Way back at the first salon meeting in April 2005, Jim Purbrick AKA Babbage Linden discussed the idea of "inhabited TV"--different flavors of TV and video made...
Saloners, This is the first word of it and I'll be posting an official announcement, but we've just confirmed there will be a Metaverse Roadmap pre-release...
Hi saloners, Thanks to those who replied about helping with the future salons. I got back from the Austin Game Conference over the weekend and am just getting...
OK, the next SL Future Salon is all set for Tuesday, September 26th at 6 PM PST with Justin Hall and Mark Barrett (danah Boyd can not make the date--hopefully...
Saloners, I recently blogged about a very interesting indie film called Four Eyed Monsters: http://blogs.electricsheepcompany.com/jerry/?p=292 . I also put out...
Hey everyone, Quick reminder we've got the next SL Future Salon coming up on Tuesday night at 6:00 PM PST with Justin Hall and Mark Barrett. The theme of the...
Hi everyone and greatings from Alaska, I recently joined SL and am working hard to educate myself. This may prove harder than my first undergraduate degree :) ...
Heya saloners, and a big welcome to Bill in Alaska!--Bill, if you haven't yet, join the SL Educators mailing list linked from http:// secondlife.com/education...
Hi all, A reminder that the next future salon has been rescheduled for Tuesday, October 24th. We'll be heading to Virtual Laguna Beach, built on the There.com...
*le sigh* Sorry about the second rescheduling, and apologies to the few who didn't hear about the first and came inworld last Thursday, but there will not be...
Hi saloners, While we try to wrangle everyone for the Virtual Laguna Beach field trip and podcast, there's an event taking place on the Laguna Beach sim in...
Hello everybody, In case you didn’t know, the Swedish think tank Eudoxa is holding a conference on Uvvy island this Friday, at 19 :00 GMT for the World ...
Hi all, While we're still waiting on a VLB field trip, I'd like to do a future salon on the future of alternate reality games (ARGs) and virtual worlds, like...
Jerry, I'd love to hear from anyone involved with Perplex City http://www.perplexcity.com/ - Mike ... -- Skype: mbuckbee_ssi YIM: michael_buckbee Cell:...
Thanks, Mike! Just sent an invite to Perplex City and will let you know the response (trying to set this up for Tuesdaay, November 28th). I'd like to get a...
... Tony, forgive me for not recalling the depth of your ARG ski11z! Welcome aboard. With your experience you've got to be one of the sharpest people in the...
Speaking of things ARG, a couple of months ago I got in touch with the creators of the 1/2 real (all real...ish?) virtual documentary Four Eyed Monsters...
Thanks for bringing me aboard. If you like, I will post a call-out on the IDGA's SIG mailing list for ARGs (enough acronyms?). There may be one or two people...
... BIOWLTHMATLMKIAOTWMGG (Bring it on! Would love to have more ARGers there. Let me know if any of them would make good guests.) Never enough acronyms! :) ...
H All Just wanted to say Hi and thanks for the approved invite - hope I can add something to your group - my passion ARG's and SL. Some background: I work for...
Hello I'm Kim - I work for the BBC, doing strategy and product development type things in the interactive drama and entertainment areas. I've just been working...
A big welcome to those who joined in the last week! And a big thanks for everyone who offered ideas or support to the salon on ARGs. I've been able to lock...
... Well, coming from the new media bit of an old media organisation; I'd be interested to hear the panel think about the ways that SL+ARGs might interact with...
A quick reminder that we're meeting at 4 PM PST on the 5th floor auditorium of Sheep Tower on Sheep Island. More info, background links, and direct SLURL at...
Apropos of nothing I'm just back from hearing Brian Eno and Steven Johnson talk at the ICA in London - ostensibly about Johnson's new book, the Ghost Map ...
Apropos of Kim's post: if you want to hear a cool discussion with Brian Eno and Will Wright you can checkout this discussion put on by the Long Now foundation....
Oooh, good idea Kim, and thanks for the link Mike. I'd been thinking about inviting Steven Johnson along with Ze Frank from http:// zefrank.com who among lots...