?Innovation Overload?There are moments in this most surreal life that I’m now leading when I’m standing in front of more than a few hundred educators in a large, dimly lit auditorium and this eerie, palpable feeling of discomfort settles in around me. Sometimes, I know, I feel like I push too many buttons. Other times, […]
How to use Photoshop to Create Textures With Alpha Channels for Second LifeThis will guide you step-by-step on how to make textures with transparency for Second Life using Adobe Photoshop CS. It includes tips on how to avoid blurry white outlines and a little info on masks and alpha channels.By: AsterAster
Learning from the KidsYesterday’s “challenge” was seeing if I could spend a couple of hours with a group of 11th year students outside of Vancouver and engage them not only in a conversation about the tools but about the significance of what the tools allow them to do in terms of building networks. And I […]
Plone Conference 2007 streamed live to Second Life [Flickr]
Tao Takashiposted a photo:
the Plone conference will be happening from Oct 8-10 in Naples, Italy.
It will be streamed to Second Life atthis location. More information will follow soon.
For information about Plone look atplone.org
For more information about the conference look atplone.org/2007
You can also follow our Twitter feed here:twitter.com/plone
Cory Doctorow talks at the Web 2.0 ExpoI am attending the talk by Cory Doctorow (of BoingBoing fame among other things) now, probably one of the best talks here at the conference and of course Cory is a heroSo here are my notes, not sure I got everything right as it’s hard to write and […]
Will?s Links 10/27/2007UPDATE: Apologies for the double post below. I was playing with Diigo, which does auto Daily Links to the blog, and running to soccer practice, and, you get the idea. Anyway, I’ll leave this up since it’s generated some comments…Weblogg-ed What s Your Process? AnnotatedSeriously. I want to know. […]
Booch is no mooch
Filed under: Odds and Ends
Grady Booch might not be a household name, but he’s the Chief Scientist for IBM’s Rational Software Corp. unit. In a recent interview with Computerworld, Booch has held forth on a number of topics, including his take on SL. His approach to explaining the value of SL to […]
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 […]
When Life Gives You Onions - Make a Meal
This may be the first and only time that I post recipes and cooking advice on my blog…
Anyway, I really like caramelized onions. When we do summer barbecues I always slice up a bunch of onions and mushrooms and then cook them as an accompaniment to the […]