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Month: May 2008

Happy Birthday, Frankyboy!

Posted on May 2, 2008 by

  Frank    Originally uploaded by ./Eli Happy birthday to one of my dearest friends and partner at Yehoodi.com, Frank "Frankyboy" Dellario.  He’s an great team leader, devoted friend, awesome machinimator, and uber-geek.  Oh and he’s the head of the legendary Machinima crew the Ill Clan. Happiest of Days, Frankyboy!

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Whyville and virtual world elitism

Posted on May 2, 2008 by

As an active resident of Second Life, with only passing experience with other virtual worlds, I’m as guilty as others of "home town" boosterism.  I.e. looking at There.com, ActiveWorlds, Habbo Hotel, etc as lesser locales in comparison to Second Life.  It’s as natural as my tendencies to feel like New York is the center of…

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Avatars of the world unite! Union Island launches in Second Life

Posted on May 1, 2008 by

Union Island organizer Uniglobalunion Oh and me on Union Island Happy May Day, everyone!  Apropos, I got the news of the launch of Union Island in Second Life today (click here to teleport): Union Island plans to use Second Life to create a community for trade unionists, which will let activists from around the world…

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Compare McCain, Clinton and Obama on global issues at “08 or Bust!” website

Posted on May 1, 2008 by

Just a reminder that my friends at Citizens for Global Solutions have created a cool website called "08 or Bust" that tracks the positions of each of the major candidates for the US presidency on a range of international issues. The heart of the website is an interactive comparison chart that allows you to pull…

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Leveraging virtual worlds for civic action

Posted on May 1, 2008 by

One of the main reasons we created the International Justice Center in Second Life was to explore the challenge posed by MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton last year, who asked, "Might not there be a group in Second Life that could come together to educate itself about the ICC and organize a campaign to persuade public…

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