Feb 8

Second Life News for February 8, 2008

Category: Second Life News by Stone Culdesac

From: gordon Second Life Libraries are Great! Quote from the site - Second Life Libraries are a great concept and the sooner we move to them the better. It’s an inevitable consequence of Second Life itself, as after Second Life clubbing, holidaying, boutique shopping and real estate dealing, Second Life education and careers must surely follow.

From: The Rebel Yell Class ventures into 3-D world of Second Life Quote from the site - Flying across campus, creating a new identity, and going by a sassy nickname like Twinkle Voom may seem odd, but with the innovative 3-D world of Second Life anything is possible.

From: Daily Trojan Second Life co-creator joins Annenberg adjunct faculty Quote from the site - Cory Ondrejka joined the Annenberg School for Communication as a visiting professor in January to give students tools they need to be innovative with online communities.

From: Kapp Notes Second Life Training Presentation Quote from the site - Yesterday, graduate student Matt Monahan and I presented at the Training 2008 conference. Our topic was “Learning in 3D.” We had a great group of attendees who stayed with us for the entire 3 hours with no break.

From: Metaverse Journal Australian Second Life developer expands business presence Quote from the site - Veteran Australia-based Second Life solutions provider Big-Bit have expanded their in-world presence, with a launch on the 9th February at 9pm Second Life time (4pm on the 10th AEDT). There’s music, a treasure hunt and a L$10 000 grand prize up for grabs.

From: Second Life It’s a Wrap - Newbie 101 Quote from the site - Another successful Wednesday Workshop! Our very own DEN in SL LC member, Beth, facilitated the workshop. She went over each of the buttons on the client menu so that the participants understood what each button did and how to best utilize them.

From: vnunet US warns of Second Life terrorist threat Quote from the site - Terrorists may be using virtual worlds such as Second Life to meet and exchange ideas, security experts warned today.

From: Second Life and Education Linden gaze strengthens on Education Quote from the site - The real business use of Second Life centers around collaboration and that is continuing to grow quite rapidly. There are more than 400 universities in Second Life and there are more than 4,000 teachers on our education mailing list.

From: techsoup Get Activated!: Best Practices for Non-profit Work in Second Life free event this Friday Quote from the site - Has your nonprofit wondered about the benefits of Second Life? Are you curious about what projects nonprofits are up to in Second Life to further their missions? This coming Friday, you can come discover more about the work of nonprofits in the virtual world of Second Life.

From: Sodexho Careers Sodexo in Second Life for a College Career Fair! Quote from the site - Seriously… did you know Sodexo was one of the first companies to host a virtual career fair in Second Life in May 2007? Sodexo was the first company to hire someone from this first career fair. We interviewed real people for real positions and we hired a real person last May.

From: Customer Listening Blog Second Life: Buzz Down! Quote from the site - A prospective called me today asking me what I though about Second Life, I clearly said that it got a lot of buzz, less so now, but as I said in the past, I was suspicious (specifically when you want to develop awareness for example). I am not implying that it is not interesting to develop new experiences and test new things, but I think it is limited in reach and not as buzzable as it used to be…

From: Second Life Blog Tip of the Week #21: Sound sliders explained Quote from the site - There are a lot of sound sliders in Second Life’s Preferences, and I get asked “WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN!?” Today, your answers.

From: Second Life Blog Mono Beta Refresh 2 Quote from the site - The Mono regions on the beta grid were updated with a new simulator binary today that resolved the following issues…

From: Second Life Blog 435 Havok4 Early Adopter regions updated with 16 fixes 2008-02-07 Quote from the site - Havok4 Beta Server v1.19.0.79349 just completed testing on the Beta Preview, and has now been deployed to 435 regions in the Early Adopter Program. Thank you for helping to test the new Second Life simulator.

From: Second Life Blog New Release Candidate Viewer: 1.19.0 RC1 Available Quote from the site - We’ve updated the 1.19.0 Release Candidate Viewer with fixes based on issues reported in RC0.

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