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Apps for $10K “Linden Prize” for innovative Second Life projects due January 15

Posted on January 8, 2009 by

Just a reminder that next Thursday, January 15, applications are due for the US$ 10,000 "Linden Prize" being offered by Linden Lab. If you will recall, in November, Linden Lab, the company that runs Second Life, announced that they are launching the $10,000 "Linden Prize" for "an innovative inworld project that improves the way people…

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Second Life inaugural ball at virtual Capitol Hill January 20

Posted on January 6, 2009 by

Kei Moana told me about a fun inaugural ball that his folks at the Second Life Capitol Hill are organizing on January 20. So if you were not able to score a ticket to the real life presidential inauguration in DC, you can still celebrate with other blinged-out avatars in a virtual Capitol building.  It…

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New study on Islam and virtual worlds releasing findings on January 29 in NYC

Posted on January 6, 2009 by

Speaking of Islam and virtual worlds, it looks like Joshua Fouts and Rita King of Dancing Ink Productions will be unveiling the findings of their study on "Understanding Islam through Virtual Worlds" on January 29 in New York City, and then again in Second Life on January 30.  Here's the info on the NYC event:…

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Year One at Global Kids Wrap-up

Posted on December 27, 2008 by

December 19, 2007 started off super-crappy but ended super-awesome. That morning, I updated my status on the micro-blog Twitter as "jobless." A few minutes later, I got a text message from Barry Joseph : “Sorry to hear the news.  Please call when u can.” Barry is a guy I had known for about a year…

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A very special/subversive Christmas from Tiny Nation

Posted on December 21, 2008 by

Those crackpots at Ill Clan machinima studios have unleashed a special holiday mini-sode of their machinima series "Tiny Nation." This time the elite squad of cuddly backyard creatures takes on "O Tannebaum," with typically disastrous results.

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Scenarios USA & Global Kids premieres 3 youth films in Second Life

Posted on December 19, 2008 by

On Wednesday, I produced the virtual premiere of three youth-written films in Second Life.  Organized by Global Kids in conjunction with Scenarios USA, the virtual screening brought together around 50 teens and adults on both the Teen Grid and Main Grid of Second Life.  The audiences got to watch three short films on the subject…

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Draxtor Despres to report from Second Life on PBS starting in January

Posted on December 16, 2008 by

I just got the exciting news from my friend, machinima journalist Draxtor Despres, that in the new year he will be filing stories for PBS's Frontline/World television show! Check out this neat interview with Draxtor on KAZU radio in Monterrey, which does a nice profile of this award-winning journalist and broke the news about Drax's…

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Memorial to Slain Filipino Journalists in Second Life

Posted on December 15, 2008 by

Dakila Lacava sent out a notice about a new memorial she created with Gallia Sinatra devote to journalists in the Philippines murdered in the course of doing their duty.  Called "Martyrs of Truth", it's a very simple structure with the names of the 62 Filipino journalists who have been "subjected to the ultimate censorship."  At…

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OneClimate.net broadcasting live coverage of UN Climate Change Conference into Second Life

Posted on December 10, 2008 by

The environmental group OneClimate.net have been broadcasting in Second Life live coverage from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Poznan, Poland.  I dropped in on a videochat with Jamie Henn from the activist group 350.org, Daniel Vokins from the UK Youth delegation in Poznan, and then Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary of…

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Second Life Human Rights Festival starts tomorrow: celebrate freedom!

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

  Here's the latest news on the enormous human rights festival starting tomorrow in Second Life: The 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Universal Rights is being celebrated by a huge festival in Second Life. More than 60 concerts mark the 60 years and the talents of 100 artists and musicians are part of the…

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