CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Aug 22, 2007 03:29pm
As a special event for the 2007 Second Life Community Convention, we are pleased to bring back to NMC Campus, an encore presentation of The Show Must Go On-- live vaudeville performed in world.
You can catch the show on Saturday, August 24, 2007, join us at 6:30 PM SLT/PDT (check local time). This show will take place at the theater on Learning (81, 63, 33)! if you have never visited NMC Campus before, you will need to first join ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jul 19, 2007 08:27am
This Friday, 5:00 PM SLT/PDT is the deadline to submit proposals for the August 12-18 Symposium on Creativity in Second Life, so we encourage you to cook up some interesting ideas to bring to what will be the NMC's first full online conference held entirely in Second Life.
Keep in mind, the focus on the event is providing opportunities for participants to learn new skills, techniques, ideas in a hands-on fashion, so our reviewers are looking for sessions that are ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jun 20, 2007 10:38am
The July/August issue of Technology Review features a comprehensive story on Second Earth, where it not only highlights many compelling regions in Second Life, but looks more broadly at the future, which may in fact combine the data and rich media of Google Earth with the high level engagement of Second Life.
The World Wide Web will soon be absorbed into the World Wide Sim: an environment combining elements of Second Life and Google Earth.
The article by Wade Roush is ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jun 9, 2007 11:55pm
This panel discussion took place Saturday, June 9 at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference. The panel included Hilary Mason, Nick Noakes, Cynthina Calongne, and Heidi Trotta.
Leveraging the Affordances, Minimizing the Barriers of Virtual Worlds more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jun 9, 2007 11:31pm
We had some challenges live streaming Lyr Lobo (aka Cynthia Calongne) for her presentation from the 2007 NMC Summer Conference, but we did get an audio recording (see below) of here fantastic session. As usual, she infected the room with energy, and she wandered all over the space as she explained with infinite enthusiasm her way of "being" in Second Life.
Cynthia Calongne Presentation
A copy of her presentation is available via slideshare:
And the Ramapo video (6.1 Mb Quicktime) she used is ... more » »
CDB Barkley (aka Alan Levine) :
Jun 9, 2007 11:23pm
After a full day of activities at the 2007 NMC Summer Conference, a group of Second Life active participants joined us for a n informal recap session of the conference. We beamed the audio from our hotel in Indianapolis into Second Life for another group to be able to listen in.
Late Night SL Chat
No bubbles with avatar names! See if you can guess the folks in RL.... Laptop shows participants listening from NMC Campus more » »