Kim MacKenzie hits back on negative media coverage of Second Life
Kim MacKenzie, a PhD student from the Queensland University of Technology, completed some research into Second Life that formed the basis for an article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age this week.
Kim has posted a thoughtful response on the post that looked at the SMH article.
It’s worth repeating Kim’s elaboration in [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. The Queen Anne’s Revenge
2. Amelia Earhart’s airplane in Second Life
3. TEMPLUM EX OBSCURUM
Episode 7 of TMJ Podcast – Feldspar Epstein joins the fray
This episode consists of a discussion between Feldpar Epstein and myself on a range of topics including virtual worlds addiction, Google Lively, education in Second Life and much more.
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Second Life – on the wane for aussies?
Asher Moses from the Sydney Morning Herald has run a story titled ‘Few lives left for Second Life’. It’s based on research undertaken by the Queensland University of Technology’s Kim MacKenzie, who’s completing her honours thesis on Second Life and business.
The research findings aren’t surprising in a lot of respects – there are significant areas [...]
Melbourne Laneways on its last legs
One of Australia’s most striking Second Life locations is Melbourne Laneways on ABC Island.
It was launched in October 2007 as a joint initiative of the ABC and Multimedia Victoria. Unfortunately, its days are numbered, with the build being eliminated in the next week or two according to ABC Admin, Wolfie Rankin.
The upside will be [...]
New Zealand OpenSim grid on the way
I stumbled across a communication from a consortium of New Zealand Universities, who are making a public call for support for their proposal (which is reproduced in full below):
I’ve been asked as a contributor to OpenSim to pass along the following.
There is a bid going on for a new public project in NZ, through the [...]
Students vs Second Life
When I started thinking about education in Second Life, and the reactions of students of university/college age to it, I rather naturally turned to think of my own experiences, and of ideas and prejudices I held as a student of approximately the same age. It took me a little time, and the reading of an [...]
