UNCANNY VALLEY EXPO: XELLESSANOVA ZENITH, 2ND SUBMISSION
Like her first entry, Xellessanova Zenith’s second Expo submission is SL machinima, entitled When is a Smile Not a Smile? She included a detailed explanation for the thought and creative process behind the video, well worth reading– after the break….
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CHRIS ANDERSON COMES TO SECOND LIFE
This Friday from 10:30-11:30am, I’m […]
Visiting the aloft island
I was browsing a bit around the world and somehow remembered the aloft hotel and the fact that I haven’t had a look yet. So I went over to the aloft island in order to check it out. And I must say: Great work everybody involved. Very nice interiour and architectural design. […]
My Second Virtual Presentation
Last night I did my second-ever Amazon Web Services presentation from within Second Life. There are some good pictures here and reviews here and here.
Everything that I said about my first presentation in Second Life still applies — this is a great environment for teaching, training, and learning and I look forward […]
CNET reports on last-name plan of Linden Lab
Recently I was again thinking about the issue with last-names. And it was pointed out to me that CNET was actually reporting about this issue yesterday with information of an internal source. So the result seems to be that individuals who want to get a special last name […]
GRIEFING AND THE ETHICS OF METAVERSE JOURNALISM
So over the last week or two, there’s been several grid attacks that have taken down the world for a few hours–some coverage here, and from popular graphic novel writer Warren Ellis, here. Where you haven’t read about them is…
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CREATING PEACE
I’m honored to welcome Gwyneth Llewelyn as a contributor […]
Teaching With the Read/Write Web?or Not
From the “E-Mailed Stories that We Liked Dept.†(blogged with Andy Losik’s permission:)Today in my elementary Infotech classes, I realized the horror of life withoutonline resources that are tabbed as being part of “social networkingâ€.Inadvertedly our school district’s filter profile had “Web Logs/Personal webpages†added to it this morning, meaning […]