Designing Lifestyles For 2020 in Second Life The Philips Design Second Life Team have put out what must be one of the coolest invitations on the planet. They are asking Second Lifer’s to share in designing the future.

The Co-creation Experience is intended to be a journey over time that we hope to take together with the ‘Philips Design Friends Group’. The only qualities you need are to be open, creative and collaborative.

Virtual journal clubs, second life and all that jazz There has been a lot of science activity on Second Life lately, courtesy Jean-Claude Bradley and Nature. This led to a post about the potential of Second Life in education and science on my Kyte.tv channel last night. Turns out that Attila has been thinking along the same lines, although not necessarily about Second Life specifically, but more general to the web.

Anarchy on-line A recent report by Pew Research’s Internet & American Life Project found that 32 percent of all teenagers who use the internet have experienced some form of ‘cyber-bullying’. And it is not limited to adolescents, where you would expect it.

Griefing, which is often used to describe behavior on multi-player online games in which individual players intentionally frustrate others by disregarding the rules of etiquette has become so widespread that it has even generated sub genres — terms such as kill stealing, corpse camping, spamming and ninja looting.

Consumed with Grief(ing) The thing is, despite griefing, the Internet is all of that. I have personal experience with friends who have met partners and more online in just this fashion. Ultimately, what makes a griefer is summed up best in this Penny Arcade comic (adult language to follow). Anonymity + an audience = antisocial behavior. There’s more to it than that, however, as many, perhaps even the majority of those online are not griefers at all. One must be of the mentality that causing harm to others is pleasurable.

Global Workplace Counsel Opens in Second Life Elchoness Law Firm, LLC: Global Workplace Counsel is pleased to announce the opening of its Second Life office on Silicon Island. “Second Life presents a unique opportunity for legal practitioners across the globe. There is no question in my mind that a Second Life needs an employment law firm and HR consultancy like Elchoness Law Firm, LLC: Global Workplace Counsel. From advice and counsel, workplace investigations, training, and global off shoring/outsourcing consulting, the firm is poised to bring something new and valuable to Second Life,” said Da Etchegaray, Principal.

Virtual Recruiting for Real-World Jobs August 22, 2007 · There’s an unusual job fair taking place this week, but you can’t get there by plane or car or drop off your resume in person. You have to travel in cyberspace — to a virtual world called Second Life, the online community where people — or their avatars — hang out for enjoyment, and increasingly, work and business.

Japanese Wall Street To Open In Second Life Dentsu, which spent about 10m ($870,000) to acquire the 85 hectares in Virtual Tokyo, is aiming to recoup its investment by lining up 30 or so blue-chip companies to build a virtual presence within the first year.

Ken Aihara who leads the Virtual Tokyo team at Dentsu said: Were aiming to create a virtual Japanese Wall Street, where major Japanese financial institutions will have a presence.

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Keeping the faith in Second Life It is a Friday evening in Second Life and Beth Odets lights Shabbat candles at Temple Beit Israel, which she created in the virtual world a year and a half ago.

Metaversed Live # 4 - Being A Successful Business in Second Life On this week’s Metaversed Live, Metaversed.com’s weekly business and technology talkshow hosted live in Second Life and on Talkshoe, Cisco Systems Christian Renaud, SLNN’s Aliza Sherman and UgoTrade blogger Tish Shute join Metaversed Nick Wilson to talk about what the second wave of businesses coming into the virtual world are going to have to do to succeed, and hear how Cisco turned around their entire virtual worlds strategy based on hands on experience in Second Life.

Brand Research Report in Second Life ibranz has recently released a research report with a focus on Business Owners in Second life and their perception of Fortune 500 brands.

A survey kiosk was placed around the grid and business owners (those that spend significant time there and generate revenue) were asked a series of 22 questions about their brand, ways to do business in Second Life, and method to market. It also covers their perception of Fortune 500 firms that have come to Second Life, awareness and perceptions of those brands, and important qualities needed to be successful in this environment.

Of course it costs money, $25 dollars or L$2500 Lindens.

Public Librarians Interested in Second Life -new group Eirene Janus of Clearwater Public Library has agreed to head up an interest group of public librarians interested in Second Life. This group will work together to put up displays highlighting digital content, author and artist programs and exhibits, and to explore how public libraries can offer services in Second Life. We have a good number of academic librarians and some publics - this will enable publics to work together to find what works and what doesn’t and how they can best serve their communities in a virtual world.

IBM faces Second Life strike Ever wanted to go on strike, be part of that feeling of solidarity on the picket line, but felt too cowardly to take the risk? September should see just the opportunity for you.

That is when Rappresentanza Sindacale Unitaria IBM Vimercate (RSU), the official trade union representing IBM’s 9,000 workers in Italy, is planning a most novel form of industrial action – a strike on Second Life – and it wants as many avatars as possible manning the picket lines.

What Web2.0 Can Teach Companies in Virtual Worlds One of the things that Second Life affords companies, is the ability to rapidly change track when the present course no longer makes sense. To make adjustments on the fly, even complete changes in business model (read, virtual world strategy..) is very web2.0, and Second Life, above all, allows for seriously rapid prototyping of ideas and builds through it’s object and scripting tools — at a level you wouldn’t normally associate with large companies. In fact, only this week, Christian Renaud over at Cisco was (justifiably) cursing the hoops the corporate machine was making him jump through to get some stuff done. It’s interesting to note, that in the virtual world, where he has domain, this is not the case, and more interesting yet to read about how the company has rapidly evolved its Second Life strategy based on first hand experience.

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