Sofia’s Furniture
Sofia Standish owns a furniture shop and also offers Australian homes for sale in a ‘Queenslander” style. I caught up with Sofia a few days ago and she was very excited about her business and has plans for further growth. The houses are certainly authentic replicas and it’ll be interesting to see how many ‘Queenslanders’ [...]
Scepticism about Second Life – a healthy dose
If you’re an avid reader of everything SL, it’s easy to end up with a very skewed view of SL. The mainstream media tend to either get extoll the ‘wow’ factor of business in virtual worlds or focus solely on the ‘dark’ side of SL.
Scepticism is rarely employed in a discplined way however some [...]
LukeConnell Vandeverre – postscript
The response to our interview with Hope Capital’s LukeConnell Vandeverre has been significant and on the whole very critical. A few days ago I sent LukeConnell an IM offering a follow-up interview as an opportunity to address the serious allegations being made about the WSE and the World Trade Centre deal.
Today I managed [...]
Content creators rejoice – sculpted prims a reality
As announced on the Official Linden Blog, sculpted prims are now a reality. What this essentially means is that the limitation of the current shape options is now gone. The best explanation of what this means has been provided by Torley Linden on YouTube:
Linden have also provided a high-res version here
A discussion topic on [...]
Corporate backlash, Australian style?
Hamlet James Au from New World Notes is interviewed by Henry Jenkins and one key point raised was Au’s assertion that:
“For the most part, there is no tension, because the native participatory culture hardly knows the corporations are even there, or care all that much that they are. Residents have scant or [...]
SMH story on SL
The Sydney Morning Herald ’s Michael Dwyer has written about his experiences as a new avatar in SL and he’s a sceptical resident after spending a number of hours in-world. He also raises an issue that crops up constantly – the weirdness of those first number of hours and uncertainty on etiquette etc.
Not a [...]
ANZAC – Ataturk Memorial
A simple memorial for both sides of the Gallipoli conflict can be found on the Iaconelli sim.
We have no excuse for promoting this landmark the day after ANZAC day aside from ignorance of its existence.
Check it out in-world
