Bill from the Field Museum showing a large fossil archival area Today was the first substantive day of the I Dig Tanzania field trip to Chicago, since yesterday was really just the New York folks arriving and heading to Wrigley Field. Today was totally action-packed, with in-depth tours of the Field Museum’s incredible fossil holdings,…
At Cubs Game with Global Kids and Field Museum teens
Yesterday, Global Kids and the Field Museum brought together a group of teens from New York and Chicago for the second of the "I Dig Tanzania" summer camp. Over the course of the next two days, we’ll have them meeting with some of the researchers who were in Tanzania in the flesh, exploring the Field…
Demo of OpenSim at Metaverse Meetup at Global Kids HQ tonight
Here’s a quick video I took from the Metaverse Meetup this evening at the Global Kids offices. That’s David Levine of IBM Research (Zha Ewry in SL) and Adam Frisby of DeepThink Labs (Adam Zaius in SL) introducing the OpenSim project to the 30 or so folks in our conference room. Heady stuff. Sadly, I…
Global Kids invades Liberty Island!
I had a lovely day with my colleagues in the Global Kids Online Leadership Program during our staff retreat on Liberty and Ellis Islands. It couldn’t have been a more pleasant way to spend a Tuesday "at work." We spent the morning on Liberty Island, in the shadow of the statue, talking about the program…
Streaming Diplomats: the challenges of working with real and virtual teens and adults
Today I helped organize a pretty successful mixed-reality Global Kids event, featuring Dr. Francis Deng, the UN Special Representative on Genocide, speaking about Darfur and the UN’s response to situations like these. The Online Leadership Program of Global Kids, which I’m a part of, is making concerted efforts to coordinate our work more closely with…
Metaverse Meetup at Global Kids HQ this Wed July 23!
This Wednesday, July 23, Global Kids is playing host to the next NYC Metaverse Meetup. The topic is a timely one: "OpenSim and virtual worlds interoperability" featuring David Levine of IBM and Adam Frisby of DeepThink Labs. With the enormous growth in online spaces from Second Life to Google’s Lively to Sony Home, there will…
Talk on stopping the genocide in Darfur with UN Rep today at Intl Justice Center in Second Life
Today at 12PM PST, the International Justice Center will be streaming into Second Life a conversation on the situation in Darfur with Dr. Francis Deng, the UN Secretary Generals’ Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide. Dr. Deng is a remarkable individual: a Sudanese national who has served as a human rights officer at the…
Why I love “So You Think You Can Dance” & “America’s Best Dance Crew”
I’ve been catching up on episodes of Fox’s "So You Think You Can Dance" and MTV’s "America’s Best Dance Crew" on this super-hot weekend. I love that there are all these popular dance-oriented shows on TV right now. (Heck, I’ll even give props to "Dancing with the Stars" even if I can’t stand actually watching…
Relay for Life in Second Life raises US$200K in 24 hour event
Some of the organizers of SL Relay for Life at the closing ceremonies. From L-to-R: Pituca Fairchang, Garth Fairchang, Stingray9798 Raymaker, and Fayandria Foley. I just teleported into the closing ceremony of the 2008 Second Life Relay for Life, a yearly fundraiser for the American Cancer Society that keeps getting better and better. The organizers…
Working on my soul basic at the NYC Subway Soul party
Westiegirl, Westie’s friend Noelle, the lovely Miss V, and I checked out the monthly Subway Soul dance last night at Fontana on Eldridge Street in the LES. The evening did not start out promising as the Shalitas took the stage in the basement bar. No disrespect to the band, but the music could hardly be…