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SLCC Day 1: “Second Life has the killer app, which is community”

Posted on August 25, 2007 by

What a crazy, whirlwind first day of the Second Life Community Convention.  It’s been great just being with 800 other SL fanatics all doing interesting things in-world, and connecting with people I have only known through their avatars.  I’ve been impressed so far with how friendly people are.  If you sit down next to a…

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Swag at SLCC 2007

Posted on August 25, 2007 by

Here’s some of the swag you can get at SLCC this year. Oh yeah, and a really cool compass / carbiner from Involve Media. Ok, not as good as SouthbySouthwest, but pretty decent for Second Life.

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Building the International Criminal Court, One Email at a Time

Posted on August 25, 2007 by

Me with Bill Pace, head of the Coalition for an ICC As I think more deeply about how non-profits can meaningful translate their work into virtual environments, I am reminded of when I as a young activist began using the internet and the web in the early 1990s. I was working for the World Federalist…

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Thinking about the Non-profit Sector at SLCC

Posted on August 24, 2007 by

So I’m finally in Chicago (after an excruciating 3 hour delay in Newark), gearing up for the 2007 Second Life Community Convention.  The whole idea of a physical gathering of people who have only met via their digital representations is intriguing in itself.  How do you react when confronted with the mundane corporality of someone…

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Position Available: Future of Music Coalition Communications Director

Posted on August 24, 2007 by

The Future of Music Coalition, a great advocacy group that works for more fair and balanced public policy on music-related issues, is hiring a Communications Director. If you’ve got the passion for media justice, defending the rights of musicians and music fans, then this might be the job for you.  Check the full job description…

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Global Warming adventure game coming to wii and Nintendo DS

Posted on August 23, 2007 by

Adventure Gamers has a great interview with Carsten Fichtelmann  and Jan Müller-Michaelis of Daedalic Entertainment, a Hamburg-based game developer.  Fichtelmann and Müller-Michaelis talk about Daedalic’s plans to release an adventure game on the issue of Climate Change called A New Beginning for the PC, Nintendo wii and DS . Here’s the synopsis from Adventure Gamers:…

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MacArthur online discussion on philanthropy and virtual worlds

Posted on August 23, 2007 by

Today on the MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Blog, Lucy Bernholz has begun an online dialogue with grantmakers on what philanthropists can accomplish in virtual worlds and how to measure success.  As preparation for the real world panel discussion that will take place at the Second Life Community Convention this weekend, Bernholz has asked…

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Brazilian “City of Knowledge” event this Tuesday in Second Life

Posted on August 22, 2007 by

Just received this very interesting event notice about a "City of Knowledge" conference taking place in various locations all over Brazil this coming Tuesday, August 28: On Tuesday, August 28, 2007, groups from Brazil, the United States and France will join together in Second Life to celebrate knowledge sharing from around the world with simulcast…

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YouDecide2007: Australian project puts election coverage in the hands of the voters

Posted on August 22, 2007 by

At the end of the year, Australia will be holding their next round of parliamentary elections. A new initiative called "You Decide 2007" is challenging Australians to become citizen journalists covering the elections, uploading their own reports, photos, audio and video. It looks like the site is splitting the difference between an unfiltered community site…

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Anshe Chung: creating a fair, democratic, egalitarian global society through virtual worlds

Posted on August 20, 2007 by

Click To Play SL entrepreneur Anshe Chung delivered a very interesting keynote address at the official launch of the Non-profit Commons last Tuesday.  Those avatars who were at the opening had some difficulty making out Anshe’s words due to technical difficulties, so it is great to be able to review the video footage, recorded and…

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