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More details about Brazilian “City of Knowledge” conference today in Second Life

Posted on August 28, 2007 by

Gilson Schwartz send me more details on the "Cidade do Conhecimento" / "City of Knowledge" conference happening in Brazil today, which I had blogged about earlier: The City of Knowledge is a research group at the Dept. of Film, Radio and TV of the University of São Paulo, Brazil. We´ve been into web-related research since…

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TVP, LLC recreates “Bourne Ultimatum” trailer in Second Life

Posted on August 27, 2007 by

I read in the Metaverse Messenger that Virtual consulting firm TVP LLC had recreated the "Bourne Ultimatum" movie trailer completely within Second Life.  The machinima was an entry in a contest sponsored by Machinima.com challenging contestants to create a movie trailer of the action film using machinima technology.  The winner gets $500. Having seen and…

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Global Voices gallery of national blockpages

Posted on August 27, 2007 by

Blog aggregator and blogger defender Global Voices recently summarized the bagillion things that they do to fight for the rights of freedom of expression for bloggers around the world.  I was tickled by their new "Gallery of National Blockpages" that they have launched with the help of Citizen Lab’s technical research director, Nart Villeneuve.  What…

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SLCC Day 2: So Long and Thanks for All the Swag!

Posted on August 27, 2007 by

The Second Life Community Convention finished this afternoon at 5pm.  I’m headed home with a bad full of tee-shirts, mugs, various Second Life publications, a compass, screen cleaner, porn, and lots of fond memories. Today I continued my coverage of the non-profit / philanthropy thread, which continued conversations that were begun in several panels yesterday. …

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SLCC Day 1: “Second Life has the killer app, which is community”

Posted on August 25, 2007 by

What a crazy, whirlwind first day of the Second Life Community Convention.  It’s been great just being with 800 other SL fanatics all doing interesting things in-world, and connecting with people I have only known through their avatars.  I’ve been impressed so far with how friendly people are.  If you sit down next to a…

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Swag at SLCC 2007

Posted on August 25, 2007 by

Here’s some of the swag you can get at SLCC this year. Oh yeah, and a really cool compass / carbiner from Involve Media. Ok, not as good as SouthbySouthwest, but pretty decent for Second Life.

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Building the International Criminal Court, One Email at a Time

Posted on August 25, 2007 by

Me with Bill Pace, head of the Coalition for an ICC As I think more deeply about how non-profits can meaningful translate their work into virtual environments, I am reminded of when I as a young activist began using the internet and the web in the early 1990s. I was working for the World Federalist…

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Thinking about the Non-profit Sector at SLCC

Posted on August 24, 2007 by

So I’m finally in Chicago (after an excruciating 3 hour delay in Newark), gearing up for the 2007 Second Life Community Convention.  The whole idea of a physical gathering of people who have only met via their digital representations is intriguing in itself.  How do you react when confronted with the mundane corporality of someone…

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Position Available: Future of Music Coalition Communications Director

Posted on August 24, 2007 by

The Future of Music Coalition, a great advocacy group that works for more fair and balanced public policy on music-related issues, is hiring a Communications Director. If you’ve got the passion for media justice, defending the rights of musicians and music fans, then this might be the job for you.  Check the full job description…

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Global Warming adventure game coming to wii and Nintendo DS

Posted on August 23, 2007 by

Adventure Gamers has a great interview with Carsten Fichtelmann  and Jan Müller-Michaelis of Daedalic Entertainment, a Hamburg-based game developer.  Fichtelmann and Müller-Michaelis talk about Daedalic’s plans to release an adventure game on the issue of Climate Change called A New Beginning for the PC, Nintendo wii and DS . Here’s the synopsis from Adventure Gamers:…

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