Bientot tu seras miens ! Acheté chez zazzle ($19,95).

What is second life ? Second life is an internet-based 3D virtual world, entirely built and held by its residents but it’s not a real video game, there’s no rules, no missions, the originators define it as “a burgeoning new online society, shaped entirely by its residents” [1], that’s why we find a very heterogeneous population where each resident is animated by very varied ambitions: to find love, to spend good time by extirpating from their daily routines, to make deals, to advance the political debate, to find opportunites …

Opened to the public in 2003, the developpement started in 1991 by the Linden labs team [2] was massive. Today the world is inhabited by 2 millions people, and the population growing each month around 20%. Second Life is not the first virtual world in 3D but its fulgurating success make it one of the most promising innovations, a recent study shows that more than one hundred countries are respresented into the world, mostly by European union and United states (61% and 16%) [3].

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Le 22 septembre à Melbourne, Justice j’arrive !

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I hesitate between two subjects :

1. The Business of Information Technology
Portrait of EBay and Google – Design your own assignment on one of these IT companies and how it has changed the face of IT business world.

2. IT and Management
“Despite years of impressive technological improvements and investments, there is not yet any evidence that information technology is improving productivity or other measures of business performance on a large scale-or, more significantly enhancing U.S. economic performance… The fundamental blame rests with organisations. Information Technology holds great potential, but companies have failed to provide structures and processes that facilitate the use of Information Technology in ways to create significant net value.” Gary Loveman Computerworld November 25, 1991

Discuss the above quote within a home country’s context. Do you agree or disagree with Loveman’s statement about I.T.

The Rails Rumble is a competition to test your Ruby on Rails hacking skills, build some cool new web apps.The concept is simple: you get 48 hours to design, develop, and deploy a web application from scratch. After those 48 hours are up, you’ll be judged by the community through a peer-ranking system in a variety of categories. After about a week of controlled mayhem, judging wraps up and the dust settles. Winners are then declared, and awarded some cool prizes.

Teams can consist of up to 4 people, the challenge will take place in September 8-9 2007. Interested ? So checkout the rules and organize quickly.

<stig> Il est cool votre balcon avec les arbres la petite mare en bas et tout ça, par contre les arbres la c’est des bouleaux ?
<nous> Bah euh ouai … pourquoi ?
<stig> Je suis allergique au bouleau

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“Nomad industry” c’est finis, on viens d’emmenager dans notre nouvel appart sur Fitzroy. Hormis les canapé à fleur l’appart est plutot classe et fully furnished chose plutot rare à Melbourne, grand salon, cuisine ouverte, grande salle de bain on capte même un wifi …

The goals of this assessment is to find a topic within global business IT issues and write an essay of about 1500 words.
I thought about it and i finally find 2 topic which can match with the subject :
- “Second life” and the virtual world, a new way for the global business ?
- The web 2.0, what does that mean and what is the “web 2.0 business” ? Towards a company 2.0 ?

EDIT: Ross SMITH and Brian CORBITT agreed my two subjects !