19 hours ago by Mariis

There is something messy about the relationship between users and corporations. (Petersen, 2008:1) This spring, together with a colleague, I’ll be running a class on ”Audio-visual and digital media as communication tools” for our 6th semester communication students. My perspective will be on the cha ...

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3 days ago by Inara Pey

Updated 8th Feb: I’ve added the full text of the job advert forum post, lest the mists of time swallow it whole. I almost missed this one – thank you, Chestnut Rau! Yesterday, LL put out a call to bloggers, … Continue reading →

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5 days ago by Kabalyero Kidd

Gambling is banned in Second Life since 2007 but there are still items related to gambling in Second Life like this Party Poker item that is listed in the official Marketplace of Second Life. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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10 days ago by Inara Pey

Daniel Voyager pointed me towards a Profile feed post from Rodvik on the situation relating to the return of last names. On his feed, Rodvik writes: “Quick update on last names. Just fyi the team here has been working on … Continue reading →

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11 days ago by Bixyl Shuftan

New World Notes recently had some new information about Linden Labs' plans to reintroduce last names to Second Life accounts. Rodvik Linden/Rod Humble made a post on his profile page about the issue. Quick update on last names. Just fyi the team here has been working on solutions for this and it is ...

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26 days ago by Philippe CROUZILLACQ

{lang: 'fr'} Avec ses 80 milliards de dollars (61,5 milliards d’euros) de valorisation virtuelle, Facebook fait tourner bien des têtes et rêver bien des investisseurs. Seulement voilà, comment acheter des actions du réseau social co-fondé par Mark Zuckerberg alors même que le site n’est toujours pas ...

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29 days ago by Inara Pey

Earlier in the month, Karl Stiefvater (do I still need to introduce him as the creator of the parametric deformer?) submitted an earlier piece of code he’d created – the prim alignment tool – to Linden Lab under a code … Continue reading →

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31 days ago by Inara Pey

The Lab has entered into the spirit of New Year with an avatar makeover competition with a L$5000 first prize, plus runners-up prizes. The announcement reads, in part: An Image is Worth a thousand words – and sometimes it can … Continue reading →

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32 days ago by Iggy O

Last year, in the wake of the decision by Linden Lab, I posted a poll of educators and those in the non-profit sector. The results can be found here. One more year on, I'm repeating the survey. It is open until Feb. 1. Online Surveys & Market Research

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34 days ago by Bixyl Shuftan

Some of you may remember CNN iReporter Any1 Gynoid's article predicting Second Life's doom last month. Marx Dudex recently wrote an opinion piece in response to the "doomsayers." Marx commented that there was reason to feel pessimism for the past couple years, cluelessness at the Lab, talk of Second ...

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