NMC Campus Observer

Metanomics Special: Friday Interview with Mitch Kapor, Linden Lab Board Chair

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Mar 26, 2008 11:46am

Tune in to NMC Friday over on Outreach to catch a live video Metanomics Series interview with Mitch Kapor the board chair of Linden Lab. With the latest news of shuffling leadership, its going to be an important opportunity to hear what is happening at the House of Linden.

This Friday, March 28th, 2008, at 10:30AM SLT (1:30 PM EST), Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics will hold a special session of Metanomics. We will be joined by Mitch Kapor, Chairman of the Board of Linden Lab. Bloomfield reports, “We will talk about his vision for virtual worlds technology and business strategy and, of course, the future of Linden Lab and Second Life.”

Kapor is a pioneer of the personal computing revolution and has been at the forefront of information technology for 30 years as an entrepreneur, software designer, activist, and investor. He is widely known as founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the “killer application” which made the personal computer ubiquitous in the business world in the 1980s. Other organizations in which Kapor has played an integral role include UUNET, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Real Networks, the Mozilla Foundation and Linden Research.

Download the Metanomics Press Release- March 26, 2008

• When: Friday, March 28 at 10:30am PST (check local time)
• Where: Amphitheater on Outreach (87, 125, 34) (no group membership is required to teleport)

You will want to join the Metanomics group in SL so you can participate in the group IM that goes on during the live sessions.

For past events, see the Metanomics video archive from SLCN.tv.

Story filed under: Campus Headlines, What's Happening
Tags: metanomics
See all stories by CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine)