From: Torley Did you hear what David Lynch had to say about Second Life on the iPhone? Quote from the site - OMG, I’m flabbergasted.

From: Second Life Newspaper A Friend’s Special Valentine’s Day in Second Life Quote from the site - Sometimes Valentines Day is just a sad reminder of me not having found anyone, or as another avie put it, “Happy Stick It to Singles Day.” But for a friend of mine, the holiday turned out well.

From: Gwyn’s Home Snowcrashing Into The Diamond Age 2 (Part Two): An Essay By Extropia DaSilva Quote from the site - It’s time to give voice to Extropia DaSilva again — and she’s back with an earlier topic, which she has expanded quite neatly on this latest essay of hers. Enjoy!

From: UNI UNI wins award at the French Senate for protest in Second Life Quote from the site - Ten of the most exemplary and innovative web-related projects worldwide were given awards on February 14th during the first NetXplorateur Forum.

From: Insidebayarea.com Avatars let cybersavvy show their inner selves Quote from the site - Bryan Mnemonic can fly. His suit never wrinkles, and his chiseled body never bruises, not even if he crashes into trees. Bryan Carter wishes he could afford Mnemonic’s diamond cufflinks. But a mouse click makes it possible for Carter — Mnemonic’s maker — to indulge in a little bling in the virtual world.

From: Info World Crackpot tech: Virtual worlds Quote from the site - The likelihood of Second Life having a long-term impact on the enterprise may appear virtually nonexistent, but consider this: Education, collaboration, and networking — three productivity mandates for today’s enterprise — are fast catching on in the virtual world.

From: Business Journal Vollee to bring Second Life to mobile devices Quote from the site - An Israel-based company backed by Silcion Valley venture firms said Monday it plans to bring Second Life’s virtual worlds to mobile devices.

From: Paymeny Industry Insider Second Life and Innovation Quote from the site - Second Life has gotten a pretty bad rap lately. First IBM bashes the concept of “my avatar on a virtual island” by asking if they had made any money on the island. “Virtual money or actual money?” our goateed, young innovator asks. “The point of innovation is to make actual money,” says the wise businessman.

From: Computer Weekly Security researchers activate Apple QuickTime heist in Second Life for Real Cash Quote from the site - Security researchers have demonstrated a multimedia security flaw in the Second Life virtual reality site, which allows attackers to steal money. Charlie Miller, a security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, and security expert Dino Dai Zovi decided to investigate the security of online games.

From: SL I-Reports Haven for autistic people in SL Quote from the site - Dave Sparrow has a project, which involves people in real life getting help from Second Life. Strange way round? Well, it’s not once you know how much Second Life has helped Dave, who suffers from Aspergers Syndrome, which is a form of Autism.

From: OneClimate.net Virtual Bali, Second Life and Unpredictability Quote from the site - Considering the participants’ experience with Virtual Bali as a clue to what makes Second Life better, or at least different, from the web.

From: Telerik Watch Telerik supports successful C# Day 2 in Second Life Quote from the site - Building on the success of the first C# Day held back in December of 2007, the Second Life .NET User Group, Microsoft, and InnerWorkings organized another very successful C# Day this past Saturday. A C# Day is an interactive experience that challenges attendees to explore the C# language and teach each other how the language works.

From: This is amazing! Students building in Second Life Quote from the site - I am - as we say - gobsmacked. A few weeks ago our island in Second Life was a barren piece of virtual soil and sea. I am right this moment walking around the island with my avatar (deliberately walking, not flying) and all before my eyes are the most amazing and creative objects.

From: Ohmynews Second Life Connects With Dance and VJs Quote from the site - Arts organizations in the southwest of England have adopted Second Life (SL) as part of an animation festival and an aspect of dance, as performance art in Exeter and as a VJ event in Bristol on Feb. 23 both live and streamed.

From: Greg Verdino’s Marketing Blog 7 tips for real-world businesses in Second Life Quote from the site - It has been a while since I’ve written a proper Second Life post but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been on my mind. After all, crayon still maintains a virtual headquarters there. One of the recurring topics at recent coffee With crayon gatherings (every Thursday at 9am EST/6am SLT on crayonville Island) has been a discussion about whether are marketers even interested in virtual worlds anymore.

From: Your 2nd Place What Happened To Linden Lab? Quote from the site - When Linden Lab instituted the banking ban within Second Life this year, I said it was 4 months late. Being critical of Linden Lab has been quite easy over the last year, with Linden Lab seeming to be very far removed from its very own reality.

From: New World Notes New Labor: International Union Organizing Via Second Life Quote from the site - Last week, representatives from the AFL-CIO and the UK-based Trades Union Congress gathered at Second Life’s Union Island to discuss strategies to combat union-busting moves. Most concerning, according to the island’s official blog, is how “US union-busting companies are increasingly crossing the pond to work for UK employers.”

From: Second Life Blog [Resolved] General network related issues Quote from the site - There are many regions down at the moment along with a collection of in world issues. If you are not able to login, please attempt login in a different region. Similarly with Teleporting. We have not yet pinpointed the source of these issues and will provide more information as soon as it is available.

From: Second Life Blog [RESOLVED] Inworld Services slowdown Quote from the site - Our Ops Team is currently investigating a problem with one of our databases, which might show itself as timed-out LindeX requests, slow or failing teleports, slow script responses and errors in map display.

From: Second Life Herald Why Griefing = Drama: Broken Immersion Quote from the site - “Griefing” takes many forms in Second Life, but the results are the same. There are dozens if not hundreds of “anti-griefing” groups, all devoted to filing abuse reports, I guess. Why does griefing and trolling ignite so much drama and controversy in online communities?

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