The Watch – virtual worlds in the news
1. Examiner (USA) – Small Worlds lets ‘tweens take control. “Most kids today have no concept of a world without the Internet. They’re used to using electronic means to find information, communicate with each other and share things like pictures and videos. The success of social sites like Myspace and Facebook is based on the [...]
Interview – DeeAnna Nagel and Kate Anthony, Online Therapy Institute
DeeAnna Nagel and Kate Anthony are psychotherapists and founders of the Online Therapy Institute. The pair have only recently expanded their work to Second Life, but they have extensive experience in working with people therapeutically online. The pair now have a presence on Jokaydia in Second Life. I caught up with them to talk online [...]
Merged realities – events and issues for virtual worlds
1. Earth Week is coming up in Second Life (18th to 26th April). All the details are here, and there’s a quick promo machinima:
2. Australian kid’s offering eKidna World is running a competition offering a year’s free membership and a family pass to Australia zoo. Each entrant is required to provide their details and the [...]
Weekend Whimsy
1. STAR WARS – SECOND LIFE – Promo Teaser Trailer
2. Daliwolf and Beth’s Second Life Wedding
3. “The Far Away” in Second Life
A very large list of Second Life blogs
Over at Second Effects, Second Life resident and business owner ArminasX Saiman has compiled (via Technorati rankings) an enormous list of Second Life sites.
The list is worth a browse purely for the huge variety of sites out there devoted to Second Life. Any rankings system is pretty arbitrary, but major kudos to ArminasX for putting [...]
The identity paradox
Last week, we spoke about anonymity and privacy, and in so doing we brushed past the concept of identity. The problem of identity has been with us for quite some time, as a species and as a set of societies. Newer technologies, such as the telephone and the Public Internet do not [...]
