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Don’t Call It “Citizen Journalism”

BAVC - Joe Rubin speaks about iWitness on Frontline - Draxtor is attending the 2008 producer’s institute at BAVC, as a mentor and Second Life advocate. After 1.5 days of technical issues he finally got one little report out. Much more to come though….
In a way this is a great 3 minute spot on the [...]

Dusting Off My Tinfoil Hat

Well… for what it’s worth:

2012: The Year The Internet Ends

2012: The Year The Internet Ends
http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality

I Power:
http://ipower.movielol.org

TANIA’S PICS OMG
http://ipower.ning.com/profile/Tania

Athene:
http://athene.movielol.org

Athene movie:
http://www.wrathofthe1337king.com
If I had the choice between two ISPs, and one had a clear and public Net Neutrality policy, I’d go with that one without hesitation. A lack of net neutrality could be a major expense for companies [...]

Spark on CBC Radio

Alright, I’m a very bad Canadian. I’m only just now discovering this incredible series. So sue me. Well… ok don’t sue me even though I’ve created this almost-logo above from some image snatched randomly on Google Image search, thus committing many an old-media faux-pas.
Spark is a radio show / podcast from the CBC, hosted by [...]

Say It With Me: “MEME”

So, we start with this 17 seconds of joy:

Zombie Kid Likes Turtles
Beautiful. Remixes ensue. The celebrity sing-along was my personal fave.
Now, the TV station picks up on it and says: “Why the hell is everyone so excited about this? Those remixes are getting massive attention! Let’s do the ULTIMATE remix and do an actual full [...]

Oh Yeah… People!

More amazing work from Draxtor Despres:

Non Profit Commons: the Second Coming of SL - While corporations may be fleeing SL, the non-profits are coming in droves….One group in particular has set out to coordinate the efforts of over 60 socially active organizations from all over the globe. So: as the SL brand is still evolving, [...]

3D Mouse For Second Life

I was spammed a press release for this 3D mouse demo, but the video was pretty cool so I decided not to be irritated. This mouse does everything with a very easy interface. Check it out:

Hooray for gadgets!
Forbes fed out the press release as if it’s a regular news article, so check it out if [...]

Virtual Worlds BusinessCast Interviews Nick Wilson

Every time I see a picture of Nick (57 Miles in Second Life) he looks like a completely different person. I should make a gallery someday… “the many faces of Nick”. Something about the way the camera catches him.
Always good to see the boss-man get some well deserved press. The show is The Virtual Worlds [...]

Japanese Magazine On Virtual Worlds

Click to see some sample pages
A year ago I was scouring our local magazine racks for anything about virtual worlds. There are some great gaming magazines out there, but nothing that addresses Second Life. “Massive”, the closest bet, died in March. There hasn’t been much in print about social worlds where people create and trade.
At [...]

Want Work In Gaming?

Job Announcement
Project Manager
Games for Change, a national umbrella group dedicated to advancing positive social change through digital games, is seeking a Project Manager for its Prototyping, Evaluation, Teaching and Learning lab (PETLab) ¬ – a joint initiative with Parsons The New School for Design. This new position is part-time (60% FTE), with potential to grow [...]

Nine And A Half Minutes With Sean Bedlam

WARNING: Offensive language, strong political opinions, etc etc blah blah blah…
Why am I posting a bunch of potentially offensive videos from a guy making political statements I don’t completely agree with and I’m not interested in discussing?
Sean Bedlam is what new media is all about.
He does two extremely taboo things in his videos: he swears [...]

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