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Opinion: Back In The Bandwidth Again: Life Prioritization

02 Sep 2008 10:18:55 PDT

Written by Taran
Well, I fired up Second Life, or course, to find out that I needed to download an update. No surprise. I logged in and... stood around, said hello to a few people, and... logged out. It isn't that there isn't stuff going on in Second Life - I'm sure that there is - it had simply become a lower priority than g...

Original story at KnowProSE.com .

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Opinion: Third Life Interiors

18 Aug 2008 14:34:46 PDT

Written by Kitty O'Toole
Kat Alderson dropped a HUMUNGOUS folder on me during the week asking me to review the items enclosed. To say I was overwhelmed is an understatement, everything except the kitchen sink was included in it! To be able to review the items and do them justice meant I had to remove all my existing...

Original story at kittywitchin.com .

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Opinion: How Clothing is Made in Second Life: Summary

14 Aug 2008 17:03:28 PDT

Written by Elaine Polvinen
Previous Posts in This Series: How Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part IV - PRIMSHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part III - UV MAPSHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part II - TEXTURESHow Clothes Are Made in Second Life:Part I- THE BASICS

Original story at fashiontech (WordPress) .

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Opinion: Will the future of virtual world’s be in the browser? Interview with Avi Bar-Zeev

08 Aug 2008 15:15:37 PDT

Are they a step backward into little more than 3D chat or a harbinger of a future seamless integration of fully immersive, user generated virtual worlds like Second Life into the web? Will the future of Virtual World’s be in the browser: Interview with Avi Bar-Zeev

Original story at UgoTrade .

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Opinion: Using virtual worlds for educating people in the medical field

06 Aug 2008 14:25:21 PDT

Written by TD Goodliffe
Role-playing doctor inside Second Life? One of my Twitter friends, Andrea Vascellari, thinks this is a “terrific example that demonstrates the value of virtual worlds like Second Life” and is interested in other folk’s thoughts after watching this video:

Original story at Virtual TO Reality .

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Opinion: ZOMG!! Military Warfare At Risk!!!

31 Jul 2008 20:19:29 PDT

Written by SLHerald
I do also believe that this glitch should be fixed fast before it can not be. If this is not fixed immediately, Second Life Militaries could possibly go extinct and forever changing the way combat is played out in the game known as Second Life. Will Linden Lab allow Second Life Militaries to go...

Original story at Second Life Herald .

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Second Life news and blogs - September 05, 2008

05 Sep 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Second Life news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Opinion: Versailles Architecture -- by Aleister Kronos(noreply@blogger.com) from Ambling in Second Life
• Opinion: MMO Gaming Strategy Guides -- by Jimmy Daniels from Second Life
• Opinion: My First Two Months at Linden Lab -- by M Linden from Official Second Life Blog
• Opinion: Daily Links 07/09/2008 (a.m.) -- by Bob Sutor from Bob Sutor's Open Blog
• Opinion: Is Second Life Shaking up Your Marriage? You're Not Alone -- by cindykesey from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: I, Avatar: The Culture and Consequences of Having a Second Life, by Mark Stephen Meadows -- by Taran from KnowProSE.com - Where One Line Can Make A Difference
• Opinion: Looking back to look forward -- by Morris Vig from second-life « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Video: Rik on Metanomics Show yesterday -- by rikomatic from The Click Heard Round the World
• Opinion: Philips Design’s Ideation Quest in Second Life -- from UgoTrade
• Opinion: Guitar hero -- from Reno News & Review

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Opinion: My First Two Months at Linden Lab

24 Jul 2008 17:11:33 PDT

Written by M Linden
If you were able to read every recent article about Second Life, you’d see tremendous diversity in the use cases presented. Here are some “must-read” articles that show the incredible diversity of Second Life: Massively Paralyzed Man Walks for the First Time in Second LifeAlcoholics Tr...

Original story at Official Second Life .

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Opinion: Second Life’s sad birthday desaster

23 Jun 2008 13:09:54 PDT

Written by tao.takashi@gmail.com (Tao Takashi)
But the hope is in competition. And this comes from… Second Life itself because there are already efforts underway to create a world based on Second Life ideas independant of Linden Lab. One is OpenSim, an open source implementation of the Second Life server which makes big steps forward an...

Original story at TaosThoughts (Feedburner) .

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Opinion: Microsoft Dev Community in OpenSim/realXtend

12 Jun 2008 16:06:56 PDT

Tish: Are you hosting sims for the community for free? Zain: No I am still a Developer Evangelist but I am the guy for Virtual World Evangelism which is what we call it internally at Microsoft and I guess externally as well. It is known as Virtual World Evangelism.

Original story at UgoTrade .

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Opinion: My music journey, courtesy of Second Life

22 May 2008 19:20:58 PDT

Written by Morris Vig
But you know, I don't regret a purchase...or a minute spent watching live music in Second Life. What a great way to expose yourself to new influences! So go attend a show (SL viewer: Search>>Events>>Live Music) or check out any of the links that I put together for this post. The aven...

Original story at second .

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Opinion: Second Life News for May 10, 2008

10 May 2008 01:08:32 PDT

Written by Stone Culdesac
From: The Chronicle Co-Founder of Second Life Says Academics Are Biggest Trailblazers in Virtual Worlds Quote from the site - Cory Ondrejka, the co-founder of the virtual world Second Life who is now a visiting professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of So...

