Snowcrash the book: Explore the Metaverse origin story

This week marks four years since the blog started and 20 plus years since I read a book that anticipated the human and citizenship dimensions of an immersive, online, digital and connected world hosting rival frameworks commanding human loyalty and shaping identity that still interest me today.

From the moment Hiro Protagonist crashed into a pool, mid pizza delivery ‘Snowcrash’ captured my attention and held it, in full defiance of my usual disinterest in sci-fi in ways not seen since ‘Star Trek Next Gen’.

If you’re a fan of the book, come visit the book club at the Metaverse store on 11 August, 318 Little Collins Street, Melbourne,

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How to Use Chatbots to Drive Business Growth

Wednesday 20 November.

Did you know that chatbots have been around since the nineteen sixties? I didn’t think Metal Mickey counted, but there you go.

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Clement Meadmore and mid-century Melbourne design

Design fans rejoice.

  • Clement Meadmore = 1950s furniture designer. ✓
  • Think ‘Grandfather’s Axe’.✓

Fun facts:

  • From Melbourne.
  • In the NGV collection
  • Quite fetch

#midcentury #design #slv

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