Catherine Linden posts on the official SL blog that the Linden Lab PR department is looking for "folks who are using Second Life in the pursuit of religious or spiritual ends." As some of you know, I’m a Quaker. Not a great Quaker, but still a member of the Religious Society of Friends. After the…
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Second Life Music Study: Initial Findings
I’ve been wanting to do a quantitative statistical analysis of the format of the music being performed in Second Life, and to compare it to the general kinds of music Americans are exposed to with traditional broadcast radio. I have a working hypothesis that, similar to streaming radio, Second Life music performances are filling unfilled…
“Beyond Broadcast” conference to include SL virtual participants
On February 24 a bevy of media experts, activists, producers and policy-makers will be gathering at at the second "Beyond Broadcast" conference. I attended last year’s excellent "Beyond Broadcast" event, where I met Pathfinder Linden and Rodica MillionsofUs among many other folks. The purpose of this year’s conference is to : explore the means, the…
CBS airs Second Life machinima promo for “Two and a Half Men”
As reported earlier today in 3pointD and here, a fun bit of machinima video from Second Life was aired during the pre-game show of the Superbowl this afternoon. The video was a promo for, of all things, the somewhat funny sitcom "Two and a Half Men" produced by the Electric Sheep Company, in association with…
Second Life machinima to air during Super Bowl
So Mark Wallace gets the scoop: a machinima video shot in Second Life will be shown as a promotional ad during today’s Super Bowl. Reportedly an ad for the sitcom "Two and a Half Men," this is clearly a sign that Second Life is starting to enter the common culture. The promo is produced by…
Foundation offers L$70,000 for “rich content” in Second Life
Adri Saarinen sent out a press release announcing that the "Foundation for Rich Content" (love that name) is accepting proposals for three grants for "content that enriches the experiences of residents in SL." One grant is for the amount of L$50,000 and two are L$10,000. Deadline for proposals is March 25. What kind of "rich…
50K views of “Avatars against the War” video!
Man, I throw together a couple minutes of Second Life machinima of the NetRoots in-world peace protest on Monday and suddenly I’ve got 50,000 views on Google. All my past video efforts, including footage of Presidential hopeful Gov. Mark Warner appearing in-world, have garnered views in the high hundreds at most. I guess its all…
Turn out the lights, shut down the computer, log out your avatar for five minutes today
In about a couple of hours, my office will be turning off all of the lights in response to the "Five Minutes for the Planet" effort launched by the Alliance for the Planet. Here’s the announcement, briefly translated: The Alliance for the Planet [a group of environmental associations] is calling on all citizens to create…
Seeking the Light in virtuality: Quakers in Second Life
Otenth Paderborn tells me that he has decided to start up a Quaker group in Second Life and is organizing the first Quaker service on Saturday February 10 at 9AM PST at (appropriately enough) Quaker (155, 22, 31) . I am very excited about an in-world Quaker service, although I have my doubts about how…
Griefing is sexier than peaceful protest
I just got word that BBC Radio did an interview with SL NetRoots organizer Ruby Glitter about the in-world peace demonstration that occurred on Monday. Or at least, that’s what the interview SHOULD have been about. Instead the interviewer kept shifting the focus to the in-world griefing of the Front National headquarters. Ruby handled herself…