For all you job hunters out there, I got the news that the group TMP Worldwide is organizing a virtual job fair called "Network in World" from May 15-17. Big deal, you think. Just the other day I was interviewing for a job as a bouncer at club DyNASTY and the day before as a…
Four Quick Tips to Publicizing Your Non-profit Second Life Event
A key strategy for raising the visibility of your non-profit in Second Life is organizing in-world events. There are hundreds and hundreds of events occurring on a given day competing for avatars’ attention and attendance. So learning how to publicize your non-profit’s fundraisers, meetings, lectures, concerts, contests and other in-world activities is an essential skill…
Mmmmm, schmaltz!
Here’s a lovely trio of dinner accoutrements at Sammy’s Roumanian restaurant in the Lower East Side: a bottle of seltzer, ketchup and a syrup container filled with schmaltz. What is schmaltz, you say? It’s a bit of Eastern European jewish goodness: rendered chicken fat. You can pour it on toast, your steak or really anything…
All kids love to swing
Tonight the Harlem Renaissance Orchestra performed at the World Financial Center for an appreciative, multi-generational audience. This cute kid was particularly excited about the band. More pictures here.
My doctor says I am one Krispy Kreme shy of diabetes
A couple of days ago I went to my doctor to get the results of a physical I had done. I was feeling pretty good: I have been going to the gym pretty regularly, eating better. I expected a clean bill of health. So I was a bit surprised when my doctor looked over my…
Virtualive concert tonight: Hey, avatar, down in front!
Nexeus Fatale was kind enough to invite me to the Virtualive mixed-reality concert tonight at the Canal Room in Tribeca. I ran into a bunch of cool SL people there including Frans Charming, Rhiannon Chatnoir, Hiro Pendragon, and Will Ward. I could only stay for the opening act, Shock Radar, who rocked the house while…
Save Internet Radio 10-hour Party this Saturday in SL
I got news of this cool "save Internet radio" party coming up this Saturday in SL! DJ Synn invites all music-loving avatars to come out to a ten-hour marathon protest party from 10AM-10PM PST on Saturday May 12. The all-day event is an effort to raise awareness of the threat to Internet radio (in the…
US military interested in creating “Game World” educational gaming framework
When the US military starts paying attention to educational gaming, you know it has passed a threshold from novelty to necessity. It looks like the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the Defense Department is looking for a development platform to test a range of educational games. The call for proposals entitled "Game World"…
Game designers invited to “Game Jam” for One Laptop Per Child Project June 8-10 in Boston
Ben Sawyer sends out news about an "Game Jam" taking place from June 8-10 to bring together programmers to create games for the "One Laptop Per Child" project: One Laptop per Child, a non-profit organization with the goal of enhancing the education of children in developing countries, is going to hold the first OLPC Game…
Reminder: Walk the world to fight hunger this Sunday!
Codelia sends out updated info on the "Fight Hunger: Walk the World" event taking place this Sunday, May 13. The UN World Food Programme every year organizes a "Walk the World" fundraiser / awareness raising event to draw attention to the problem of famine and hunger around the world. In towns and cities all over…