Like all the other fanboys, I was fawning over the new MacBook Air. So sexy, so svelte. But Mac-user Second Lifers like me want to know, will it run Second Life? The answer is: sorta. Details on my initial research on this after the jump…
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Yehoodi Talk Show #504: the “Rik Got Fired” Episode
Episode #504 of the Yehoodi Talk Show is live and direct to your iTunes / podcast deliverator of choice . My buddy Spuds somehow got me talking about how I got laid off and subsequently hired by Global Kids within a matter of days running up to Christmas. Plus, Spuds discusses the wonders of ignoring Friend Requests…
Robin Linden and Jack Balkin to talk on “avatar civil rights” on January 28
On Monday, January 28, there will be a public forum on the topic "Virtual Liberties: Do Avatars Dream of Civil Rights?" featuring Jack Balkin , First Amendment legal expert at Yale Law School, and Robin Linden, head of marketing and business development at Linden Lab. Part of the "MacArthur Series on Philanthropy and Virtual Worlds,"…
I’ll have fried rice, General Tso, and a Pepto, please
This is an actual conversation I had with a co-worker this week: Me: I’m headed to the Chinese place on the corner, you want anything?Him: No, I’ve had some… problems there.Me: Oh. Like, gastro-intestinal problems?Him: Yeah.Me: I see. Well, maybe I won’t get what you got. What did you order there?Him: Oh, I’ve had everything….
Global Kids: First Week Reflections
Having concluded my first full-week as a Global Kid employee, I thought it would be helpful to put down some of my initial impressions and thoughts. Overall, it has been really great week. I am starting to get a clearer picture of how the GK team operates and works with teens as well as the…
My breakdance performance (video)!!!
Last night, I finally got the DVD of my breakdance class’s performance at the PMT Studios Fall Showcase last November! (Our teacher Pavan gave me permission to post the video.) If it isn’t totally obvious, I’m the guy wearing the white ski cap and kitty tee-shirt. I have to say it is pretty difficult for…
Goodsearch.com: Searching for a Cause
I am perhaps the second to last person on the Net to know this. Goodsearch is a Yahoo! powered search engine that enables you to donate to any of 51,000 charities every time you enter a web search query. All you do is head to Goodsearch.com, enter the name of your designated non-profit — say…
Akemi and Mickey dancing to Baby Soda Jazz Band at Union Square
Here's a sweet video of my friends Akemi and Mickey dancing to the Baby Soda Jazz Band yesterday evening in the Union Square subway station. Akemi is one of my favorite lindy hop follows on the planet and Mickey is a badass balboa, fast lindy dancer. Baby Soda is somewhat of a frankenstein pick-up band…
Meet the Global Kids OLP Webkin: Turnip!
This is what happens when two grown men try and buy a Webkin stuffed animal together. They get the most manly creature in the menagerie: the German Shepherd. (They had no pitbull or t-rex.) His name is Turnip. Seriously, I accompanied my colleague Rafi who got a Webkin for the Global Kid’s Online Leadership Program…
First day at Global Kids!
Yesterday was my first day at Global Kids! As I have previously blogged, I was hired to join the Online Leadership Program team as a Second Life Producer. I will be focusing on some of their projects that draw upon my past experience with the United Nations, the International Criminal Court and the philanthropy world….