Archive for December 16th, 2007
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Links for Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Media Week: CNN To Launch Bureau in Second Life Virtual World - “In the space, the network will create a variation of its i-Reports, the real-world vehicle through which average citizens contribute eyewitness reports. CNN will equip Second Life denizens with kits enabling them to transmit copy and photos. Visitors […]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Pocket Texting and Open Phone TestsFrom the “So What Do We Do About This?” Department comes a story about the tech savvyness of one 14-year old South Korean youngster who is making his phone play an important part in his education.Insoo doesn’t even have to take the phone out of his pocket to send an […]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
New World NewsfeedRecent SL-related dispatches from the outside world… - CBS News Video - New Life in Cyberspace Competent and moving mainstream media profile of longtime friend Baccara Rhodes and Wilde Cunningham, profiled in New World Notes here and here, centering on…SLHamlet
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Participatory Media Education and Civic Education are Inextricable Howard Rheingold has a chapter just out (.pdf) in the latest McArthur Foundation series “Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth” where he writes the following:I propose that learning to use blogs, wikis, digital storytelling, podcasts, and video as […]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Today in Second Life - Wednesday 31 October, 2007
Filed under: Odds and Ends
Today in Second Life we had:
32,528 new signups bringing us to 10,585,610 signups total.
A peak concurrency of 50,872 at 3:30PM, and a minimum concurrency of 27,105 at 1:05AM. Median concurrency for the day was 39,968.
The Grid Stability […]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
SecondCast #56 - Ghost Ride the Podcast The ‘Casters record a live call-in episode thanks to the up and coming TalkShoe service. The group discusses the recent Virtual Worlds 2007 Spring conference, SLCC 2007 and the very controversial discussion around banning Prokofy Neva from attending, and BanLink. […]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Open Forum: What will happen to Second Life in the post-Cory Linden era?Now that the news has had some time to take root, what does it mean for the world, the company that owns it, and the community within?SLHamlet
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
SecondCast #52 - One Year Anniversary Johnny, Cristiano, Lordfly, Walker, and Torrid talk about SecondCast’s one year anniversary and recap highlights including fruit griefing. The group discusses real-life furry action, Second Life publications in the works or in print, and SL related sites including Second Life on the […]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
SecondCast #45 - Honorary Viking Happy Thanksgiving everybody! It’s great to be back! Here’s the weekly installment…Secondcasters get together to trip on their Tryptophan left overs and cold medicine to bring you *cough* the latest audible news echoing through the Metaverse. Walker recounts his trip to […]
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Sunday, December 16th, 2007
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 […]
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