see black cube rain?

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…..

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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:

Creating Your World: The Official Guide to Advanced Content Creation for Second Life

Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-03-12 Summary: Finally, Second Life unveiled … Finally, a one stop book that tells me everything I need to know to improve and expand my experience with Second Life. While the Second Life tutorials online are okay this books clearly explains both the simple and complex options for customizability and expansion with excellent examples and sample code that is effective and clearly stated. If you are looking for the ideal reference for beginners and experienced users you can’t get much better than this book. …more
[2] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-03-04 Summary: Excellent but not enough. … I got quite alot out of this book. There are a lot of resources that you wont find in world. Templates, textures, tutorials, and advice. All of it good. I just wish that there was a little bit more detail. It seems that no matter how much I learn from books, websites and in world I am always still behind the eight ball. So buy it YES for sure but be prepared to go right back to your search for more knowledge. Hopefully someone will write a tome on just the art of building and designing Structures someday soon. …more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2007-12-17 Summary: A welcomed guide to Second Life … This informational book has been a great help not only for me as a novice but for advanced users to find some quirks they didn’t know about. Its clear, concise, and a good informational guide that I can see still referencing for a long time. It does a great job of covering everything from using the Second Life creation tools to building objects such as homes, rooms and clothing all the way to scripting and animation. It also gives advice from folks that are considered professional in Second Life which I found to be …more
Editorial Reviews — … Product Description | Enrich your virtual existence by mastering the techniques and tactics the experts use to create jaw-dropping SL content—everything from buildings and vehicles to clothing, landscapes, and animations. This official, exclusive guide from a team of Second Life content-creation experts was written with the full support of Linden Lab and features in-depth instructions for creating beautiful content and putting it to work in-world. It’s both a practical, step-by-step guide and a…more

The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World

Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-22 Summary: A “Must Read” for Anyone Interested in Second Life! … I’ve been a fan of New World Notes for years, and I’ve been in Second Life for quite a while as well. I’m reviewing this book before I’ve even finished it (RL can be harsh when it comes to making time to read!) but only because I’m so excited that it’s out there! This is a masterfully-crafted insider’s look at the almost organic growth of what will almost inevitably be seen as a milepost in the evolution of communication, and most of all I appreciate the tone of candid observation that runs through it. Au’s insights …more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-19 Summary: Great Book!!! … Even as a passive SL’er, this was a very enjoyable read!!! One great difference from the million other SL books/articles/blogs out there is the great insight Au provides in to the origin’s and evolution of the SL universe as we now know it. A fun and fascinating look back at the BIG BANG if you will. I too will be taking a deeper look at SL!!!(Sorry Honey,kids) …more
[3] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-03-16 Summary: the making of second life … I have been a resident of Second Life for over a year and a half now, and it is interesting to see what went on before I came in-world, but the best part of this book is the description of how other residents view SL, how and why they react as they do in SL, and where we are going in SL. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested not just in SL, but in any virtual world. …more
Editorial Reviews — … Product Description | The wholly virtual world known as Second Life has attracted more than a million active users, millions of dollars, and created its own—very real—economy. The Making of Second Life is the behind-the-scenes story of the Web 2.0 revolution’s most improbable enterprise: the creation of a virtual 3-D world with its own industries, culture, and social systems. Now the toast of the Internet economy, and the subject of countless news articles, profiles, and television shows, Second…more

Just came across this from Tinsel’s blog:

…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

Enjoy!

Owlbert

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NPR has a great discussion over at how the virtual world affects your real word behavior. To wit:

…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.

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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

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insane desire to bring Google Maps to Second Life?

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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