It’s rather, ahem, odd?

To wit:

…Sunday’s attacks by DiSSENTiON knocked out many sims, often trapping residents in lagged sims, crashing neighborhoods and limiting teleports. But, in spot conversations with those affected, no one really got angry.

Annoyed, absolutely. But not raging. A few people, like one who’s rezzer started autoreturning everything, including legit tenants, was very upset. But many simply waited for the individual sims to reboot.

Many people were simply enjoying themselves or doing basic work. This reporter was caught in the first attack while on a Sunday drive to a party. I was essentially trapped in Columbia sim, the car effectively useless. But the scenery was impressive ….MORE….

Very odd indeed. Such an event is called ‘griefing’ done by ‘griefers‘ - people who apparently really need meaning in their lives.

Odddd…..

Enjoy,

Owlbert

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This just came across my radar - to wit:

…Understanding how to promote yourself, an event, or just to get the word out in Second Life can be a bit of a challenge, even for the professionals have trouble doing it. There are some tools and resources that are lacking in from the traditional marketing world and Second Life is a mish mash of press and blogs who covers a wide assortment of the action all independent of one another. While there are many methods to reach residents (such as notecard/texture dropping, group notices, and mass IM’s), they are limited, as most of them rely on targeting individual people/avatars rather than a global space of news.

With the lack of traditional tools, there are new tools and services that can help promotion in Second Life, most of them dependent on blogs and RSS feeds ….MORE….

I love some of the resources that are listed, including the World of Second Life - that one syndicates the blogosphere.

Enjoy!

Owlbert

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This just came by my radar:

Get Ready for SLEDcc 2008!

The Second Life Education community conference is a proud member of the Second Life Community Convention – the official Linden Lab-sponsored and approved event for everyone spending significant time in the best of all possible virtual worlds! This conference is for everyone currently or seriously thinking of engaging in teaching and learning in Second Life.

The SLEDcc is a peer-reviewed academic conference, with emphasis upon evidence-based practices and scholarly work that lead to innovation, the identification of best practices for teaching and learning in the Second Life virtual 3D environment. It is also designed to maximize the opportunities afforded by the Second Life medium itself – and the advantages of meeting face-to-face for an exchange that cannot (yet) be recreated in the digital milieu. Whether you wish to participate in the inworld events or the Tampa, FL (real world) events – please consider presenting and participating in SLEDcc 2008! ….MORE….

The strands include:

• Games and Simulations (Red Strand)
• Mixed Reality Learning (Orange Strand)
• Theory, Research, & Practice (Yellow Strand)
• Differentiated Learning: International, Diverse, and Special Populations (Green Strand)
• Projects and Events (Blue Strand)
• Educational Tools and Products (Purple Strand)

I like how the above colors make a rainbow.

Enjoy,

Owlbert

ps - speaking about Second Life in education:

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…I asked the other day about how to do so. Duh! Katharine Berry’s Ajax client is one quick and easy way. This lady really is amazingly brilliant. My thanks to her ….MORE….

It was intriguing so I looked it up - you can learn more at:

• AjaxLife: A Second Life Ajax client

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Owlbert

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ps - speaking about virtual worlds:

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…How you appear in the virtual world could affect your behavior in real life, according to researchers at Stanford University. Andrea Seabrook speaks with Stanford’s Jeremy Bailenson about his research into how people interact psychologically with their virtual-reality representations …..MORE….

Neat ideas! I know that World of Warcraft players generally get out all their aggressions via their virtual adventures of mayham….perhaps there’s some legitness to this as well.

Enjoy,

Owlbert

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before, and I’ll say it again - Second Life is going to make a profound impact on college learning in the future. Check this out:

Last quarter, Matthew Anthony, a Rochester Institute of Technology senior, came across the ultimate class based on his favorite pastime, Second Life, a virtual world launched in 2003 by Linden Research Inc. that’s part game, part marketplace and part social network.

“I was quite intrigued,” said the 21-year-old management information systems major.

RIT says its E. Philip Saunders College of Business has developed the first university-level marketing and advertising course for the virtual marketplace.

According to RIT professor Neil Hair, an increased number of people are ditching their real-world jobs for online positions within Second Life ….MORE….

Personally, I can’t wait to see what it will be like to earn an entire college degree without having to interact with the rest of humanity.

Enjoy,

Owlbert

ps - speaking about advertising:

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One individual did! To wit:

…A few weeks ago, Larry and I did a presentation at the 2008 Computers in Libraries conference about our Google Maps/Second Life project. We have put our slides on slideshare…MORE….

More resources to learn about Google Maps and Second Life include:

• Making Google Maps in Second Life
• Ambitious New Second Life Maps Mashup
• Embed Second Life Maps onto your web pages
• Google Maps In The Metaverse: Daden Does It Again

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Owlbert

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