Big time congratulations to the team behind the fake New York Times from the future that hit the streets and the web today! The combination of great writing, design, and transmedia marketing is totally impressive. I’ve got a physical copy of the paper on my desk, courtesy of my co-worker Jay who brought in a…
Month: November 2008
Life Lesson I learned through Second Life: Immersion Aversion
As part of the neat "Mix-and-Match" game that several Second Life bloggers are playing today, I was assigned the task of blogging about a "life lesson" I learned through Second Life (topic suggested by Joan Kremer). I chose to write about what Second Life has taught me about how I am both attracted to and…
Merrick Thor on Philip Linden’s awful hair
This blog post was made by Merrick Thor for "The Click Heard Round The World", as a part of: The 1st Second Life Bloggers Mix’n Match event Organised by Vint Falken and ArminasX Saiman (Topic suggested by Dusan Writer). ATTENTION! We interrupt your regularly scheduled blogpost for this total waste of your time … =D…
SLim for Teens? New Second Life IM client works on Teen Grid! (Correction)
My colleague Rafi and I just tried to connect to each other using the new Second Life instant messaging client "SLim." We are both on the Teen Grid as part of our educational activities at Global Kids. As I suspected, SLim does not appear to work for Teen Grid accounts. My guess is that this…
My post on MacArthur Foundation Blog: Global Kids’ Aha! Moments in 2008
The MacArthur Foundation "Spotlight" blog just published a post I wrote about some Global Kids "Aha!" moments we’ve had while conducting our virtual educational programs over 2008. Thanks to Barry Joseph for inspiring this post and suggesting the different lessons that I wrote about. This post is also a plug for the "sneak preview" of…
President Obama and the desire for ephemera
So many people around me agree that we are living in a rare historic time in history: we are about to see the first African-american serve as President of the United States. One thing that I have found remarkable about these times is how much people are clamoring for ephemera and objects to mark this…
Philip LOLlinden on Linden Prize: NEED NU STUFF
Sorry, love you guys at Linden Lab, but couldn’t resist.
Linden Lab offering $10K for projects that improve real life through virtual world
Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life, just announced that they are launching a $10,000 "Linden Prize" for "an innovative inworld project that improves the way people work, learn and communicate in their daily lives outside of the virtual world." The criteria include: Work in Second Life that also achieves tangible, compelling results outside…
Hello Kitty Online in-game charity raise $12K for UNICEF and Youth Orchestra
According to Virtual World News, Sanrio Digital has donated $12,000 to the charities UNICEF and the Asian Youth Orchestra based on virtual items collected during a Hello Kitty Online charity event called "Food for Friends" earlier this month. According to the original announcement: "For this event, guild mates will have to cooperate and gather as…
I saw this on purpose: “High School Musical III”
High School Musical 3 Now Or Never Video Envoyé par JoeLeMort sur wat.tv "My heart just doesn’t know it’s in high school." — Gabriella Montez, "High School Musical III" My curiosity about the latest installment of the "High School Musical" series got the better of me this weekend. The first theatrical release in the series,…