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Feb 5, 2012
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Quaker meditation – getting focused

Sylections ― Sitting with the Quakers in silent worship one morning, I found a way to settle down into the silence that helped me. It's like a song with three verses - you can repeat each verse as many times as you like until you reach the right mental state.... (More)
Posted on Feb 5th, 2012
Oct 13, 2011
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Is Google+ "a study in short-term thinking"?

adventures of Sylectra in three-dee ― I read on Webpronews.com today that a Google software engineer managed to spew his criticism about his employer to his public feed on Google+, despite that the platform makes it easier to limit who sees which posts. Ha ha, how ironic! And sad... (More)
Posted on Oct 13th, 2011
Oct 3, 2011
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Marketers, don't be boring

adventures of Sylectra in three-dee ― A very clever guest blog post recently was featured on AVC: musings of a VC in NYC. Titled "Minimum Viable Personality," Giant Robot Dinosaur (Twitter: @FAKEGRIMLOCK) makes the case (in a very funny way) for businesses to give their product or... (More)
Posted on Oct 3rd, 2011
Sep 15, 2011
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Brilliant email campaign: Pasta Evangelista

adventures of Sylectra in three-dee ― See the whole email featuring the Pasta Evangelista.Yes, this is a totally commercial email, but it's full of personality and so colorful that I can't help but click. I would imagine it's getting really good clickthroughs right now.At the core of it... (More)
Brilliant email campaign: Pasta Evangelista
Posted on Sep 15th, 2011
Aug 14, 2011
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Usability, customer service will be key for Linden Lab in 2011

Lessons from a Second Life ― A very down to earth and open-minded Linden Lab CEO Rod Humble (Rodvik Linden) spoke August 13 at the Second Life Community Convention (SLCC) in Oakland, Calif., and his message centered around focusing on making the user experience better and easier... (More)
Posted on Aug 14th, 2011
May 20, 2011
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Doctoral student of psychology running body image study in virtual worlds

Lessons from a Second Life ― A Ph.D. candidate in Melbourne, Australia, is looking for a few good men. Jon-Paul Cacioli, a clinical psychology student at Deakin University, is conducting a study on body image in the virtual would to see if the avatar can give us any insight into... (More)
Posted on May 20th, 2011
May 16, 2011
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Reason and passion (and appreciating point of view)

Lessons from a Second Life ― There are some learning experiences that are inspired by interactions within Second Life groups. I belong to a group called Play as Being, which gets together in Bieup to discuss things like meditation, mindfulness, the self, and play. Over time, we... (More)
Posted on May 16th, 2011
Mar 23, 2011
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Mar 22, 2011
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Sylectra and Shoaib Maleque are now friends.
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Feb 14, 2011
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Unsurprising stuff about JCPenney, bad SEO and The New York Times

adventures of Sylectra in three-dee ― One of my LinkedIn groups made me aware of a Feb. 12 New York Times article by David Segal which stated that Google had completely missed a flagrant example of black hat SEO on the part of a JCPenney SEO vendor.JCPenney apparently used link farming... (More)
Posted on Feb 14th, 2011
Feb 1, 2011
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Social networking examples from four great local businesses

adventures of Sylectra in three-dee ― If you own a small business, especially one that works locally, you might find it helpful to follow other small business professionals to see what they are up to and how they reach out to their public.Four great examples from my own acquaintances:Dr.... (More)
Posted on Feb 1st, 2011
Jun 3, 2009
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Brooklyn is Watching

adventures of Sylectra in three-dee ― Captions and further information can be found at the Flickr site linked from the slide show.Pardon me for not thoroughly researching this as is my usual habit, but I have a busy day ahead of me. I received an invitation from my Second Life friend,... (More)
Brooklyn is Watching
Posted on Jun 3rd, 2009
Mar 6, 2009
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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On Grape-Nuts (and crunchy breakfast)

adventures of Sylectra in three-dee ― Editor's note: Be sure to catch Barry Newman's insightful and amusing Wall Street Journal coverage on the cereal's latest attempt to stay in the mainstream mind. Hey, women love Grape-Nuts too! Don't cut us out as marketing targets!A group of us were... (More)
On Grape-Nuts (and crunchy breakfast)
Posted on Mar 6th, 2009
Feb 25, 2009
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Search engine queries get longer: Are people talking to their computers?

