http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2008/10/01/international-brotherhood-of-gold-farmers-and-associated-game-spam-operatives/ occasional scrapbook of a labor geek Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2008/10/01/international-brotherhood-of-gold-farmers-and-associated-game-spam-operatives/#comment-227 admin Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:34:44 +0000 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2008/10/01/international-brotherhood-of-gold-farmers-and-associated-game-spam-operatives/#comment-227 Thanks Nick - I'm not much of a sci-fier, but I used to enjoy William Gibson so may check it out - thanks for the recommendation. Having said which, I bought another by Doctorow "Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom", which was very enjoyably nerdy on a what would happen if Web 2.0 reputation management became more important than currency, so time permitting I may well get reading more sci-fi on my daily commute. Thanks Nick – I’m not much of a sci-fier, but I used to enjoy William Gibson so may check it out – thanks for the recommendation. Having said which, I bought another by Doctorow “Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom”, which was very enjoyably nerdy on a what would happen if Web 2.0 reputation management became more important than currency, so time permitting I may well get reading more sci-fi on my daily commute.

]]> http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2008/10/01/international-brotherhood-of-gold-farmers-and-associated-game-spam-operatives/#comment-226 Nick Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:37:59 +0000 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2008/10/01/international-brotherhood-of-gold-farmers-and-associated-game-spam-operatives/#comment-226 For SciFi that gets gaming and gold farming, can I point you towards Halting State - http://www.sfreviews.net/stross_halting_state.html - by Charles Stross, where a bank job in gamespace is the starting point for the narrative. Stross is required reading in our house. For SciFi that gets gaming and gold farming, can I point you towards Halting State – http://www.sfreviews.net/stross_halting_state.html – by Charles Stross, where a bank job in gamespace is the starting point for the narrative. Stross is required reading in our house.

]]> http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2008/10/01/international-brotherhood-of-gold-farmers-and-associated-game-spam-operatives/#comment-225 admin Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:54:55 +0000 http://www.johninnit.co.uk/2008/10/01/international-brotherhood-of-gold-farmers-and-associated-game-spam-operatives/#comment-225 PS - have to admit I found the trigger for this lot by accident in an UK union focused RSS trawl that turned up the choice heading "RMT = vice" from Scott Jennings. Luckily he didn't mean that RMT... PS – have to admit I found the trigger for this lot by accident in an UK union focused RSS trawl that turned up the choice heading “RMT = vice” from Scott Jennings. Luckily he didn’t mean that RMT…

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