.

Nonetheless, I am still thoroughly amused with the diction Patrick used, taking this analogy to the next level when calling the sample,

The store was stocked with, from what I could tell, the full catalog of Levenger goodness. The staff was amazingly knowledgeable and helpful. They even had a table where they helped you build a free Circa notebook. You could choose which page types, ring colors and add ons you wanted in it. Obviously this is simply a gateway drug to get you hooked on the product (as I already am) but it sure was effective. I built one in the Junior size (half letter size) with a nice mix of gridded pages, cornell style pages, some daily agenda pages and a pocket in the back.

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Each node is a thread. Each connection is a link. The scope of influence upon the silent audience [lurkers and long-term future of organic search conversion] becomes easier to understand when the interface is modified to display the “social web.” This is the value of converting brand ‘talkers’/evangelists into better teachers through collaborative ideation and seeding indigenous collaborative web technologies for mass distribution of consumer generated marketing.

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Ryan, at Brassing Adds Character, has taken a Dremmel to his Oasis Notepad Holder.

His fast-prototyping of the desktop pad has sparked some compelling notions for making this product mobile. I am curious how adding a handle to this product could start a new series of mods.

Link to LevengerHack photo tag

“Pulp-Based Computing is a series of explorations that combine smart materials, papermaking and printing. By integrating electrically active inks and fibers during the papermaking process, it is possible to create sensors and actuators that behave, look, and feel like paper. These composite materials, not only leverage the physical and tactile qualities of paper, but can also convey digital information, spawning new and unexpected application domains in ubiquitous and pervasive computing at extremely affordable costs.”

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