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<DIV>Yeah, sounds good for the moment -just wait until there is a security "upgrade".<BR><BR><BR>Apr 10, 2009 06:51:15 PM, <A class=parsedEmail href="mailto:cbullard@hiwaay.net" target=_blank>cbullard@hiwaay.net</A> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: rgb(102,153,204) 3px solid">I dunno, but some things are purely location and opportunity. Vivaty's<BR>plugin on Facebook and their site pulled over 25k site visits if I read the<BR>right numbers for their Rascal Flatts room. That's a lot of visits to a<BR>dead plugin with a basis in a dead language.<BR><BR>It seems to me they are hitting the sweet spot. I've spent time putting my<BR>songs and videos in my room there, and the whole thing is pretty danged<BR>smooth drag and drop. My YouTube videos, the songs off my own server,<BR>photos etc. all blended easily. Now I can host listening parties, work on<BR>songs with other musicians, and so on. With the combination of services<BR>from two or three sources and a growing social network to push to at release<BR>time, this seems to work pretty durn good.<BR><BR>PDC (Pretty Damm Cool). PDQ (Pretty Damm Quick).<BR><BR>For the folks who use MySpace, this is a neat alternative way to pull it all<BR>together in a real time world for real time events.<BR><BR>Stagecraft. The possibilities are endless and artists are already doing<BR>most of this in Second Life, but there are those who don't think they belong<BR>in that environment and wrote to tell me so. The Vivaty/Facebook rooms are<BR>an excellent alternative. Depending on what they add next, this can become<BR>the Tip Jar button paradise for musicians.<BR><BR>As this builds, getting the rooms more out front will help.<BR><BR>len<BR><BR><BR>From: <A class="parsedEmail parsedEmail" href="mailto:x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org" target=_blank>x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org</A> [mailto:<A class="parsedEmail parsedEmail" href="mailto:x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org" target=_blank>x3d-public-bounces@web3d.org</A>] On<BR>Behalf Of Russ Kinter<BR><BR>Just like the story of the Anchor Node huh?<BR>I got a hell'va Florida land deal for you!<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></html>