The Story of My “Second Life”

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Here at c|net, at least, with several reasonably relevant articles … then we’ve got this gem over at ABCNews.com, Second Life Gets ‘Real’ at Conference, which is completely devoid of any mention of the education track (guess that doesn’t generate clicks or sell advertising) … Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over … anyone at MacArthur or the [...]

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Forgot to mention we managed to drag KellyKate Flanagan (Kelly Woestman in RL, pictured here on the left) out with us for dinner, which conversation-wise was amazing (food-wise, I’m about done with Brazilian restaurants, thanks.) Kelly happened to arrive just in time to join our intrepid group as we headed out, and it was great [...]

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‘Second Life,’ after the backlash Participants in this weekend’s user conference in Chicago are unfazed by negative press. They just want to go back to their virtual world tinkering. By Caroline McCarthy Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: August 23, 2007, 4:00 AM PDT http://tinyurl.com/yvrcfx At conference, Second Life meets real life Steve Johnson | Chicago [...]

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Reposting this from the SLED-T listserv, it’s too good not to share, can’t wait to see the session, the YouTube videos are AMAZING. I wish they’d call them “simulations” and not “games,” we have enough to do convincing people that Second Life is NOT a game, LOL… The VITAL Lab at Ohio University has developed [...]

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SLCC 2007 is now officially sold out but fortunately there are several in-world events planned … I myself am hoping to leverage the free time I have on Friday into a first outline of my findings, which are finally mentally ready, I think. Of course, now that we have a teen grid project in the [...]

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With the Second Life Community Convention just days away, major news outlets and other websites seem to be running more and more stories about Second Life, often about the “bad,” “dangerous,” or “adult” aspects of the virtual world. Just check out this compilation by John McMullen, posted over at our SLolar Central Google Group. He [...]

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The full SLCC 2007 schedule has been posted, I’ve got a screenshot below of the education track, but you will probably want the full PDF available in the preceding link. For once, it appears I will be able to attend an ENTIRE convention. The good news is my flight out is 6pm Sunday, so I [...]

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… but since I’m going to Chicago at the end of this month, I have something else to look forward to, in addition to SLCC 2007: (Image credit: CNN) Yep, we’re talkin’ some serious Hot Dogs, in the city where they were reportedly first introduced to America. Snarf! -kj-

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