Tzetze Fly

From my experience.

1. “That sounds stupid.  Why would I want to use that?  My life is busy enough already.”
2. “Hey - this is kind of fun, especially at this conference.”
3. “Man, the web site is down a lot.”
4. “Cool - using twhirl will solve all my problems.”
5. “Hmmmm - I guess all of twitter is down a lot.”
6. “How can I live my life when twitter is f’ing down all the time!?!?!?!?!?”

This is really well done - and funny!

From Mark:

This Earth Day I made a presentation at a technical conference in Austin, TX that combined Programming, Real Estate and a Rube Goldberg device I called Mark’s Portable Pedal Power Generator. The device turned kinetic energy in the form of a spinning bicycle wheel into standard AC electricity. Google and Specialized Bikes announced a video contest for just such a device a few months later. The contest ends this week and is hosted by YouTube. I have created an 84 second Video that shows me lighting a Christmas Tree in the middle of a forest, using the device.

Click here to watch the video. And give Mark some link love when you’re done.

These guys are on a roll. Look how they didn’t just move the TV ads on-line, but they’re now using ad space on the sites so creatively. I hear the ads are appearing on Engadget, PCMag, and News.com, sometimes appearing with articles about Vista.

If your sick of hearing about all this crap, check out this satirical video. Funny stuff! I am a fan of the Common Craft videos that this riffs on though.

I would love to know how much this cost each member of the California Association of Realtors. This “technology” ought to really help the rank and file sell more houses.

From the press release September 19, 2007:

Virtual headquarters open for business as CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® launches Second Life presence

LOS ANGELES (Sept. 19) – The CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) today cut the virtual ribbon on its new Second Life headquarters building, accessible at http://secondlife.car.org or through www.secondlife.com. Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its more than 9.3 million “Residents” from around the globe.

“C.A.R.’s foray into the virtual world of Second Life through our headquarters building features numerous interactive and informational items, including the top five reasons to use a REALTOR®; information about the Association’s upcoming trade show, the CALIFORNIA REALTOR® EXPO 2007; and informational take-away note cards for visitors,” said C.A.R. President Colleen Badagliacco. “The virtual building replicates the C.A.R. logo, with an open-roof design to accommodate “fly-ins,” the primary means of locomotion in Second Life.”

Second Life Residents create avatars – virtual representations of themselves – and can buy, sell and trade with other Residents. According to Linden Labs, the creator of Second Life, the site’s marketplace currently supports millions of U.S. dollars in monthly transactions, handled with the in-world unit-of-trade, the Linden dollar, which can be converted to U.S. dollars at the Linden Dollar Exchange.

“The C.A.R. Second Life headquarters also features an interactive 65-inch plasma TV capable of streaming up to five different on-demand video clips from C.A.R., which visitors can watch while relaxing on a virtual sofa,” Badagliacco said.

Visitors to C.A.R.’s Second Life headquarterswill need to have Second Life installed on their computers. To install, go to http://www.secondlife.com/download.

Leading the way…® in California real estate for more than 100 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org ) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States, with nearly 200,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.