Archive for August, 2008

The adventures of Penny and Isabella

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed (you can even subscribe via email!). Thanks for visiting!One of the early discussions I had with one of my supervisors, Jackie Cook, had very little to do with my planned research of looking at 3D CVEs and SMEs. Jackie suggested that [...]

MyCyberTwin objects now on my team

I’ve purchased the US$25 MyCyberTwin.com object and an anti-idle object for each of my avatars, so that they can remain permanently ‘present’ in SL as long as a browser window is open.
The MyCyberTwin object links back to the profiles I’ve set up on the main MyCyberTwin.com website, so that answers I am slowly entering [...]

There’s a dissertation in here somewhere…

I’ve already got my own research to get on with, thank you very much, but if everything goes pear-shaped I can always go back to my first degree background (psychology) and research a new topic: Identity Theory and how it can be shaped, manipulated and extrapolated in the 3D virtual world.
As a way of [...]

Writing, but with a huge Yebbut on my shoulders

Went to a session on searching for published theses and dissertations today; whilst on campus thought I might as well pop in to see my supervisors, Denise Wood and Jackie Cook.
Denise was out, but spent a few good minutes with Jackie, who helped me stay positive during this phase of the project.
What has happened so [...]

More on autoethnetnography

Further to an earlier post, I have begun writing my methods chapter.
Here’s an excerpt:
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Autoethnetnography: does my neologism look big in this?
Robert Kozinets has put forward a comprehensive and compelling case for a new branch of ethnography — one that takes into account the online activities and potential motivations of the denizens of the online world. [...]