3 years in Second Life – Autovatar Biography time!

Today is my 3rd anniversary rez day in Second Life and time to reflect on everything that has happened in that time. Of course I have been online as epredator for a lot longer than just the Second Life existence but the past years have been the most formative of my career. Much of the anecdotes and [...]

Ace Conference Keynote

My keynote to the ACE conference in Derry seemed to go down very well. I have just uploaded a version to slideshare, though it will be available soon as a recorded webcast so you can hear the words that go with the pictures.

The base is that we have set ways of doing things, the cave painting [...]

Space as a memory aid

Many people instantly ask of any virtual world, can I get my powerpoint presentation in there. All of us in Second Life and other worlds know full well its not that hard. Of course people also assume that they only need one screen and that the physical restrictions of one screen one projector one slide need [...]

Friendly landlord seeks friendly tenants

Very often in Second Life the renting of land is based around trust of the Landlord. The land controls and ownership of sim’s requires that tenants know the landlord will work in an honourable fashion. Of course these works two ways, especially when a high degree of access is available and control available for the tenant.

I [...]

Learning in Virtual Worlds

Another fellow ex-IBMer Tony O’Driscoll has put together a description of all the people and ideas that are going to be covered in the up and coming 3DTLC conference in Washington DC.

Clearly learning training and collaboration are key applications of virtual worlds and the surrounding technology. Not the only ones of course, but the sort of [...]

Rezzing on a stage near you

Feeding Edge is going on tour, fresh from the most enjoyable Metanomics interview in Second Life I am taking my brand of futurology, enthusiasm and technology geekness to Northern Ireland. I have been invited to Awaken Creative Entrepreneurship (ACE) 25th March – 27th March in Derry.

 

The conference website  and the eventbrite entry has many more details.

My [...]

Rednosin, Chinposin for Comic Relief

The rednosin twitter account made me aware of the excellent addition to the comic relief donation options. That of buying a digital rednose picture. Whilst many of us can bolt a red nose onto a picture that is not the point. The ability donate and join in with the excellent charity that is Comic relief is [...]

Worth paying attention to these books

I have written about some of these things elsewhere but as this is turning over a new digital leaf I thought it worth mentioning some key things that I think are worth paying attention to when you are trying to persuade people of the benefits of the current wave of emerging technology.

Seth Godin’s book Tribes which for me [...]

Live on Metanomics, a first interview for Feeding Edge

The first in the title is done with a hint of irony at all the firsts we used to hear about and claim in virtual worlds over the last few years. However I am delighted to have been asked to appear on Metanomics this coming monday representing Feeding Edge and myself. It is the first interview [...]