Lee Hopkins is one of Australia's more high profile Second Life residents who makes a living talking and consulting on social media and business communication strategy. On top of that, Lee's immersed in completing a PhD with a virtual world focus, so I took the opportunity to nail Lee down for an interview. Lowell: Lee, you're best known for your consultancy work in regard … [Read more...] about Interview – Lee Hopkins, Business Communicator and PhD Student (Part 1)
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Interview – Nathan Organ (AUGrid)
Back in February this year we interviewed Steve Sima, founder of the Openlife grid. Since then another Australian has set up a grid based on the Open Simulator architecture. This one is called AUGrid and has been set up by Norgan Torok (RL: Nathan Organ) and we caught up with him for an interview this week. Lowell: Can you tell me a little about your background and how you … [Read more...] about Interview – Nathan Organ (AUGrid)
Interview – David Rolston, Forterra CEO
Forterra Inc is a private virtual world provider with a focus on health care, education and homeland security / disaster preparedness. One of their press releases a few weeks back caught my eye - Forterra has been awarded a Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP) by the US Army for medical training simulations of combat scenarios. So I thought I'd have a chat with Forterra's CEO … [Read more...] about Interview – David Rolston, Forterra CEO
Interview – Skribe Forti
Skribe Forti is an Australian Second Life resident who's got an established track record in machinima that we've covered previously. Last week we finally caught up with Skribe to talk a little more about the power of machinima. Lowell: Can you give a potted history of your involvement with Second Life and more broadly your historical online life? Skribe: I've been in SL … [Read more...] about Interview – Skribe Forti
V2: Synner Prinz and Bill Hayabusa
As promised a few weeks back, we're pleased to start a new feature called V2 (virtual two), where two avatars describe their relationship in their own words. The inaugural edition features Australia-based Synner Prinz and US-based Bill Hayabusa: Synner Prinz It's with pleasure I share my journey thru Secondlife with my love.... I'd only been on Second Life a few weeks … [Read more...] about V2: Synner Prinz and Bill Hayabusa