Listening to the Guvnah: Desmong Shang Explains CaledonHe began by creating and selling virtual antiques from a time that never existed, graduated to creating and selling virtual tulips in a (surprisingly successful) attempt to recreate Tulip Mania in Second Life, then went on to launch an empire…SLHamlet
Networks, Not ToolsI don’t know if I’ll write an end of the year reflection or not (probably not) but now that I’m done with my last presentations for ‘07 I do want to make note of how much the focus of what I’m doing has changed in the last year. Today, it was all about […]
Eight Hamlet Facts (with Linden Flavor!)Hamlet and Philip during my Linden days– offering many conversations, but no ceremonial tasting of The Man Devious London Spengler tagged me, followed by Gwyn and Bettina, all three dragging me into this ungodly blogger’s game. After the break, 8…SLHamlet
Is Second Life polarizing?Well, I guess it is, at least in Germany and I wonder if it is the case aswell in other countries and if so, why that is.I have noticed on many occasions that once you talk to somebody about Second Life, people who accidently stand around you start to voice their usually […]
The Bottle-abra Accent LightWelcome! This instructable covers how to make a Bottle-abra Accent Light.This is also entered in the “DIY 2007 Halloween Contest” and the “Mash It Contest”.The idea of this light came from marc_alain and his Small-eco-footprint-living-room-light . In particular it was how soft the light was in his pictures that gave me the […]
Networks, Not ToolsI don’t know if I’ll write an end of the year reflection or not (probably not) but now that I’m done with my last presentations for ‘07 I do want to make note of how much the focus of what I’m doing has changed in the last year. Today, it was all about […]
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 […]
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 […]