Google’s move

I posted a wiki about an apparent move by Google to get into the virtual worlds market. If you find any articles, feel free to pass them along to me for possible posting here. http://chssslpilot.wikispaces.com/googlesmove

A decent article

I’ve tried to keep up with the hits that come in my Google Alerts for Second Life, but it simply impossible – there are far too many. I said I was going to try, and I am, so here is a recent article I ran across. http://www.chieftain.com/life/1191133250/2 I usually don’t read all the way through […]

Physics has changed

Just when you thought it was safe to trust physics, you realize that in the virtual world, anything can change. Linden Lab has, just the other day, announced the arrival of Havoc4! I know, an astounding moment in history, you must be saying to yourself. For those of us sitting outside the center of technology […]

Why don’t we post (thanks Chris)

Chris Hambly started quite the conversation over in his blog http://www.chrishambly.com/content/what-stops-you-making-comment-blog when he asks folks to talk about why they don’t leave comments in blogs. As you can imagine, there were a number of response (how could one not respond to this), and there were a number of answers that cut across many instances. There […]

Great day!

Well, today was a pretty amazing day. • The Chronicle article came out today • taught and started to bring my class into SL • finished the Faculty Resource Room to the point it needed to be for the GoPrint installation on Tuesday • A student finally came in during the open lab hours and […]

Does absence make the heart grow fonder?

I’ve been wrapped up in the vortex that is the start of the Fall semester. I’m teaching two classes this semester, a writing class and my usual New Student Seminar course. Both will be required to have accounts on: Second Life, MySpace, FaceBook, Twitter, and I’ve just decided to add Skype. To what extent each […]

Virtual Worlds Hot Topics Discussion at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference in Seattle

I am thrilled to announce that EDUCAUSE has scheduled a Virtual Worlds Hot Topics Discussion for this year’s Annual Conference in Seattle. The conference will take place from October 23rd to the 26th at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center. Details on the full convention can be found here – http://www.educause.edu/e07 The Virtual Worlds […]