Hep chick Adri Saarinen sends out the news that KRTU FM 91.7 Jazz for San Antonio is going to start broadcasting into the Metaverse with the launch of their Second Life "Virtual Jazz Studios" on April 25, tomorrow. Located on Metaversatility island, the studio has "a space for music sequencing, live station stream access, and…
Category: Virtual Worlds
Happy Earth Day!
Hurray for the Earth! There are a bevy of Second Life events going on today to celebrate Earth Day and help people and avatars live more responsibly on it, from lectures to tours to live music performances and dance parties.
Yehoodi’s new virtual home
Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the future virtual home of Yehoodi in Second Life (teleport SLURL) courtesy of Techsoup and Anshe Chung Studios. Once known as the "website for the hardcore hepcat swinger" we will now be known as the "3D immersive, community-based media environment for the hardcore hepcat swinger." Ok, not really.
Video of “Chambers & Landscapes” Macro Photo Installation
Click To Play “Chambers and Landscapes" is an immersive art installation by Douglas Story that incorporates his stunning floral macro photography. I was so impressed I had to shoot a quick machinima video of me walking through it, which doesn’t really compare to the real experience. To see it yourself, head over to the Angel…
Vote for Your Favorite Net2 Innovation Fund Projects
Jennifer over at TechSoup sent me news about a cool initiative to fund non-profit tech projects. The NetSquared Year Two conference is set for May 29-30 in San Jose, and they are looking to fund 20 new tech projects for social good. 150 projects were submitted to their competition, competing for $100,000 cash from the…
Edwards campaign organizer accused of stealing funds of Democratic Party of SL
Tonight, at a meeting of the Democratic Party of SL, group organizer Justin Duell accused fellow Democratic organizer Jose Rote (pictured here) of absconding with funds collected from group members. According to Justin: Jose Rote began a fund drive to gather the L$ to buy a plot of land for our HQ. Alot of people…
Chat log from Democratic Party of SL Meeting
Justin Duell (pictured above) chaired the first meeting of the Democratic Party of SL today from 6-7PM PST in the Capitol Hill sim. Most of the meeting was taken up with discussing how to move forward after an initially failed attempt at fundraising for the party HQ, upcoming meetings, and the role of the group…
Earth Day comes to Second Life April 22
PlanetThoughts Raymaker sent me a press release about a group of environmentalists and green businesses in SL that will be participating in Earth Day this April 22: The Environmental Council of Second Life and the Luna Bliss company announce the first mainstream Earth Day celebrated in Second Life… There will be talks by environment experts,…
Podcasters invade Manhattan!
I spent today at PodCamp NYC, which was quite an interesting event that I decided to attend at the very last minute last night. The "unconference" gathered around 400 podcasters and other interested folks to talk about issues facing podcast producers like intellectual property rights, monetizing their work, and increasing your listening audience. As a…
Off to Podcamp tomorrow
At the last second I got word about this cool podcaster gathering happening tomorrow at the New Yorker Hotel in Manhattan: Podcamp NYC. Looks like there will be hundreds of cool podcasters and other new media folks there, tons of interesting panels and discussions, and best of all, it’s absolutely FREE. Amazing. Compare that to…