Wired Campus: NYU Student Creates Virtual Girlfriend – Chronicle.com

First Lars and the Real Girl (once the site opens, click on the Trailer), and now another variation on the theme of girlfriend. I have two comments right now:

1. Isn’t this virtual reality kind of creepy?
2. Interesting to note that in both of these examples that it is a guy who is fabricating his version of the ideal girlfriend……

Friends:Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services: <strong>Downloadable Open Source Social Networking Applications</strong>

Gerry Mckiernan is a Science and Technology Librarian at Iowa State University Library whose writings I insightful and thought-provoking. Given the advent of Web2.0 and the changing paradigm of the web of one from a read-only, centralized source of authority, power and control to that of more of a egalitarian, collaborative “power to the people” sort of thing.

The Grad Center recently decided to experiment using Ning for its alumni network. I think that it’s ease of use and complement of functionality make it the perfect solution to the needs of the GC Alumn.  McKiernan’s post references a number of different sites can be used for social networking.

Wired Campus: SketchCast: a New Blogging and Teaching Tool – Chronicle.com

Heh, Wired Campus, the daily update that I get from the Chronicle, just today did a story on SketchCast. Who knew I was so ahead of the curve on this one?