From: theage.com.au Shadow role out of this world Quote from the site - As technical assistant to Philip Rosedale, the chief executive officer at Linden Lab, Mr Collins is the right-hand man to someone with responsibility for the destiny of more than 10 million virtual people in Second Life.

From: Reuters Linden Lab hiring up to 40 part-time content creators Quote from the site - Linden Lab will be paying up to 40 Second Life residents US$10/hr to create content as part of its “Linden Department of Public Works (LDPW)” initiative, Jack Linden said on Thursday. Linden will pay its workers in American dollars and not game currency, a break from most Second Life-based employment.

From: MediaPost Publications What’s in a pseudonym, or, Would an avatar by any other name smell as sweet? Quote from the site - When it comes to their depictions of the real world, the media have always walked a pretty fine line. Lately, it seems the virtual world may be winning out. It’s a progression as old as canvas, vinyl, celluloid or magnetic tape, but the ephemeral and amorphous nature of digital media appears to be pushing the boundaries separating our actual world from our pseudo-societies.

From: Kazakhstan Second-Life Astana Quote from the site - The Kazakh segment of Internet has burst with an ambitious project - Second Astana. As reported by Cnews, the “building” of a second Astana online is a sep towards promotion of the brand called “Republic of Kazakhstan” in the world.

From: Freep.com Michiganders make a living, meet and study in ‘Second Life’ Quote from the site - Sometimes it pays to NOT keep your head in the real world. Almost four years after the launch of the online world “Second Life” (www.secondlife.com) Michiganders are reaping the rewards.

From: Design News Siemens PLM Software Expands Presence in Second Life Quote from the site - Recognizing the growing importance of 3D life in the virtual world, Siemens PLM Software is expanding its presence in the popular Second Life community with a new tool that lets visitors create their own 3D Razor Scooter while exposing them to the possibilities of CAD software.

From: Aspies for Freedom What is the importance of Second Life to Real Life Quote from the site - Would someone please be kind enough to enlighten me.I just saw the thread related to second life and combatting Autism Speaks within it. What is the importance of Second Life to Real Life?

From: The Earth Times Mitch Kapor to Keynote at Think Services’ Life 2.0(TM) Summit Spring Quote from the site - Think Services today announced that Mitch Kapor will keynote at Life 2.0 Summit Spring — a six-day virtual conference taking place in Second Life March 15-21, 2008. Kapor is board chair of Linden Lab, creators of Second Life; chair and founder of the Open Source Applications Foundation; co-founder of the Electronic Frontier and Mozilla Foundations; and is best-known as the creator of Lotus 1-2-3, the spreadsheet that revolutionized enterprise computing in the 80s.

From: Science Roll Health News in Second Life Quote from the site - It’s getting harder to keep up with the many improvements of the medical aspects of Second Life so sometimes I’ll share some interesting links with you.

From: Flexible Learning Disconcerting moments in Second Life Quote from the site - I have read about and heard from people who reported about disconcerting or uncomfortable experiences in second Life. Now, I used to think that this was humbug, since it is “only” an avatar, which is being manipulated by one’s mouse.

From: Not Possible IRL Domenico Quaranta on Art in Second Life Quote from the site - Quaranta is a man of proven scholarship and also a searchingly thoughtful art critic whose writings I much admire. His blog, Spawn of the Surreal, is a compendium of analyses and reviews on New Media and a geniune source for astute observations on the topic of art in virtual worlds.

From: Ambling in Second Life Yamato - But Not That Yamato Quote from the site - Back in November I posted an entry about a Japanese sim that featured a brilliant reproduction of the battleship, Yamato. However, I have been aware for some time that this was not the only Yamato sim in Second Life, and tonight I made a second foray to one I first visited a few months ago, but decided not to write about: Yamato Isle.

From: Second Life Blog Rolling Restart - Thursday March 6th, 5pm-10pm PST Quote from the site - Following the completion of the Second Life server update to the 1.19.1 server code, the following issue was reported: MISC-975 Noticeable sim performance decrease from Second Life Server 1.19.1.80913.

From: Recruit Wizard Application For Product Operations Engineer Quote from the site - To connect us all to an online world that advances the human condition. Linden Lab was founded in 1999 by Philip Rosedale to create a revolutionary new form of shared experience, where individualsjointly inhabit a 3D landscape and build the world around them.

From: eightbar Spimes, Motes and Data Centres Quote from the site - A few of you may have noticed recent coverage around on the blogs about Michael Osias’s 3d datacentres. Ugotrade has as usual a great write up and analysis. You may have seen the work that our friend David Orban has been doing with OpenSpime. What’s that all about I here some of you ask?

From: New World Notes Mixed Reality Williamsburg: SL Portal In NY’s Hipster Nabe Quote from the site - Located one train stop across the water from Manhattan, the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg is probably the world’s epicenter of indy art coolness. (Consequently, longtime residents are bound to disagree with that statement by retorting, “It used to be cool until…”)

From: SLNN Darkmere invades Artificial Isle, party ensues Quote from the site - A state of blissful confusion could well describe the atmosphere surrounding Saturday’s event where Darkmere and Caledonian ships invaded the waters surrounding Artificial Isle in response to an attack made by ZATZAi Asturias on Lucifer Baphomet’s radio show.

From: Counting Sheep Intel Sunflowers Sweepstakes: Raise $10,000 for The Conservation International Foundation! Quote from the site - Today, March 3rd, Intel launches the Intel Sunflowers Sweepstakes. Go to Intel Island in Second Life and plant a sunflower in the sunflower field. For every eligible sunflower planted, Intel will donate $1 to the Conservation International Foundation, up to $10,000 (1).

From: Massively Linden Lab fails to advise, Snapzilla suffers Quote from the site - Cristiano Midnight is not a happy bunny. You see, he runs SL-Universe and (more particularly in this case) the part of it called Snapzilla, which is sort of like flickr specifically adapted for Second Life, where hundreds or thousands of snapshots are emailed from Second Life each day in an email format called a postcard.

From: An Engine Fit For My Proceeding The “Copybot” Word Quote from the site - I have been approached a couple of times recently regarding an “issue” mentioned on the publication known as the “Second Life Herald”, on the subject of a “new copybot”. (I do not read this publication on a regular basis any more, on account of its tedious hagiography of groups of annoying children; an odd pursuit, not my part to judge I suppose but not in my interests to read, either.)

From: What is this crap? Podcast Roundup Quote from the site - Sometimes I wonder if the meetups are nothing more than the Monty Python sketch where stuffed shirts talk about putting things on top of other things and the real progress is achieved away from the tables and pommel-horses.

In the end, what are we accomplishing?

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