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Info Island and Libraries in Second Life this week

05 Jul 2008 07:24:11 PDT

Written by Lorelei
Second Life 101 Technical Skills for Virtual World Librarians Introduction to Virtual World Librarianship Working with a class in Second Life Setting Up an Educational Presence in Second Life Hot Topics - Governance in Virtual Worlds

Original story at infoisland (Feedburner) .

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Second Life premium growth flat over past 12 months

04 Jul 2008 13:03:09 PDT

Written by Eric Reuters
Even as Linden Lab’s base of paying customers shrinks over the past year, the total hours spent by avatars inside Second Life has increased dramatically. In May of 2007 total usage of Linden Lab’s virtual world was about 20.8 million hours. A year later the number spiked to almost 32 million h...

Original story at Reuters .

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Blog: Second Life on the Xbox/PS3/iPhone?

04 Jul 2008 13:03:09 PDT

Written by Eric Reuters
But still, if this report indicates the way people — or at least some of them — at Linden Lab are thinking, it would be an interesting move for the company. The idea of Second Life on a cell phone has been bandied about for years, and if Second Life could be made to work on a game console it would rad...

Original story at Reuters .

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Rolling Restart Tue/Wed/Thu July 8-10 ? Please Test Sever Version 1.23 on the Preview Grid Now!

03 Jul 2008 16:36:24 PDT

Written by Prospero Linden
The code to be deployed to Second Life is currently available on the “Second Life Beta Server” channel of the Preview Grid. If you wish to test the changes, and make sure that your objects or scripts work properly, follow the instructions for logging in to the Preview Grid. The new server vers...

Original story at Official Second Life .

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The Wall V-2: Amazing Performance Comes to NMC Campus

03 Jul 2008 05:17:21 PDT

Written by CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine)
Today, a few NMC staff got to peek in on the rehearsal of what will be one of the most popular performances this summer on Second Life. And now, an international team of artists working with the Cybernetic Art Research Project (CARP) bring a unique vision and live performance of “The Wall” to...

Original story at NMC Campus Observer .

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Chicago and NY teens complete virtual fossil dig in Second Life today

02 Jul 2008 20:29:17 PDT

Written by rikomatic
The I Dig Tanzania summer camp participants finished the virtual portion of their program today. Here's a picture of our New York IDT participants posing with Mark Kingdon, the CEO of Linden Lab, the creators of Second Life. A dedicated...

Original story at rikomatic.com .

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Second Life news and blogs - July 05, 2008

05 Jul 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Second Life news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Wiki info-pages oh my! -- by Torley Linden from Official Second Life Blog
• Wiki info-pages oh my! -- by Torley Linden from Official Second Life Blog
• Virtual Neko: Midian City Nights -- by Stacia from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Soaring oil prices and inflation could drive dramatic shift in our ... -- from Royal Gazette
• Rouge -- Sim Opening today -- by chestnut rau from second life® of my dreams
• Virtual World: Own an island or a BMW in Second Life -- from Economic Times
• Are you ready for avatar rights? -- from Toronto Star
• Employee Communicators Unite in the Big Apple for the 2008 IABC ... -- from Simply Communicate
• Emerging Ethical Issues of Life in Virtual Worlds (15 Aug, 2008) -- from andy miah
• Connect The Kids -- from Tampa Tribune

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2008 Hippo Awards ? nominations now open

01 Jul 2008 23:47:18 PDT

Written by Liana Linden
The LINDEN LAB INNOVATION AWARDS are for entertainment purposes only and have no monetary or other value. LINDEN LAB, LINDEN RESEARCH, and SECOND LIFE are trademarks or registered trademarks of Linden Research, Inc. We are now accepting nominations for the second annual Linden Lab Inno...

Original story at Official Second Life .

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Second Life News for July 2, 2008

01 Jul 2008 22:28:11 PDT

Written by Stone Culdesac
Post from: The Grid Live Second Life News for July 2, 2008 From: AIDS.gov Second Life (Part 2 of “We Are Living in a Virtual World”) Quote from the site - This week we build on our June 10 post about virtual worlds and focus on the well-known site, Second Life. To better understand how Second [...]

Original story at The Grid Live .

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Brave New World

01 Jul 2008 15:50:06 PDT

- How does ownership in Second Life work? I know residents can buy things, but does Linden Lab ultimately own the entire entity? Second Life users maintain ... Your Name Your Email Address Recipient's Email Address Newsweek all 2 news articles

Original story at newsweek.com .

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The Pandora?s Box of Second Life!!!

26 Jun 2008 17:35:17 PDT

Written by SLHerald
“Griefing can take many forms in Second Life, from shooting, bombing and pushing to more subtle forms such as intimidation, spamming and harassment. Griefers may be classified as follow: And the following blog with real-life cases is chilling enough to scare a hard core Second Lifer – ma...

Original story at Second Life Herald .

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Archaeology in Second Life - WAC6

26 Jun 2008 10:02:57 PDT

Written by Shawn
It will be a live presentation from within Second Life, if all goes according to plan. If not, I've already recorded a video presentation to be given in case of emergency, and I'm just waiting for Youtube to do its magic. It turned out to be much more difficult to make this video than I anticipat...

Original story at electricarchaeologist (WordPress) .

