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Look Mom, I'm on the Radio (and Now in Hiding for What I Said)...

It had to happen, it really did, didn't it:

I'm a Star! (FOLKS THE EGO HAS TRULY LANDED, PLEASE STAND BACK FROM THE CRASH SITE). Tony Goodson of the Productivity Show interviewed me recently... the same show David Allen, the founder of GTD, was once featured on!

Highlights include:

• Kyle's GTD: He's a heretic yet is mostly keeping his own dogfood down
• Mindjet MindManager: Pimp-out the interface 
• The World's most offensive rap album!
• Second Life: The new warzone
• GyroQ and ResultsManager: Pimp your productivity
• Top Tips for having Meaningful Relationships and Pursuits
• Get a Life

THE REAL QUESTION: How does a mind mapping guru end up talking about 'flying penises' and 'burping'?...

Listen now to the most exceedingly delightful, productivity-tip-laced, controversial Interview the mind mapping world has ever experienced:

TPN :: The Productivity Show » Blog Archive » The Productivity Show #34 - Kyle McFarlin (Visual Strategist)

Technorati tags: The Productivity Show, Kyle McFarlin, Tony Goodson, MindManager, Mindjet, Gyronix Training, Mindjet Training, GyroQ, ResultsManager, mind mapping, The Podcast Network

Teilhard de Chardin Must be Poppin Bottles in His Grave over this MindManager Map

So my ego was huge from what I assumed had to be one of the largest map bodies in history, the VSS (Visual Strategist Solution) template set. So smooth, so sexy, you should really download it now for free and sign-up for the newsletter as well.

Nevertheless, I think I've been displaced size-wize (Content-wise, I'm the Ghostbusters of this field... Arrogance-alert bracelet exploding). As Melinda Venable reports, the history of the world's information is being mapped on a MindManager map in Second Life by George Kurtz. Printed out, it would measure 120 feet by 500 feet.

Yours is bigger. I surrender.

Checkout the article and be sure to download the Visual Information Map:

http://blog.mindjet.com/2007/09/capturing-the-world%E2%80%99s-information-in-one-giant-map

Personally, I think they should do a follow-up article on the tech specs of the machine he's running all of this on. Going through my maps when they're too large is like watching a poorly executed robot dance routine.

Want to know who Teilhard de Chardin was? Look here.

Technorati tags: Kyle McFarlin, VSS, Visual Strategist, Visual Strategist Solution, Melinda Venable, George Kurtz, Yours is Bigger, Teilhard de Chardin, Humor, Second Life

Second Life +is+ an OS « Scobleizer

This is a great old post (well old in the blogosphere at 1.25 years) from Robert Scoble on the value of Second Life, and why Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! should be paying EXTREMELY careful attention:

Second Life +is+ an OS « Scobleizer

Technorati tags: Kyle McFarlin, Second Life, Croquet Project, Robert Scoble, Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google

ITS News » ITS to demo Croquet

If you've never seen Julian Lombardi demo Croquet before, and you happen to be in the UNC area next week, check it out here:

ITS News » ITS to demo Croquet

I attended a demo at Ohio State my friend Julian put on a couple of years ago, and it was equal parts entertaining and informative.

Technorati tags: Croquet Project, Julian Lombardi, Kyle McFarlin, UNC, Virtual Reality, Second Life

Awaiting Real Sales From Virtual Shoppers - New York Times

Good article on Second Life, a virtual world, which anyone reading this blog should be familiar with:

Awaiting Real Sales From Virtual Shoppers - New York Times

 

 

Another couple of great resources for virtual reality lovers is my friend Julian Lombardi's blog and his Croquet Project.

 

Technorati tags: Croquet Project, Julian Lombardi, Virtual Reality, Second Life