Posted in Events, Places, Whinges on August 29, 2007 | No Comments »
I’m pretty good at community projects. In RL, I mean. A lot of my time outworld is used for working on collaboration and implementation of community projects for public outreach, professional development, online conferences and membership groups, interactivity planning and facilitation, integration of live programming, marketing strategies - you know how it goes. But [...]
Posted in Bullshit on August 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I heard the IBM workers in Italy are out on strike over a pay dispute and manning the picket line in the streets of Second Life.
Eager to see the unionised workers of RSU (Rappresentanza Sindacale Unitaria) IBM Vimercate, I hurried to every location listed as IBM and haunted the plaza in IBM Italia hoping to [...]
Posted in SL News on August 23, 2007 | No Comments »
With blatant disregard for the niceties of language the two Voice camps are labelled “Augmentationists” and “Immersionists”.
Immersionists are those who want to live a parallel Second Life completely separated from RL while augmentists are those who want to use Second Life as a means to enhance their RL.
I don’t have anything against immersionists refusing to [...]
Posted in Ceremonies on August 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Well, I did it. Only way to find out is to do it. I married a couple yesterday using Voice.
Mind you, I had some trepidations about using Voice. Can I work it? Will they understand me? Will I sound really awful?
Once the couple had recovered from their surprise at my ‘cool accent‘ (and gave [...]
Posted in Photos, SL News on August 20, 2007 | No Comments »
The advent of voice has compelled me to change my hair colour from peach blonde to stark white. At least on the occasions when I wear any hair at all.
Let’s face it, when you’re over 40 something happens to your voice that draws a clear line between Youth and, shall we say, Maturity? I just [...]
Posted in Bizarre, People on August 17, 2007 | No Comments »
The good news is that we’re not going to get a fourth painful series of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
The bad news is that creator Anthony Zuiker has decided to build a CSI-branded crime lab in SL.
Viewers can follow Gary Sinise, the lead on CSI: New York, as he chases a killer inworld and help [...]
