I attended Rochester Institute of Technology’s “official” launch of it’s virtual island in Second Life yesterday. It was a well-attended event: about 40 avatars were at RIT Island when I logged in and RIT staff members said there were a lot of Real Life visitors as well.
RIT has been using Second Life as another vehicle [...]
Interested in a guided tour of Second Life? If you’ve never been in-world and want to see what it’s all about, or if you’re a seasoned pro and just want to see some new sights, join me tonight at the Fairport Public Library for a presentation on Second Life. We will tour some non-commercial areas [...]
Linden Labs announced today the new Direct Slurl. This is fantastic news for people who are trying to encourage people to try Second Life and to help newbies have a pleasant experience so they come back.
Direct Slurl enables a location-based url that allows a newbie to teleport directly to a Second Life space without having [...]
Why can’t buying everything be this easy? (Click on image to see detail more clearly.)
I went shopping for a holodeck today and the clarity of this product promotional sign made my job SO easy. The Holodeck Superstore on Kenora (http://slurl.com/secondlife/Kenora/61/183/23) has taken the basic reference question and put it to use to assist their customers. [...]
The Big Read comes to Cybrary City II on Wednesday, May 14 at 5:00 pm (SLT). Join us as Rebekah Cavan leads a lively discussion of Fahrenheit 451, censorship and the value of books at The Monroe County Library System Amphitheater in Second Life.
The discussion starts at 5:00 pm SLT, but get there early [...]
This article from Wired goes back a few months - it’s from January. But it’s still relevant.
Anyone involved with Second Life is likely to know that NASA has made a large commitment to virtual worlds and their potential for reinvigorating public interest in the space program. I’ve attended and blogged on some of NASA’s mixed [...]
Is your first life getting in the way of your second life? Does your avatar get cranky if left unattended too long? Are real life meetings a bore compared to in-world events? Pop into Second Life whenever you want, using your mobile phone.
Vollee has just released a video demonstrating Second Life running on a mobile [...]
Local tv news station R-News just showed a segment on the Global Kids Initiative in Second Life. Take a look at the video here:
The Princeton Review, in conjunction with Ohio University, is now offering SAT Strategy Sessions in Second Life. The next session is January 31, 2008 at Ohio U’s virtual campus. For more info:
http://www.princetonreview.com/testprep/testprep.asp?TPRPAGE=2818&TYPE=LOBBY&adcode=82617
Lori Bell from Alliance Library System forwarded this notice to the SL Library groups today. Rachel Singer Gordon has created an online community for librarians and other library staff. Here’s the post:
LISjobs.com Launches Online Community
New discussion forums now open
LISjobs.com, the largest free library career portal on the Internet, is pleased to announce the launch of [...]
Luckily, avatars don’t get tired of standing. The fantastic events put on by the Science Center in Second Life have been standing-room-only lately.
At a recent lecture at Second Nature, Nature magazine’s island in Second Life, a very large crowd gathered to hear Dr. Phil Holliger of the Medical Research Council Molecular Biology Lab in Cambridge, [...]
We had a wonderful visit from author Robert J. Sawyer last night at the Science Fiction Library in Second Life. His avatar, SF Writer, chatted with us for close to two hours about a number of interesting topics including his newest book, Rollback.
Rob is always a pleasure to listen to (or in this case, to [...]
Robert J. Sawyer will be visiting the Talis SciFi & Fantasy Portal, which is a library of science fiction and fantasy in Second Life. His newest book, Rollback, is the selection for this month’s book discussion, and we are delighted that the author will join us for this event with the help of his avatar, [...]
I’ve been off the blog for the entire month of May, haven’t I? I’ve been swamped with other things and have unfortunately been too busy to blog about it all.
I started May with a week of lectures on Dr. Dobb’s Island in Second Life. Dr. Dobbs is a tech journal put out by CMP Publishing. [...]
I’m having a blast in Second Life. Working, collaborating, meeting interesting people. Flying, building, exploring. But am I just playing? Is Second Life just another video game?
I’ve created a list of reasons to justify my time spent in this alternate world:
I’m watching technology trends.
Second Life is essentially the next version of the internet. Remember when the [...]