I got the news from my buddy Frank "Ill Bixby" Dellario that his machinima crew the "Ill Clan" and the Electric Sheep Company, which acquired Ill Clan a year-and-a-half ago, are amicably splitting into seperate companies. Sounds like it didn’t make financial sense for the Sheep to retain the services of a full machinima team…
Category: Virtual Worlds
All-day celebration, mixed-reality panel today on Aloft Nonprofit Commons in SL
Come into the grid today starting at 10:10AM PST to hang out with a bunch of us non-profit folks speaking at a Mixed Reality panel discussion as part the official opening of the Aloft Nonprofit Commons sim (click to teleport.) I’ll be speaking alongside Ozma Malibu, Coughran Mayo, Kali Izdiak, and Jani Myriam, talking about…
Mixed reality partying at NetSquared
This is what a super-dork I am. I’m at this conference with 300 non-profit and tech industry folks. There was a a live DJ and sax player, doing super cool Star Wars medleys. But eventually the Second Lifers and I got bored and decided to go in-world and party with our digital friends. This pic…
REMINDER: I’m speaking at NetSquared mixed-reality panel tomorrow in Second Life
Just a quick reminder that TOMORROW, Wednesday, May 28, I will be speaking at a mixed-reality panel discussion from the NetSquared conference in San Jose California. I’ll be giving a presentation (along with several other fine presenters) on how my group Global Kids has benefited from virtual worlds and offer some suggestions for how others…
Hanging with the Nonprofit Commons crew at NetSquared
I arrived today at the Santa Clara Hilton to get situated for the NetSquared Conference happening tomorrow and Wednesday at Cisco Systems headquarters only a few minutes away. Seems like a nice bunch of non-profits and tech industry folks coming for this, from the looks of the Meet-and-Greet this evening. A bunch of us from…
Build-a-Robot Contest at New Museum of Robots in SL
The talented Sitearm Madonna sent me info about a cool "Build-a-Robot" challenge that starts now and runs through June 25 at the new Museum of Robots in Second Life (click here to teleport). Although there are cash prizes, it sounds like the contest is mostly about just getting a bunch of people to create fun…
Come celebrate the second Non-profit Commons island on May 28 in Second Life!
As folks know, I’m a big supporter of the Non-profit Commons in Second Life, a hotbed of public good activity lovingly managed by my friend Glitteractica Cookie and the rest of the crew at TechSoup. I’m delighted to report that the NPC is expanding from its current island to a second beautiful sim called the…
Filipinos in Second Life: pipedream or growth market?
The Inquirer.net has a story about the Cebu-based metaverse development company called Avatrian that is looking to bring Filipino businesses into Second Life. I’m of two minds on this. On the one hand, the Philippines is largely on the wrong side of the Digital Divide. Looking at ITU statistics from 2007, the Philippines has 2.37…
Where to find non-profits in Second Life
A crowd of non-profit folks at an NPC regular friday gathering For the past few days, I’ve been compiling information and consulting others to find out where all of the main pockets of non-profit groups and networks can be found in Second Life. Follow the teleport links to see the amazing diversity of social benefit…
Teaching teens about Darfur in Second Life
Last night I helped out my colleague Shawna with the "Deconstructing Darfur" workshops that she has been facilitating this month in Teen Second Life. The goal of the workshops series is to help a small group of young people to learn about Sudan, the conflict and resultant humanitarian crisis there, what the international response has…