adventures of Sylectra in three-dee ― According to Hitwise (http://tinyurl.com/cuxbta), search engine queries are trending up in terms of the number of words. No longer are people typing only one or two words into browser search prompts, it would seem.However, the story leaves us with... (More)
Search engine queries get longer: Are people talking to their computers?
Posted on Feb 25th, 2009
Feb 13, 2011
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Shall we expect questions to lead to answers?

Sylections ― For the past three years, I have been sitting with the idea that it is the questions that are important, not the answers. Today I realized I have been waiting for an answer about joy and sorrow. (More)
Posted on Feb 13th, 2011
Jan 14, 2011
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Being Human, First and Foremost

Sylections ― A very wise man told me once to give myself more grace because we are all imperfect. Through his example, he taught me to keep placing myself back on my intended path even after I mess up. I don't really want to be perfect - what I really want is to... (More)
Posted on Jan 14th, 2011
Oct 6, 2010
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Echoes of Mom’s suffering

Sylections ― My mom died at the end of 2006, just after her 60th birthday. She died of a rare kind of small intestine cancer, but actually she died of kidney failure as a result of starvation after her innards refused to pass food for a while. She died in the... (More)
Posted on Oct 6th, 2010
Aug 22, 2010
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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The milling exercise: good for families?

Sylections ― I’m reading this book about anger called “The Cow in the Parking Lot – A Zen Approach to Overcoming Anger” and it’s written by a lawyer, Leonard Scheff (with Susan Edmiston) who felt that the Zen talks on anger sort of... (More)
Posted on Aug 22nd, 2010
Feb 15, 2010
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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What would a day without expectations be?

Sylections ― Okay, maybe that concept is a little too abstract even for the most “zen” among us, but let’s try this: What if we picked a day and, when asked for our preference/order/decision on something that day, instead described the outcome... (More)
Posted on Feb 15th, 2010
Feb 14, 2010
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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On expectations and blessings

Sylections ― This morning while sitting in silence with the Quakers, I began to explore the extent and impact of expectations in my life. What are the kinds of events/things/people/relationships we expect in our life? How do they steer our daily existence and our... (More)
Posted on Feb 14th, 2010
Jan 24, 2010
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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January progress report on my life

Sylections ― I feel as though I am waking from a long and troubled winter’s sleep. Christmas was a hard time for me though I do feel I injected some hope into the season which will help me have a better holiday next year. I was not suicidal and I don’... (More)
Posted on Jan 24th, 2010
Nov 21, 2009
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Visiting OSGrid

Lessons from a Second Life ― My experience with OSGrid was a short one because I couldn't move around very well. (More)
Posted on Nov 21st, 2009
Aug 13, 2009
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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SLCC Education Mashup in San Francisco

Lessons from a Second Life ― Second Life (More)
Posted on Aug 13th, 2009
Jul 31, 2009
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Facebook badge

Lessons from a Second Life ― Add me as a Facebook friend! Learn how to make this Facebook badge so you can do this on your blog or site too. (More)
Posted on Jul 31st, 2009
May 9, 2009
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Learn to catch virtual fish

Lessons from a Second Life ― Virtual fishing rod = about $1 US dollar Getting into the Hall of Fame = about $75 US dollars Beating the top fisherperson in Second Life = way too expensive and time consuming. But it would be fun to try. (More)
Posted on May 9th, 2009
Mar 2, 2009
Sylectra posted a new topic.
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Metanomics: Learn how your avatar participates in a virtual world culture

Lessons from a Second Life ― The Metanomics group on March 2 discussed virtual world culture and how having an avatar can impact social interactions in places like Second Life. How seriously should we take it? (More)
Posted on Mar 2nd, 2009

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