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Jan 16 2008

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IBM Virtual Universe Community – Guildmaster

In recent news, I have been co-elected IBM’s Virtual Universe Community as it Guildmaster. Holly Stewart and I will lead this community of over 5000+ IBMers.

Formed in 2006, previous guildmasters have been:
* Kevin Aires
* Dave Kamalsky
* Brian House

The VUC as it is known was the breeding ground for the formation of the the Digital Convergence EBO (Emerging Business Opportunity) outfit in IBM Research in late 2006.

This should be a very challenging and interesting job !!

Nov 06 2007

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Presentation for IBM Software Universe 2007

I uploaded the presentation that I made at the IBM Software Universe 2007 at the Renaissance Convention Center, Mumbai.

My presentation was part of Track B – Emerging Technologies Track. The session titled “Metaverses – Second Life for Business, Technology & Social Networks”.

It is embedded here:

The link to presentation is uploaded on Slide Share here.

Oct 23 2007

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Updates

I finally figured out the way to upgrade my blog to a website. The blog can now be accessed at http://pranabsharma.com . I am currently trying to integrate email onto the website by implementing a very interesting functionality of WordPress integrated with Google Apps.

Both, the integration from the blog to the domain, and Google Apps integration has been smooth and seamless.

Been a bit rusty with blogging lately, am using a great tool called ScribeFire recommended by Luis on Twitter. However, I have been closely following several blogs and books and plan to be writing about them soon.

Meanwhile, I present at the IBM Software Universe 2007 at the Renaissance Convention Center in Mumbai. My session is titled “Metaverses – Second life for Business, Technology & Social Networks”. Currently working on my presentation and I’ll put it up on Slideshare soon enough.

Aug 21 2007

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“One Year of Second Life” – Why I still plan to be in Second Life!

Today, I celebrate my (Second Life avatar’s) Rez Day. I entered Second Life last year on August 21, 2006. I am called Locutus Qi in this space. The name is inspired from my Star Trek fanaticism about the Borg. Locutus was the (avatar) name of Capt. Jean Luc Picard when he was captured by the Borg.

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Aug 09 2007

Managing the Matrix

Well, I work for IBM and one thing about IBM is structures and the matrix and the vast network of folks that are connected together. I remember Susan Curry saying in one of the Biztech meets about how she advises everyone to include “managing the IBM matrix” as a key point in our CVs. I just learnt today that there has been a major restructuring and that many folks’ managers have been/are going to be changed. Now IBM is a manager driven company and the manager or rather your people manager is the only clear connection you have in this matrix.

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