Here’s Josh Silver of Free Press revving up the crowd at the Save the Internet Party tonight in Memphis at the Gibson Guitar Factory. Later they charge onto the dance floor for the filming of a new viral video on Net Neutrality.
Category: Information Society
MacArthur panel discusses “Do Videogames Help Kids Learn?”
I just got an email that the MacArthur Foundation is hosting what sounds like a very interesting panel discussion on videogames and learning on February 8 in Chicago. The presentation I’m most interested in is by Sasha Barab of Indiana University who will demo his latest project, Quest Atlantis, "an immersive online world designed to…
Virtual Capitol to stream live video of opening of 110th Congress
Reuters announces that marketing firm Clear Ink this Thursday will streaming live video of the opening of the 110th US Congress into a virtual version of the Capitol (teleport SLURL). This will be followed by an in-world discussion with Rep. George Miller of California, chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee. The Capitol Hill sim officially…
Virtual movie-going – is this the SL killer app?
In my teens in the 80s, I remember reading a book of futurist essays, one of which talked about how much more interactive traditional media was going to become in the next decade. The example the author talked about was a 3D projection of the TV show "M*A*S*H" which the user could participate in as…
Super new video on Net Neutrality from Save the Internet!
Here’s an awesome new video from the Save the Internet crew. Great message, great production values. Good job, guys!
The REAL skinny on the ICANN Second Life build
Apparently I should have checked my sources more clearly before posting yesterday’s piece about ICANN taking over the virtual world. I should have suspected the press release was phoney when I noticed that it came from a vintcerf@icann.xxx. My bad. It goes to show that not everything you read on the internets is true. Anyway,…
ICANN announces that it now controls the virtual world as well as the web
In a surprise announcement at the ICANN Board Meeting in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Vint Cerf, chair of the ICANN Board, declared that the US-based agency responsible for the web’s domain system was now taking charge of assigned names and locations in the virtual world. Mr. Cerf is expected to be holding a virtual press briefing…
Kofi Annan giving last major address today (webcast)
Just got this notice from the Better World Campaign: Today, at 11:30 a.m. EST, Secretary-General Kofi Annan will deliver his last major speech as leader of the United Nations. The speech will explore issues of global governance and the role of the United States in international affairs. Click here to watch the webcast from the…
The problematic of constituencies of color and Net Neutrality
Matt Stoller over at myDD.com posts a terrific commentary on the difficult political trade-offs for communities of color and the network neutrality debate. In a nutshell, Matt notes that while two major associations of black and hispanic journalists came out recently in support of net neutrality, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) and…
The “Gadgets for Good” Gift Guide (G4)
Perhaps you have been asking yourself, what do I get my activist-geek boyfriend / girlfriend / life partner for Christmas / Kwanzaa/Hannukah? Well, just in time for the holidays, here is rikomatic’s Gadgets for Good Gift Guide (or G4, if you like). Enjoy all the eco-friendly, social justice-y goodness after the jump… UPDATE 2PM 11/30/06:…