Second Life Future Salon

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09/02/06--16:10: Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes to the SL Future Salon (chan 2234771)

Hi everybody, As you've seen, things have been quiet with the Second Life Future Salon for a couple of months. I'm working on changing that. Please never mind the site holes as we update. The situation is pretty classic, though...


09/15/06--18:01: Next SL Future Salon Tuesday, September 26th with Justin Hall and Mark Barrett (chan 2234771)

The Second Life Future Salon continues on Tuesday, September 26th at 6 PM PST with Justin Hall and Mark Barrett. We'll be talking on Skype and streaming live into the Sheep Tower 5th floor conference room [<--SLURL] on Sheep Island....


09/24/06--21:40: Read-Ahead for Tuesday's SL Future Salon (chan 2234771)

This Tuesday at 6 PM PST the Second Life Future Salon will meet with Justin Hall and Mark Barrett on the 5th floor auditorium of Sheep Tower on Sheep Island [<--SLURL, click to launch Second Life]. More details here. The...


10/22/06--15:42: Change Is Afoot! (chan 2234771)

The SL Future Salon now has its own podcast channel on MetaverseSessions.com compliments of John Swords AKA Johnny Ming. Our first podcast on the network--a conversation about transparency and lifelogging with Justin Hall and Mark Barrett--is up for listening. Some...


10/24/06--08:29: Virtual Laguna Beach Field Trip Rescheduled Again (chan 2234771)

Ack, sorry to have to reschedule on such short notice and for a second time, but we're going to have to postpone the field trip to Virtual Laguna Beach for another week. I'd planned for guests from MTV, There.com, and...


11/20/06--11:29: SL Future Salon on Alternate Reality Games, Monday, November 27th at 4 PM PST (chan 2234771)

Update: More posted here. The SL Future Salon on ARGs will meet in the 5th floor auditorium of Sheep Tower (<--SLURL) at 4 PM PST, Monday, November 27th (if all goes well the tower will be talking to us ;))....


11/27/06--06:58: SL Future Salon on ARGs *Tonight* Friday, Nov. 27th at 4 PM PST (chan 2234771)

Aaaaaaaarg, it's the future salon on ARGs. Theater with your software and stories gone wild: Come to the 5th floor auditorium of Sheep Tower on Sheep island (<--SLURL) at 4 PM PST *tonight* 11/27 for the Second Life Future Salon...


01/03/07--10:58: Stanley Milgram experiment comes to a Virtual World (chan 2234771)

The electric-shock obedience experiment sent Stanley Milgram into infamy. It also was the catalyst for American Psychological Association to adopt ethical considerations when performing psychological experiments on people. Plus One reports that a group in London re-ran the same experiment...


09/28/07--16:01: ACS Office News (chan 2234771)

I wanted to make a few announcements here about the ACS Second Life Office. We have decided to add a few volunteer positions to help us manage all of the activity that is going on. I am very pleased to...


12/05/07--08:39: Virtual Worlds play a part in Knowledge workspace (chan 2234771)

As reported on Community Mobilization, a recent Forester Research report states that virtual worlds and spaces a re a key component of the knowledge workspace. The report identifies several Web 2.0 technologies that companies should adopt for stronger information connections:...