I like Mark Colvin's style of journalism a lot - PM is arguably one of Australia's best sources of current affairs to be found, and its ongoing success is at least partly due to its host. He also happens to be pretty tech savvy and is one of Australia's more engaging people on Twitter. Today, PM looked in depth at Second Life and virtual worlds more broadly. Specifically, … [Read more...] about Mark Colvin starts to get Second Life
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Pool: the ideal Second Life tie-in opportunity for the ABC
I received a press release from the ABC's Radio National, who have launched collaborative content creation site called Pool. It's a joint initiative between RMIT University, University of Technology Sydney and the University of Wollongong and runs on the open source content management system Drupal. The call is on for people to contribute their words, pictures, sounds or … [Read more...] about Pool: the ideal Second Life tie-in opportunity for the ABC
Peter Rowsthorn gets virtual
Last Friday night, ABC show Can We Help covered the topic of virtual worlds, with host Peter Rowsthorn being shown around Second Life by the RMIT's Lisa Dethridge. Watch it in full here: SLUploaded by Wolfie_Storr Thanks to Wolfie Rankin for the heads-up! … [Read more...] about Peter Rowsthorn gets virtual
A year ago on The Metaverse Journal
We provided a blow-by-blow account of the Four Corners episode on Second Life and the in-world Q&A with Four Corners reporter Ticky Fullerton. … [Read more...] about A year ago on The Metaverse Journal
Australian business interest growing in Second Life?
In the next two weeks I'm involved in two separate events that have the same purpose - to raise awareness of the opportunities that Second Life presents. The first has a corporate focus and the panel discussion involves key people from Telstra, REA and the ABC involved in their respective Second Life presences. The second one is also business orientated with a communications … [Read more...] about Australian business interest growing in Second Life?