February 25th, 2009 | by admin | published in Second Life News
Proposals for presentations for the 2009 NMC Symposium on New Media and Learning, a special 2-day live online event to be held March 24-26, 2009, are being solicited through March 9, 2009.
January 21st, 2009 | by admin | 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,” […]
December 23rd, 2008 | by admin | 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 […]
December 10th, 2008 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life
Editorial By Feldpar Epstein It’s rare to hear about real life business success stories in Second Life. The big ticket names – Pontiac, Adidas, Reebok, AOL, BMW, Aloft – seem to come – and then go. More to the point, they rush in with a big, splashy musical number and then take one […]
November 25th, 2008 | by admin | published in Real Life in Second Life, SL Entrepreneur Magazine
By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Investing in an airline has always been a risky option. In fact, many speculators view investing in airlines as an expensive “hobby” – something one does for fun but doesn’t expect to be paid from it. Competition between carriers is fierce, and even more so in airspace-deregulated Europe. Low margins […]
November 25th, 2008 | by admin | published in SLENTRE.COM Magazine Feature Articles
by Sigmund Leominster, News Editor The Second Life™ virtual world is, as we know, one of a number of online environments available to consumers. And it would not be unfair to characterize press coverage in general as tending toward an emphasis on the prurient and scandalous. The recent case of real life couple David and […]
November 5th, 2008 | by admin | published in Second Life News
Join Working Worlds Thursday, November 27, for the third GAX Technologies recruiting job fair event. Working Worlds will feature some of the biggest employers in Europe and these employers will be interviewing candidates in their virtual offices. GAX Technologies has made its mark in Second Life with their hugely successful in-world Career Fairs. The Working […]