SLOz Education Writer Announced
I’m really pleased to announce that SLOz now has a dedicated Education writer reporting on education issues and events in Second Life, Graham Sabre: Graham is a veteran educator himself and has worked in a range of education sectors in Australia. He’s been involved in Second Life the past year and will be spending more [...]
Media coverage of Second Life – is there a middle ground?
Traditional media coverage of Second Life has increased significantly in the past year, and Australian media have latched on as well. Broadsheets like the Sydney Morning Herald have a run a number of stories, the 7.30 Report has run one and it’s rumoured that Four Corners has a program in production involving Second Life. Arguably, [...]
ABC Island – Construction Begins
Today the ABC Island commenced construction on its newly purchased island. Some initial pictures taken during very early construction today: An automated tour of the island is available and our forums continue to be the place to submit ideas for the island. Check out ABC Island in-world
Anshe Chung’s Past Revealed
Click here for the article in the Sydney Morning Herald Of course, such an article begs the question – does it really matter what an avatar’s real-life past is? In some cases yes – if Anshe Chung had been a dodgy real-estate developer / rip-off merchant in real life, then it matters in a big [...]
What’s happened with the Big Linden Recruit?
We’re aware of a couple of individuals who applied for positions with Linden Labs after Philip Linden’s general call for applications in November 2006. On the 13th December Linden asked for patience. A month on, has anyone heard back at all? The two people I’m aware of certainly haven’t. Recruitment is a time-intensive task, but [...]
Version 1.13.2 on its way
Second Life will be offline for a few hours for the upgrade, and as per usual a new client will need to be downloaded. There’s some useful bug fixes listed .
Australian Corporations in SL – the good, the bad and the ugly?
With the consultation occurring with Aussies by the ABC on their proposed presence in SL, it’s becoming apparent that the corporate exploration of SL is well and truly underway. Telcos like Telstra are rumoured to be well underway with their development and some other industries are at least looking at the potential. With Linden Labs [...]
