Discussion on internet filter on Tonight Live is… live!
As mentioned previously, I had the pleasure of appearing on Tonight Live with Paisley Beebe. The topic of discussion was the Commonwealth Government’s proposed internet filtering legislation and its potential impact on virtual worlds.
Paisley asked some incisive questions that helped set the scene for both the challenges and opportunities the legislation may provide. As [...]
Internet filtering and virtual worlds: Tonight Live discussion
I’m really pleased to be a guest on tomorrow’s Tonight Live With Paisley Beebe. Paisley is an Australian singer and broadcaster we’ve profiled before, and Tonight Live is arguably one of the most popular virtual worlds TV shows around.
Paisley and I will be discussing the background and potential impact of the internet filtering legislation proposed [...]
Mainstream media and Lowell’s public appearance
Crikey.com.au have covered Second Life twice this week, firstly in relation to crime, then a discussion on lawlessness and research and development issues.
Similar issues are likely to be discussed at the Australian Interactive Media Industry Association forum on Tuesday 22nd May. Titled The Future of Virtual Worlds, it features Chris Collins (Logan Linden) from Linden [...]
SLOz HQ launch a success
Like any party, success is never a certainty and we’re the first admit we had pre-party nerves. That said, more than a hundred Australian SL users turned up for the launch party over the three-hour period. We actually managed to crash the Koala sim at one stage when more than forty people were partying.
What became [...]
SLOz Launch Party third huge aussie event for March
Ok, so we’re talking ourselves up in a big way
On Wednesday 21st March at 8pm AEDT (2am SL time), we’re having a launch party. It’ll be a humbler affair than the Telstra or ABC launches but who says bigger is better? There’ll be a BBQ, Beer, streaming of music featuring aussie unsigned / [...]
Coming Soon a.k.a Teasers
We’re really pleased at SLOz to be able to announce a couple of upcoming events:
1. This coming Monday Lowell is being interviewed on a Melbourne radio station on Second life. Not just any radio station but on ABC 774 Melbourne – Breakfast with Red Symons. Tune in at 6.15am Monday 19th February and listen for [...]
Australian media attention grows on SL (and SLOz!)
We’re not the sort of site to brag, but we have to say we’re thrilled with the positive response received from Australian mainstream media and tech bloggers over the past week to our press release promoting Aussies innovating in SL. To date we’ve had coverage from:
1. PC World / Computer World
2. Sydney Morning Herald
3. [...]
