The Future of Work?This week’s Business Week magazine has a cover story on the “The Future of Work” which has some fodder to add to the discussion. The thesis is:The rapid growth of broader, richer channels of communication–including virtual worlds–is transforming what it means to be “at work.”Here are a couple more outtakes:“What’s more, the […]
HAMLET IN CHINAThanks to the luminously talented China Tracy and the folks at Modern Media, I’ll be flying to Beijing this week to speak on Second Life at the Get it Louder arts festival, which looks to be a spectacular multi-city event…SLHamlet
SLCC: The Coca Cola/Crayon presentationCC Chapman, Mike Coulson of Crayon and Mike Donnelly of Coca Cola did this presentation together in which they talked about their project “Virtual Thirst“. In the first part they explained the process behind it and in the second part Mike Donnelly got into all those myths cerated by this Wired […]
What you can learn from Pilots (or: finally arrived in Chicago)So it should have been an 7hr flight from London to Chicago but it turned out to be an 11hr flight with a stop in Detroit to get new fuel. Thanks to some tornado warnings in the Chicago area. We then made some rounds around […]
SecondCast #53 - Beer in the Ballroom Randy Moss, Chair of SLCC 2007, joins the SecondCasters for a sneak peak at plans for the August event in Chicago. The group also discusses Lordfly’s first machinima, the end of first-land, and the potential for restricted logins during periods of grid […]
Rik’s Picks for August 30-September 2Rik Riel’s weekly round-up of upcoming SL events… Avatars who are into grungy, decrepit, rat-infested art spaces should head to the new Cannery Art Gallery (Teleport SLURL), which just opened yesterday. Shoshana Epsilon and Vint Falken, two prominent SL photographers,…rikomatic
SecondCast #59 - Petting Zoo The SecondCasters welcome guest host Starr Sonic of SLCN.tv and teen grid members Lucky Figtree and Alex Harbinger. The group discusses the Teen Grid Unification proposal, Project Open Letter, Barbie World and a myriad of other riveting topics for your edification.Be sure to listen […]
Will?s Links 08/11/2007How Wiki Software is Changing CommunicationQuote: The United Nations, notorious for endless deliberations, is trying atechnological quick fix. Its Global Compact Office, which promotescorporate responsibility, has embraced a once fringe socialtechnology the wiki in hopes that it will help staff in 80 countriesshare information and reach consensus with less […]