Second Life Traffic Report: May’s Prom Season Hits SL with Dancing and Formal Wear

May 6th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Traffic Report

Compiled by Avarie Parker This month, a new club has blasted it’s way on the charts taking over the coveted #1 position. Phat Cats Jazz Club, fashioned after the perenially popular Frank’s Place, requires avatars to sport formal wear on the dance floor. The club is packed at all hours with couples and lone avatars […]

Second Life Traffic Report: Wilder Islands and Isle of Lesbos Prove Islands Rule SL in March

March 4th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Traffic Report

Compiled by Avarie Parker This month we have a new #1 – AGAIN. The sandy shores of Wilder Islands are drawing record crowds as the real world is still shaking off the cold of the winter holidays. Residents are choosing to bypass crowded dance clubs for the instant gratification of a romp in the sand. […]

Adobe in Second Life: Moderne Interactive Builds Immersive Learning Center for Adobe

March 4th, 2009  |  by  |  published in SL Entrepreneur Magazine, SLENTRE.COM Magazine Feature Articles

by Richard Hackathorn and Emmett Burnett One of the commercial applications for Second Life is immersive learning. And this is not only for universities and colleges. High-tech firms like Adobe Systems and Microsoft are using SL as a unique learning environment. (Richard Hackathorn, aka Hack Richard in SL, stands at the entrance of the Adobe […]

SL Entrepreneur Profiles: Syd Chase And The Future Of Real Estate

February 25th, 2009  |  by  |  published in SL Entrepreneur Profiles

by Vissarion Obolensky Syd Chase is getting attention. The former Army Combat Engineer instructor and Washington D.C. undercover private detective became an entrepreneur in the 90s, signed up again after 9/11, then returned yet again to business, rapidly becoming an independently wealthy international financial advisor and mentor. Now CEO of the Syd Chase Group at […]

Twestival: Twitter and Second Life Together Make A Difference

February 18th, 2009  |  by  |  published in SL Entrepreneur Magazine, SLENTRE.COM Magazine Feature Articles

By Emmett Burnett Five times a day, 15-year-old Jean-Bosco Shy walks a Rwandan jungle trail in search of water. Carrying a jug on his head and thirst in his soul, he reaches his destination; a pool of murky goo villagers call “drinking water.” Jean-Bosco is lucky because, in the next 24 hours, over four thousand […]

Second Life Traffic Report: Fashion Forces It’s Way Up The Charts

February 4th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Traffic Report, SL Entrepreneur Magazine

Compiled by Avarie Parker There are some big changes in this months Traffic Report. Fashion has emerged as a force and Frank’s Place has fallen to position #2 on our charts. And for the first time in the history of the SLENTRE.COM Traffic Report, we have a new #1 – The 6th Element. The recently […]

Cybercrime and Fantasy Crime: The Law in Virtual Worlds

January 28th, 2009  |  by  |  published in SLENTRE.COM Magazine Feature Articles

By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Professor Susan Brenner is the NCR Distinguished Professor of Law and Technology at University of Dayton School of Law in Ohio. She is a member of the American Bar Association’s International Cybercrime Project, a member of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Forensic Science Technology Center Digital Evidence Project, and […]

Second Life’s NOAA Weather Island: “A Cool Place To Experience A Tsunami Without Being Killed”

January 21st, 2009  |  by  |  published in SL Entrepreneur Magazine, SLENTRE.COM Magazine Feature Articles

By CompE Lockwood, aka Emmett Burnett “You’ve got to try the “Tsunami thingy,” an excited Linn said, explaining the virtual killer wave. “It is amazing.” Perhaps “thingy” isn’t the first descriptive noun the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration wanted to use when referring to an attraction on their weather island. But they gladly accept “amazing,” […]

Second Life Traffic Report: New ‘Worst of the Best’ is DarkLife on Navora

January 7th, 2009  |  by  |  published in Second Life Traffic Report, SL Entrepreneur Magazine

Compiled by Avarie Parker 2009 brings a new feature to the SLENTRE.COM traffic report – ‘Worst of the Best’! Every month we will feature the sim positioned at the BOTTOM of our list of the top 500 locations in Second Life. Along with the 10 most popular destinations, we will spotlight what hopes to be […]

SLENTRE.COM Reader Profile: SLENTRE.COM $10K Giveaway Winner Is…Hack Richard

December 23rd, 2008  |  by  |  published in SL Entrepreneur Profiles

by Avarie Parker Second Life resident Hack Richard gave a big smile and words of thanks as he accepted his $10,000 Linden prize Saturday at the 2008 SLentrepreneur of the Year Award Ceremony. His real life identity is Richard Hackathorn and he lives in Boulder, Colorado USA. His name was chosen randomly from the list […]