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Opinion: Video: Rik on Metanomics Show yesterday

24 Jun 2008 08:39:20 PDT

Written by rikomatic
The rest of the show is really interesting as well, touching in intellectual property issues in virtual worlds, hacker and gamer culture, and a review of the new Age of Conan MMORPG. Check out the entire show here. For those interested in seeing me speak on the USC Public Good in SL Community...

Original story at rikomatic.com .

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Opinion: Second Life?s sad birthday desaster

23 Jun 2008 13:09:54 PDT

Written by tao.takashi@gmail.com (Tao Takashi)
But the hope is in competition. And this comes from… Second Life itself because there are already efforts underway to create a world based on Second Life ideas independant of Linden Lab. One is OpenSim, an open source implementation of the Second Life server which makes big steps forward an...

Original story at TaosThoughts (Feedburner) .

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The Zen of Life^2

20 Jun 2008 02:41:02 PDT

Written by jonah
I suppose it was only a matter of time before I experienced something within Second Life that caught my interest. Though I work on and study social software, I haven’t been particularly giddy about metaverses (multiplayer, persistent, 3D immersive environments) for a variety of reason...

Original story at Alchemical Musings .

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Mirror, Mirror On the Screen

20 Jun 2008 02:41:01 PDT

Written by jonah
One upside of my recent journeys is that I now appreciate the research going on in this area much better. Here are two pieces from the Chronicle of Higher Ed reporting on research going on at Stanford’s Virtual Human Interactions Lab: What Happens in a Virtual World Has a Real World Impact

Original story at Alchemical Musings .

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For substance abusers, help in a virtual world

17 Jun 2008 19:18:40 PDT

Written by Eric Reuters
SECOND LIFE, June 5 (Reuters) - “Hi, my name is Gracie, and I’m an alcoholic.” “I suggest, particularly to the newcomer, to get to RL AA,” Crighton J. said. But as a veteran of real world Alcoholics Anonymous, he’s found a community, friends, and support inside the virtual world.

Original story at Reuters .

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Pirated content deleted from Second Life

17 Jun 2008 14:01:35 PDT

Written by Eric Reuters
Avatars can file a complaint with Linden Lab under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act asking Linden Lab to remove pirate content from their servers. But Second Life residents have complained Linden’s follow-up to DMCA notices has been spotty at best.

Original story at Reuters .

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Second Life new CEO is a REAL Newbie - itsReal

28 May 2008 19:04:58 PDT

Written by aplink
– M Linden - Second Life Blog I doubt his jump into fantasy by being a tray of donuts will last very long, for real commerce to be achieved lifelike avatars are highly desirable - check out the upcoming more real world twinity. New CEO’s First Week Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 at 4:50 PM by: M Linden...

Original story at APLINK .

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Metabirds: Interview with Naoyoshi Shimaya,CEO

27 May 2008 10:20:11 PDT

And, most companies will come into virtual worlds after people/users come into virtual worlds. Nao: I think… “3D chat rooms and lite weight 3D and “walled garden virtual worlds” are just services. Second Life and other CREATIVE virtual worlds are next infrastructure for the internet.

Original story at UgoTrade .

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Opinion: My music journey, courtesy of Second Life

22 May 2008 19:20:58 PDT

Written by Morris Vig
But you know, I don't regret a purchase...or a minute spent watching live music in Second Life. What a great way to expose yourself to new influences! So go attend a show (SL viewer: Search>>Events>>Live Music) or check out any of the links that I put together for this post. The aven...

Original story at Second Arts .

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Opinion: Random musings about things griddish

12 May 2008 18:19:43 PDT

Written by Morris Vig
It was another crazy day in RL today, so please bear with me while I vent as I review my NetVibes collection of Second Life-related blogs: The Second Life blog is old news. If you really want to know what's going on in Second Life, you need to pay close attention to the Second Life Grid Status Rep...

Original story at Second Arts .

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Opinion: Second Life News for May 10, 2008

10 May 2008 01:08:32 PDT

Written by Stone Culdesac
From: The Chronicle Co-Founder of Second Life Says Academics Are Biggest Trailblazers in Virtual Worlds Quote from the site - Cory Ondrejka, the co-founder of the virtual world Second Life who is now a visiting professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of So...

Original story at The Grid Live .

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Pioneer Pioneering in Second Life

05 May 2008 11:35:47 PDT

Written by Aleister Kronos
Is this site any good? To be diplomatic, I think it is rather 'disappointing'. It has limited content, the interactivity is dull and lifeless, and the whole place feels rather disjointed. It is very much like most company promotional sims - and like most such sims, is unlikely to show any ret...

Original story at Ambling in Second Life .

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Earn Free Lindens

11 Aug 2007 01:17:56 PDT

Written by Chino Yray
Free Linden Dollars: New to Second Life? Looking for hassle-free Linden Dollars? I’ve listed a summary of where you can get free lindens in Second Life without camping for long hours, no escort service needed and most of all, no need to get a boring job. (I don?t like women or even guys preten...

Original story at Make Money in Second Life with Chino Yray .

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Pet Shop Boys to play live in Second Life - Side-Line

27 Jun 2007 21:06:02 PDT

Pet Shop Boys to play live in Second Life Belgium - The online virtual world Second Life is hosting a free festival through their site on Saturday 30th June. This will be the first festival of its kind and a ...

Original story at Side-Line .

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