Feb 11

Second Life News for February 11, 2008

Category: Second Life News by Stone Culdesac

From: Ambling in Second Life IBM, your point is? Quote from the site - Don’t you just love those IBM ads? There’s been some pretty good ones over the years, always with that nice “big blue” branding and a clear case to make.

From: Oh, Second Life Second Life and IRL CD Sales Income to Go for Tornado Relief Efforts Quote from the site - Just a quick post to let you know that until further notice all income from digital sales of my cd, “Scott Merrick’s Songs for Alaska Featuring the Last Frontier Band” will be donated to the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, earmarked expressly for aid to families struggling to recover from the loss and damage created by the recent tornadoes in their communities.

From: Business Line Is technology getting to us? Quote from the site - Story so far: We knowingly (or sometimes unknowingly) create differences and thrive on them. But problems are created when other people distinguish us on those very differentiators? We pride ourselves on our being citizens of the Union of India, yet the thinly veiled animosity regarding our different backgrounds has not ceased to exist even sixty years after Independence.

From: Second Life English Blog Second Life English SIM Opens Tomorrow! Quote from the site - Most people know Second Life English from the ESL events which took place for approximately one year at the English Village. The group is now celebrating the official opening of the Second Life English SIM, which aims to act as a resource and meeting point for all who are interested in learning/teaching English (and other languages) in Second Life.

From: Massively New non-Linden grid opening [updated] Quote from the site - The new grid is going live in the next few hours, apparently, and it seems that everyone’s invited. Open Life appears to be renting out simulators for $75US/month. We don’t have a lot more information available to us right now, but it all looks very exciting , though reportedly there are stability issues that make the new grid only for the adventurous.

From: Second Life Art News Illusions of Light and Words Quote from the site - Admittedly I’d never heard of To Ryba or Stray Aeon when I teleported to ArtSpace:SL following a landmark, but I’m glad I did.

From: gawker Okay, Which Second Life Employee is Sleeping with the Entire NYT Tech Section? Quote from the site - Jesus, it feels like every week the New York Times finds a new “trend” involving Second Life, the virtual world that lets people interact with avatars to blah blah blah ugh. In the 65th Times story about SL, it’s virtual job interviews, which even the Times knows are nearly non-existent, admitting that Second Life owner Linden Labs “doesn’t keep statistics” but “says the number has grown exponentially” in the world’s five-year history.

From: Torley Lives Education revelation: the story behind Second Life video tutorials Quote from the site - Like so many things of value in my life that ultimately produce great happiness, my Second Life video tutorials were borne from anger and frustration. It was roughly mid-2006, and I was writing Knowledge Base articles during a period of support staff transition at Linden Lab — shortly before our formal Documentation Team (currently Jon & Jeremy Linden) came to be.

From: Law Times Virtual worlds generate real litigation Quote from the site - Can you steal something that doesn’t physically exist? Is portrayal of a criminal act in the virtual world prosecutable in the real world?

From: Your 2nd Place LDPW coming to a sim near you soon? Quote from the site - Jack Linden’s blog about the Linden Department of Public Works (LDPW) has certainly raised interest. This seems on the face of it, a project with real potential.

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