Just got a message from some of the organizers of the conference "State of Play IV" scheduled for January 7-9, 2007 in Singapore that they are in dire need of additional sponsors for the event. Organized by Harvard Law School, Yale Law School, New York Law School, Trinity University, and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore,…
The dirty, decaying, chaotic pleasures of Athens
After the frenzy of the Internet Governance Forum, I decided to spend a couple of days in Athens getting to know the city. Athens seemed like just the kind of place that I would like — full of rich history and urban grit. I had few preconceived notions about Athens, just a desire to see…
The Internet Governance Forum 2006 : A Tentative Success
As I write this I am flying back to New York from Athens where I attended the first ever Internet Governance Forum. It’s been a tremendous experience that I feel very fortunate to have been able to be a part of. What follows is a quick flyover of how the whole deal went down and…
Pics from the Machinima Fest Awards last night – congrats all!
Here are some pics from the Machinima Festival final awards ceremony last night, that look place in the real Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY and was simulcast in a packed Virtual Laguna Beach Theater in Second Life. I was on a somewhat sketchy wifi connection in Greece, but it seemed like a…
Machinima awards, IP roundtable, tech showcase, and more today!
Here’s the schedule of Machinima Festival events that will be broadcast in Second Life today in the Laguna Beach Theater. Be sure and drop in and check them out: Machinima 101 11:30-12:15 Interfacing Creative Expression 12:30-01:30 Intellectual Properties Roundtable 02:00-03:00 Machinima with Issues…
WIRED Mag reports on Machinima Fest in Second Life
WIRED news has a piece on the Machinima Festival in Second Life called "Machinima Fest Goes Virtual" by Sean Captain. It’s a nice write-up and hopefully will get more folks to the festival either in the flesh or in their avatars.
Thanks for coming to the Machinima Fest Preview! See you on Saturday for the awards ceremony, and more!
Thanks, everyone, who came out for the first of two Second Life events in conjunction with the Machinima Festival this weekend in New York. We had a great time, and we hope you did too! Special thanks to the machinimators Phil Rice, Jackie Turnure, Jonah Gold, and Harrison Heller (pictured above) for coming in-world to…
My talk on “Intellectuals in the IGF”
David Allen of Collab CPR asked me to be on a panel on "Intellectuals in the IGF" in Athens, which I just finished speaking at. My role was to address some of the more practical possibilities of engaging academics more cohesively into the Internet Governance Forum, based on my experiences with the SSRC program on…
Machinima Fest Preview TONIGHT (8PM EST) in Laguna Beach theater!
Woo hoo! It’s tonight here! See you alls there!
Second Life Machinima Fest Preview tomorrow!
Hurray! The Machinima Festival preview in Second Life is tomorrow night (5pm SLT, 8PM EST)! The Electric Sheep folks have put up some nice signage in advance of the event in the Laguna Beach Theatre where it will take place. I wrote up a little notice for New World Notes as well. See you alls…