In late October the ThinkBalm Innovation Community held its third brainstorming session. Sixteen members of this vibrant tribe gathered to discuss a question one of the community members (Leslie Pagel, VP of Customer Experience at Walker Information) was wrestling with: “What can I do to get newbie professionals started with Second Life?” - Liz Dorland
Chatlogs are a great way of recording discussions within Second Life, but the raw text isn't always easy to read and get a sense of the 'conversation'. The purpose of this site is to try and add some 'structure' to chats, to try and visualise more clearly the jostling of text from one avie to another, all wrapped-up in pretty colours - colours that are based on either the profile image of an avie, or their key. This service is in Beta at the moment. Any questions, send an IM to Kisa Naumova - Liz Dorland
Since I first read it eighteen years ago, Walker Percy’s “The Loss of the Creature” has so occupied my spirit that I find my work circling back to it in ways that both surprise and instruct me. Case in point: I recently gave a presentation at the SUNY-Oswego “Celebration of Meaningful Learning,” sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (and ably led by the redoubtable economist John Kane). As I prepared my talk, I kept thinking about the ways in which Web 2.0 can restore the “title over being” Percy imagines in the essay I’ve quoted from. Not on its own, of course: Web 2.0 is that perfect learning environment that is only as good as one makes it. Yet there is a good, or many good things, into which Web 2.0 can be made, and which can be made by means of Web 2.0. By contrast, LMS’s like Blackboard make it difficult, at times even impossible, for the learner to leave any lasting imprint on the learning environment of his or her sovereign personhood. - Liz Dorland
Since I first read it eighteen years ago, Walker Percy’s “The Loss of the Creature” has so occupied my spirit that I find my work circling back to it in ways that both surprise and instruct me. Case in point: I recently gave a presentation at the SUNY-Oswego “Celebration of Meaningful Learning,” sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (and ably led by the redoubtable economist John Kane). As I prepared my talk, I kept thinking about the ways in which Web 2.0 can restore the “title over being” Percy imagines in the essay I’ve quoted from. Not on its own, of course: Web 2.0 is that perfect learning environment that is only as good as one makes it. Yet there is a good, or many good things, into which Web 2.0 can be made, and which can be made by means of Web 2.0. By contrast, LMS’s like Blackboard make it difficult, at times even impossible, for the learner to leave any lasting imprint on the learning environment of his or her sovereign personhood. - Liz Dorland
Eshi Otawara, virtual incarnation of Irena M. Morris is an inhabitant of Second Life and Open Life grids. She has 2 years of experience in the business of art of virtual existence. Eshi Otawara uses authentic Second Life Tools to create immersive virtual spaces, ranging from abstraction to avatar couture. Eshi Otawara's work is recognized in as well as outside of virtual realm. She is known for her collaborative project such as the one-of-a-kind voice sensitive virtual instrument 'Parsec', thought out by Dizzy Banjo (Bob Thomas, London UK), coded by Chase Marellan (Nicholas Chase, US), One Hour Sim Project - a set of eleven daily installations using the area of 256 virtual square meters and 3800 primitive objects formed into art installations of which Flower Tower II was the most successful by drawing in a crowd of nearly 3000 people within 24 hours. She is also the builder of 'Rouge' Sim and the 50 meter diametar 'Death of the Phoenix' dress. - Liz Dorland
SL anim creator v0.2.1 - Animated GIF89a to SL texture Creating a Second Life animated texture is now SIMPLE! Step 1. Select an animated GIF file from your hard drive using the "Browse" button below. Step 2. Enter how many frames per second you would like the animation to play at in SL. Step 3. Press "Process". - Liz Dorland
