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Happy Birthday, Frankyboy!

Posted on May 2, 2008 by

  Frank    Originally uploaded by ./Eli Happy birthday to one of my dearest friends and partner at Yehoodi.com, Frank "Frankyboy" Dellario.  He’s an great team leader, devoted friend, awesome machinimator, and uber-geek.  Oh and he’s the head of the legendary Machinima crew the Ill Clan. Happiest of Days, Frankyboy!

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Whyville and virtual world elitism

Posted on May 2, 2008 by

As an active resident of Second Life, with only passing experience with other virtual worlds, I’m as guilty as others of "home town" boosterism.  I.e. looking at There.com, ActiveWorlds, Habbo Hotel, etc as lesser locales in comparison to Second Life.  It’s as natural as my tendencies to feel like New York is the center of…

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Avatars of the world unite! Union Island launches in Second Life

Posted on May 1, 2008 by

Union Island organizer Uniglobalunion Oh and me on Union Island Happy May Day, everyone!  Apropos, I got the news of the launch of Union Island in Second Life today (click here to teleport): Union Island plans to use Second Life to create a community for trade unionists, which will let activists from around the world…

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Compare McCain, Clinton and Obama on global issues at “08 or Bust!” website

Posted on May 1, 2008 by

Just a reminder that my friends at Citizens for Global Solutions have created a cool website called "08 or Bust" that tracks the positions of each of the major candidates for the US presidency on a range of international issues. The heart of the website is an interactive comparison chart that allows you to pull…

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Leveraging virtual worlds for civic action

Posted on May 1, 2008 by

One of the main reasons we created the International Justice Center in Second Life was to explore the challenge posed by MacArthur President Jonathan Fanton last year, who asked, "Might not there be a group in Second Life that could come together to educate itself about the ICC and organize a campaign to persuade public…

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Video: Sweet Machinima Intro to Second Life for US Congressional Hearing

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

Those of you who watched the Congressional hearing on virtual worlds last month will recall a short machinima video that was shown at the beginning of the hearing.  I just got work that the video is available online at the Silver and Goldie website.  Really amazing work by machinimators Silver and Goldie (with additional footage…

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Defining virtual worlds – help!

Posted on April 30, 2008 by

I am working on a short definition of virtual worlds for an educational audience.  Here’s what I have so far: In a nutshell, virtual worlds are computer-generated, persistent, three-dimensional, multi-user spaces, where people interact with each other and the environment through their "avatars." Some examples of virtual worlds are Second Life, Whyville, World of Warcraft…

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Cherry Blossoms at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens

Posted on April 29, 2008 by

My friends Swifty, Rafi, Jessica and I converged on the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens very early this morning to catch the magnificent cherry blossoms in peak bloom, before the madding crowds converge this weekend for the Sakura Matsuri festival.   It was a lot colder and rainier than we would have liked. But nonetheless it was awesome…

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Internship Notice: USC virtual paid internships available

Posted on April 29, 2008 by

Shawna at the USC Network Culture Project sent around a call for interested students to participate in a paid summer internship in Second Life.  Sounds like a great opportunity for an undergrad or graduate student interested in virtual worlds: The USC Network Culture Project at the Annenberg School for Communication is accepting applications for undergraduate…

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Non-profits in SL: Glitteractica & Randall Moss speaking at Metanomics today

Posted on April 28, 2008 by

My friend Glitteractica Cookie of Techsoup.org (pictured above) and Randall Moss of the American Cancer Society will be speaking today at the popular "Metanomics" talk show in Second Life from 11-12PM PST. The event will take place on Muse Arena on Muse Isle, and filmed and streamed live on SLCN.tv.  Check the full event entry…

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