World Bank Presents Global Doing Business Report in Second Life The World Bank presented their fifth annual global Doing Business report in Second Life yesterday. It was a notable effort to expand knowledge and understanding about the work of the World Bank to end poverty across the globe. Case in point as to the need for that very effort: Nobody Fugazi and Canuckflack (two very tuned-in people) wonder how the clients of the World Bank “many of them living in remote corners of the internet” were supposed to sign on to hear the presentation.

World Bank Launches Report in Second Life Another international organization is hitting the beaches of Second Life. On October 26, the World Bank is releasing the latest report from the Doing Business group:

“…“Second Life, as a global community with residents from more than 100 countries, is an ideal venue to host a virtual launch of a report that compares how easy it is for people to start and operate a business in 178 economies,” Dahlia Khalifa said.

World Bank In Second Life The World Bank is holding an event within Second Life to present the ‘Doing Business 2008 Report’; the event is listed here.

SL Creators File Suit Last Wednesday, I posted about a long-running permissions bug that has allowed certain unscrupulous individuals to duplicate content in Second Life and sell the items for profit. I fully expected either a DMCA takedown to be issued, or possibly a lawsuit.

Helping Newcomers - and Listening Last night, after posting the IIR piece, I joined my friend and fellow blogger ugotrade (Tara5 Oh in Second Life). She was just back from a conference in London, and wanted to see what she’d missed in Second Life over the last week. I suggested she might want to form her own opinions on the CSI:NY islands, and found her the busiest orientation site I could - with around 12 people on it.

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Distinguished Speaker Presentation at Colorado Technical University, October 27, 2007.

Second Life Security Remains The Undiscovered Country The Wishfarmers debuted a new Second Life project for a client today (it went swimmingly, thank you!) and of course spent a little while afterward, reviewing coverage.

Along the way, I ran across a discussion about “Second Life Security” on one of the newer ‘in-world’ media outlets. I haven’t seen one for a while, so I gave it a read wondering if perhaps anyone had yet realized that what actually constitutes “virtual security” has hardly, if ever, even been discussed.

Have you been to Manchester’s Second Life yet? Manchester’s alter ego in the virtual world of Second Life is now over six months old. So, have you visited yet? If you haven’t, then you’re certainly not alone because not many people have.

Are Land Barons Obsolete? The dream of every geek, especially the nihilists who hate middle-class civilization, is to remove land valuation from the equation of virtual worlds. They really hate it with a passion. They know deep inside that land — land in the old meatworld sense of earth, or land even in the sense of space on a server — is a bulwark against their own powers and “code as law”.

Kelly Services Expands Presence With Launch of Virtual Headquarters in Second Life Kelly Services, Inc., a global human resources solutions provider, today announced the launch of its virtual headquarters in the three-dimensional, on-line world of Second Life.

The second half of Kelly’s virtual presence will debut on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 9 p.m. EST (6 p.m. SLT). Grand opening activities will include a streaming, live blues concert by renowned musical resident Komuso Tokugawa (come early as his shows tend to fill up quickly).

My first book, ‘The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life,’ is published Well, one of the things I’ve been doing for the last seven months is working on a book, and it was published on Monday. The title is The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life: Making Money in the Metaverse, and, as the title implies, it’s a guide to planning, building and maintaining a profitable entrepreneurial venture in the popular virtual world.

The Diner at Eternal Flames Our newest venue boasts a retro feel, lots of music, and burgers on the grill! Events can be held indoors or out, and the venue is in clear view of the media pier, for those Saturday nights at the drive-in. The road around the island is almost complete…bring your Hogs and Vettes, and take you honey for a spin!

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