Amazing photographer Laura Hanifin was kind enough to send along pictures of me dancing onstage at the Apollo Theater with Ms. Sharon Jones. I guess it wasn’t a dream, it really happened! Thanks, so much, Laura!
I danced at the Apollo with Sharon Jones!
I just got back from an incredible concert by the soul super-group Sharon Jones and the Dap-kings at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. I had been looking forward to seeing Sharon Jones for awhile, after hearing my friend Zev talk about how amazing her concerts are. By chance, I managed to get front row seats…
New York teens sought for machinima program at Global Kids
Global Kids teens presenting their projects at the Second Life Community Convention in Chicago last August Tabitha of the Online Leadership Program at Global Kids sends out news that they are looking for teenagers in the New York City area to participate in the second year of their "Virtual Video Project." This after-school program is…
Bad ass lindy hop team performance by 23 Skidoo
Holy smokes! This video of the lindy hop performance team 23 Skidoo really blows my mind. It’s from the Ultimate Lindy Hop Showdown in St Paul, Minnesota that took place last weekend. I find it a near perfect blend of athleticism, musicality, great lines, and high energy. In other words, totally bad ass. The judges…
Plone Conference streaming into Second Life Oct 10-12
Developers and users of the excellent Plone content management system will be converging next week at the annual Plone Conference happening in Naples, Italy. The event will feature trainings, programming "sprints" as well as lots of nerdy socializing with the 700 other anticipated participants from around the world. For those who can’t make it to…
Games for Change is looking for a community manager
I just got word that the super-cool non-profit group Games for Change is looking to hire a new "Online Community Manager" responsible for "fostering participation and providing leadership and editorial oversight for a variety of forums dedicated to digital media, learning, and social issue games." G4C is doing amazing bridge-building work between major industry players…
Alas, poor Arden, I hardly knew thee
Ted Castronova sends out notice on the Terra Nova blog that "Arden" the Shakespearean-themed virtual world (which I parodied awhile ago) has finished their alpha stress test and now is going into what looks like perpetual beta. For those that don’t know, Arden was pitched as leveraging the convening power of massively multi-player online games…
Law and Order SVU goes virtual with “Avatar” episode
Beating "CSI:NY" to the virtual punch, "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" tonight features a sex crime linked to a remarkably Second Life-looking virtual world called "AOI". As described by a character in the preview: "People do everything in AOI: they build houses, gamble, dance, have sex." All, of course is not well in AOI,…
Enabling remote participation at the Rio Internet Governance Forum: blogging and virtual worlds
Brazilian blogger and researcher Jose Murilo Junior posts an interesting set of questions regarding how to enable effective remote participation at the upcoming Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janiero in November. Jose references my thinking on this subject at the IGF in Athens last year. Here’s my new response to Jose: event blogging and…
Living large in Brooklyn!
Mole and I are now safely ensconced in our new digs in lovely Fort Green, Brooklyn, after a trying and exhausting day of moving from my Manhattan apartment. My old place in the Financial District had some nice amenities, including plenty of space and a super-central location. But the pre-war building has not aged well,…