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Betting on Braincake: Interview with Jen Stancil

Museum 2.0

So how do you design for that kind of maturity, and for kids who want a MySpace? We didn’t want to build MySpace. One of the vendors made a proposal to us with the phrase: “It’s MySpace meets NASA." Have you gotten any negative feedback about it being too superficial or hyped for a research program?

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I don't think she is saying SL is a fad that will go away as other people without her depth of knowledge have articulated. If Danah is so deeply rooted in social spaces, like MySpace and others, it???s been through the cycle a few times, hype and burn. She says as much in the comments of her post in response to commentors.