a looking-glass book

fightbox?

youve got to be kidding me.
fightbox - a TV show which is "...a gladiatorial arena-style competition between virtual characters, created by members of an online community who compete... to get a chance of appearing on the show itself..."
(from slashdot)

once again

seamus blackley is my man....
tell it like it is

filtering

yes, yes, yes. all summer i have said 'filtering is crucial. once you enable the world to create content, how do users find it? what does this do to the shared experience? it decentralizes art as we know it.'

all fine and good i suppose.
but it seems microsoft has been eavesdropping. and they have begun filtering and massaging their newgroup data.
linky

it is cool. except, like most of the work we do, it scares me as well.