Original story at The Grid Live .

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Opinion: Isolation and 10 year-olds?

14 Apr 2008 23:06:47 PDT

Written by pacificrimx
My main points of these blog posts were: Unexpected results of forced upgrades of the SL ClientSL Client is hostile to networks (specifically in updating in a locked down system)Lack of Open Source options with clientsNews of Nicholaz dropping support for his Open Source SL Client (and...

Original story at pacificrimx (WordPress) .

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Opinion: A Tale from Dreamland

29 Feb 2008 16:00:00 PST

Written by Aleister Kronos
So back at the end of January, not only did I pay the strange L$ amount and my February tier, I also set up a subscription to pay the 30 bucks. At the end of February, yesterday, the said sum was duly paid over and I got a nice statement from PayPal to that effect. Phew! The system works!

Original story at Ambling in Second Life .

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BOOK REVIEW: Second Life: In-World Travel Guide

22 Feb 2008 15:44:00 PST

Written by Flipper Peregrine
Many of the books I have read about virtual worlds, or Second Life in particular, tend to focus on success stories: how to make money, how to do things within virtual worlds, or extremely general overviews. This book has a very different dedicated focus: must-see locations within the Seco...

Original story at SLOG .

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Opinion: Why Griefing = Drama: Broken Immersion

18 Feb 2008 19:27:35 PST

Written by SLHerald
“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? And why do griefin...

Original story at Second Life Herald .

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Opinion: Second Life News for February 2, 2008

02 Feb 2008 02:49:15 PST

Written by Stone Culdesac
Post from: The Grid Live Second Life News for February 2, 2008 From: Roumen’s Weblog Chat transcript from Second Life Quote from the site - I attended the Second Life NetBeans chat yesterday. It was quite a lot of fun - if you missed the chat you can read the transcript here. My colleagues David...

Original story at The Grid Live .

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Opinion: Second Life News for January 19, 2008

19 Jan 2008 03:44:11 PST

Written by Stone Culdesac
From: Second Life Blog Announcing the Havok4 Early Adopter Program Quote from the site - Several months ago public beta testing of “the project you thought would never ever get finished” was announced - the project to update Second Life with the Havok4 physics engine. For more informatio...

Original story at The Grid Live .

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The Grid Live Year in Review for 2007

01 Jan 2008 21:21:28 PST

Written by Stone Culdesac
Real Lawyers in a Virtual World Real lawyers making real money from Second Life. Second Life Drops the Hammer On Gambling Looks like the end is in sight for people earning a living using gambling and casinos in Second Life as Linden Labs has posted a new policy concerning gambling inside SL.

Original story at The Grid Live .

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Opinion: Architecture in Second Life: Analysis, the Geography of Imagination

06 Dec 2007 14:01:28 PST

Written by dusanwriter
If Second Life is to fulfill its mission to represent the “everywhere Metaverse” it’s time to start thinking about what makes a 3D world different from the flat Web in how we think about, search and represent content and their connections.

Original story at Dusan Writer's Metaverse .

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Opinion: November marketing news

02 Dec 2007 05:48:21 PST

Written by Nic Mitham
I am an Orange: The recently launched Orange island (review here) in Second Life is hosting a summit (Nov 16 10am onwards) on avatar identity. 174 Major brands now in Second Life. Back in June the number of major brands in Second Life topped 100. Now, as of mid-November this total has reached 17...

Original story at Kzero .

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Opinion: Second Life's Virtual Potential is Real

20 Nov 2007 13:33:00 PST

Written by Guido Lang
Forget the blocky shapes and blurry textures that now dominate Second Life. The virtual worlds of 2012 will look even better than the high-definition 3-D gaming environments currently offered by the PS3 and the XBox 360. The virtual worlds of 2017 will be photorealistic, and the simulati...

Original story at Second Life Research .

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Opinion: Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds

16 Nov 2007 16:24:03 PST

Written by pacificrimx
The Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds conference was held today. This event was held in both Washington, D.C. and in Second Life. The webpage for this event is located at: Start of Federal Consortium for Virtual Worlds Sue Singer, Linden Lab, Taking a Question on Grid Stability

Original story at pacificrimx (WordPress) .

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Opinion: ‘CSI:NY’ Meets ‘Second Life’

26 Oct 2007 09:24:00 PDT

CSI: New York' proves that virtual worlds can be compelling plot devices Good, short review of CSI:NY's Second Life crossover episode. Sounds like the TV episode was solid. How will the Second Life side measure up? CSI:NY Second Life Episode Hits Expected Notes Virtually Blind reviews th...

Original story at secretlair.com .

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Opinion: The Physics of iPhone

09 Jul 2007 03:46:01 PDT

Written by Alex Iskold
When you encounter Digital Physics in software, it seems magical at first. In fact, the magic is done by mimicking real life. The life-like behavior of software in devices like the iPhone is created by plugging in formulas from real physics. For example, you can apply gravity and viscosity f...

Original story at Read/WriteWeb .

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Opinion: Your Take Roundup::Virtual Worlds for Kids Entwined with Real World

11 Jun 2007 14:47:13 PDT

While the media has been abuzz about Second Life and adult virtual worlds, a bevy of virtual worlds for kids have been even more popular than their adult counterparts. Tween world Club Penguin has more than 4 million visitors per month, according to a New York Times article on the virtual wo...

Original story at PBS .

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