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Family Tech Support in 2050

Posted on July 21, 2020July 21, 2020 by

I did some tech support for my mom this morning, which she was a trooper about, I have to say. It inspired this conversation that I expect to happen 20 years from now, if not sooner. ME: Hi Aria, I can’t get this stupid virtual TV thing to show me Step Up 12. It’s broken….

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World of Peacecraft: That Time My Fake News Story Went Viral

Posted on February 13, 2019February 13, 2019 by

About ten years ago, I was actively blogging about virtual worlds, focusing on developments in this technology, what people were creating in online worlds, and how this interacted with the real world. I was fairly well known, particularly in the Second Life subcommunities. I was also active in the Quaker faith, blogging frequently about my…

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3D Scan of African Hall at the Cal Academy of Sciences!

Posted on November 12, 2013 by

Check out this fantastic 3d scan of an exhibit in African Hall at the California Academy of Sciences. Created by the company Matterport during our first Science Hack Day in September. [Link]

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Blogging Less, Falling More

Posted on August 8, 2012February 15, 2019 by

Yesterday I formally shut-down my other website Betterverse.org. Betterverse has been a labor of love for the past three years, so I’m of mixed emotions about wrapping it up. On the one hand, it’s been wonderful having an outlet for spotlighting all the amazing work that nonprofits, charities, companies and governments have been doing using…

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“When Strangers Click” Documentary on Love in the Digital Age Up for an Emmy!

Posted on July 15, 2012February 15, 2019 by

I am happy to announce that the documentary “When Strangers Click” has been nominated for an Emmy in the category “New Approaches to News and Documentary Programming”! Directed by Robert Kenner, director of “Food Inc,” the film explores how people are connecting with each other on the Internet, whether it be on a dating site, a message…

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Ready Player One: 80s Era Gaming Meets Snow Crash (review)

Posted on January 14, 2012 by

"Everyone my age remembers where they were and what they were doing when they learned about the contest."  — Opening sentence of Ready Player One   I finally got around to reading Ready Player One, by Earnest Cline, after friends told me I had to read it. A near future scifi adventure, Ready Player One…

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My Updated Work Portfolio: Virtual Fossil Digs, Kofi Annan, and Lindy Hop, oh my!

Posted on October 25, 2011 by

I updated my Work Portfolio to make it easier for people to see my most recent professional accomplishments in one place.  Like this blog (and my life!), it covers a wide range of projects and disciplines, from virtual worlds to public speaking.  And there's of course a lot I didn't include, since I've had such…

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CEO Rod Humble’s Awesome, Ecclectic Profile on SecondLife.com: “cellular automata”?

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Rod Humble is the recently hired CEO of Linden Lab, the makers of the virtual world Second Life.  Rod is most well known for his gaming background at EA and Sony Online, working on the wildly popular "Sims" lie and Everquest respectively.  So expectations are high for what he might do for Second Life as…

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Mixed-reality Clubbing: the Bootie Mashup Party in San Francisco and Second Life (video)

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

  On Saturday night, my buddy Hamlet and I checked out the Bootie Mashup Party at DNA Lounge in San Francisco, the grand-daddy of all mashup events in the country.  This was an especially appropriate night for Hamlet and I to be there since they were simulcasting their party into Second Life, at the hip…

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Singapore Day 3: Work, Eat, Dance, Work, Eat….

Posted on May 25, 2011February 15, 2019 by

Coming into day four of my Singapore adventure.  Definitely getting a feel for the place: and I have to say, it’s a really good feeling. Work has started in earnest on the project I am here to lead, a couple of virtual world education workshops for an international client.  Singapore is kind of an ideal…

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