One Australian Second Life resident I've met in recent months is Simon Kline. Simon is a very active resident and his approach is one that has made an impact on quite a few others. Essentially, Simon loves creating things for the benefit of the wider SL community. He's created a great notecard of Australian locations in SL that you may have seen and he's a regular attendee at … [Read more...] about Simon’s community approach
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Interview – Tateru Nino
Tateru Nino is arguably the best known Australian SL resident. Over the past year I've run into Tateru in-world regularly at events and we've shared anecdotes and information here and there. What has made an impression over that time is Tateru's commitment to what she does and how well she does it. I finally got around to asking her for an interview and as always she gave … [Read more...] about Interview – Tateru Nino
Interview – Lord Coalcliff (Peter Holroyd)
Lowell Cremorne: How did you first get into SL? Lord Coalcliff: Well I have always been interested in virtual worlds since the late 80s, and so I am always on the lookout for the latest. In early 2006 I noticed Second Life getting a good review on a website, so I went to the site and liked what I found. The graphics were like no other online community I had ever seen, and the … [Read more...] about Interview – Lord Coalcliff (Peter Holroyd)
Interview – Wolfie Rankin on Furries
Recently I was chatting to well known aussie SL resident Wolfie Rankin and we discussed the idea of covering what it means to be a furry. I posed a bunch of questions to Wolfie, and his responses are below: Lowell Cremorne: What's the history of furries? Wolfie Rankin: It's difficult to say when the genre began, some have said that it reaches back to the 1960s. Some say … [Read more...] about Interview – Wolfie Rankin on Furries
Interview – Kim Pasternak (Kim Flintoff)
Kim Pasternak is one of Australia's passionate education users of Second Life and runs the AusSLERs site. We caught up via email to discuss education and more. Lowell Cremorne:Tell us a little about your educational background Kim Pasternak: OK. I started out with the sciences, Chemistry especially, when I first left school and for a variety of reasons found my way into … [Read more...] about Interview – Kim Pasternak (Kim Flintoff)