Links for Friday, October 19, 2007

• Wagner James Au: Top 5 Highlights from the Virtual Worlds Expo – “Rather than focus on marketing opportunities, Cisco’s Christian Renaud emphasized the need for this medium to attract a mass audience, and to standardize the way they’re described“
• Slate: Giant Dinosaurs in Argentina – “*Why are all the biggest dinosaurs found in Patagonia? They died at the right time in the right place. Patagonia happens to be an excellent place to find fossils from the Cretaceous Period, when dinosaurs reached their largest sizes. *” – Via Evolution Blog.
• Greg Verdino: Just What Are Those Facebook People Up To? – “Interesting breakdown of actual Facebook usage behaviors from the gang at Compete.com.“
• Christian Renaud: E-Meetings and the Environment – “I’d like to make a bargain with you…… For the remainder of the year, don’t fly. Neither will I. Instead, we will use the amazing array of tools at our disposal, from Telepresence to WebEx to avatar-mediated communications, to approximate the magic of physical proximity.” – Oh man, would I like to sign up for this.