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Archive for April 1st, 2008

Opening Reception For NMC Symposium on Mashups

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Apr 1, 2008 11:56pm

Tonight we hosted the opening recepetion for the NMC Symposium on Mashups, one of the NMC's Online Symposia -- this one itself a mashup of venues between web sessions in Adobe Connect and 3D sessions taking place at the NMC Conference Center in Second Life. Some 25 avatars showed up to meet and talking about mashups- assembling at the Muriel Cooper Coliseum on thre NMC Conference Center sim: more » »

Congress and Virtual Worlds

CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) : Apr 1, 2008 09:27am

Whew, just finished watching the 2+ hour live video stream from the Congressional testimonies on Virtual Worlds. How... interesting are some of the interests and perspectives of our leadership, but it is re-assuring to know it is on their radar. For more info, see Mr Pixel Goes to Washington... Among the speakers, it was exciting to see and listen to Philip Rosedale and NMC's own Larry Johnson The video should appear on the archives eventually at the Committee on Energy and ... more » »