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…
Category: Virtual Worlds
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,"…
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…
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….
My Top 10 Second Life Events for 2007
Over at New World Notes, I posted my Top 10 Event Picks for 2007. When I was planning out the post in my head, I imagined it would take about an hour or so to put together. It ended up taking up most of the day into the evening, as I sorted through 12 months…
Review: Castronova’s Exodus to the Virtual World
I just finished my advance copy of Edward Castronova’s Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun is Changing Reality (2007, Palgrave McMillan.) As anyone familiar with Costronova should expect, the book is provocative and entertaining. Costronova’s central premise is simple: as more and more people spend a larger percentage of their waking hours in…
A killer Christmas gift from Global Kids!
Barry and Rafi from Global Kids with me in the center at the 2007 Second Life Community Convention, by Empathetics on Flickr As I posted about previously, I had not the greatest Monday ever with the announcement that I (along with 21 other Electric Sheep employees) was being let go effective immediately. A million thanks…
OnRez gets you in “The Loop” about cool places and events in Second Life
If you downloaded the latest Onrez Second Life client, you will notice that there is a new "The Loop" icon in the upper right corner of the nav bar. Clicking it brings up the new website "The Loop" which is billed as "your place for all things cool and new in Second Life." I was…
“Keeping Kids Safe” music festival tomorrow in Second Life
Tomorrow, come by "Keeping Kids Safe," a full day of live music for the benefit of Life Learning Programs. On Saturday, December 22 from 12:30pm to 9pm PST,nine musicians will be performing their own music and some special holiday songs on Oleander Island (teleport SLURL). The performances will be followed by a live auction with…