I got the cool news a few days ago that SL marketing firm Infinite Vision Media will be offering their services pro bono for non-profits as part of their "Social Responsibility Initiative"! I am very excited about anything that makes it easier for non-profits to get started in using virtual worlds more effectively to achieve…
Category: Virtual Worlds
Strange sim of the week: Call 811 before you dig!
This week, the Public Works Resource Center (teleport SLURL) is holding a series of events to raise awareness of the new "811" call service, which is launching tomorrow (May 1). What is 811 for, you ask? 811 is the new number you should call before you begin any digging project. A new, federally-mandated national "Call…
STA Travel dorms: the future of SL housing?
Over the weekend I stopped by the new STA Travel sim, created by the Electric Sheep Company. For those who haven’t been to college in awhile, STA Travel is a ubiquitous presence in campuses all over America, tempting you with discounted travel packages to farflung places. Nothing makes an Intro to Electrical Engineering class go…
Added video and audio streams to Yehoodi HQ in Second Life
Slowly I am starting to get established Yehoodi’s in-world presence, in our new HQ at the Non-profit Commons (teleport SLURL). Today’s lesson in Second Life living was "How to set up an audio and video stream on your property." It’s so easy that even a dummy like me could figure it out. I got both…
Hanging at “Coffee and Pajamas” 50th show
That’s Illbixby Cerveau, myself, and Doubledown Tandino. We’re all grooving to the great tunes being spun by DJ Elfay Pinkdot in the background at the "Coffee and Pajamas" jazz party this morning. Yes, I know, you are envious of my Hello Kitty PJs. Congrats, Elfay, on your 50th show! Here’s to many, many more!
Elfay spins an all SL musicians set today at “Coffee & Pajamas”
The lovely and talented DJ Ms. Elfay Pinkdot is spinning today a special set of music for her weekly "Coffee and Pajamas" jazz brunch in SL. This morning she is spinning songs performed by Second Life musicians, a number of whom are skilled jazz artists such as Flaming Moe and Astrin Few. Sounds like a…
Avatars walk the world to fight hunger
The UN World Food Programme every year organizes a "Walk the World" fundraiser / awareness raising event to draw attention to the problem of famine and hunger around the world. In towns and cities all over the planet, people gather to walk in support of humanitarian aid and development assistance for the most needy. This…
The Olmannen ballet: art or the appearance of art?
I finally got a chance to catch the dance production "Olmannen" by the Second Life Ballet troupe this evening. I admit that I am not very fond of ballet — I find the movement very stilted and regimented and the music not to my taste. But I love dance and virtual worlds, so I felt…
The Brazilians are coming, the Brazilians are coming!
Global Voices Online has a suberb summary of a number of blog posts about the rapidly expanding Brazilian presence in Second Life. Brazil is such a huge and culturally powerful country (a sub-continent, really), I could see its people taking over major chunks of SL if they wanted to, similar to their pwning of Orkut…
Second Life bans the Dutch! Who’s next, the Welsh?
Ok, so they have a really funny language and insist on putting mayo on their fries, still that’s no reason to keep Dutch people from accessing Second Life. According to Dutchies Frans Charming and Menno Ophelia, folks using the Netherlands’ based ISP "XS4ALL" have not been able to log into the virtual world for the…