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Interviewing in SecondLife: Interviewing in SecondLifeVRWorkplaceI am an attorney, HR Consultant, former IT outsourcing executive and now a virtual worlds entrepreneur. I advise companies on using virtual worlds technology to bring people together as if in person, despite geography. Consider a term I coined, the "global hallway." We know that...; Tags: virtual world, avatar, SecondLife; Discussion threads 2008-02-11
Secondlife: A for proactive security: Secondlife: A for proactive securityDon't Rely on Spell Checkers[i]For now they suggest not running Quicktime [u]accept[/u] when visiting known areas within Secondlife.[/i]Perhaps you need to use a grammar check as well, or better yet, proofread what you write before you post it.You beat me to it.:); Tags: SecondLife, security; Discussion threads 2007-12-02
Secondlife: A+ for proactive security: Backgound: Secondlife is a way cool immersive virtual world with millions of subscribers created by Linden Lab. It is a bit beyond the flat 2-D worlds of Myspace and Facebook. It allows users to interact with 3-D avatars. You can purchase property, build on it and offer up videos. ...; Tags: Software, Security, Digg, Apple QuickTime, Bug, Site, Secondlife, Karma, Social Networking, Tools & Techniques, Digital Music, Digital Media, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2007-12-02
Second Life to open-source grid; will Google bite?: Second Life to open-source grid; will Google bite?Anything to put Secondlife in the right hand!Secondlife is a very good idea, but exploited by the wrong peopless. The client is extremly buggy, slow and un-efficient. LL should sell the whole idea to a competant company who can make it right.why 31...; Tags: Google Inc., open source, SecondLife, Second Life; Discussion threads 2007-04-18

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Google's secret project turns out to be Second Life: Google's secret project turns out to be Second LifeIt it's Second Life but with so much moreAs you said, Google's Lively is pretty much a version of Second Life but it'll be 10x more successful. It won't be based on features, but on Brand power. "Google's brand in itself, represents...; Tags: Google Inc., Second Life, secret project; Discussion threads 2008-07-10

Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?: Virtual world tipping point: Is there an enterprise use?"IBM has" not "IBM have"IBM is a single entity, therefore, please use singular verb usage. It should be "IBM has", not "IBM have". I see this grammatical mistake gaining momentum in a LOT of writing.RE: Virtual world tipping point: Is...; Tags: virtual world, enterprise use, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
Nortel Demos Virtual World Platform: Nortel demoed a virtual world prototype here in a Ottawa at a day long event. Dubbed Project Chainsaw, the virtual world is the first project to come out of Nortel new research effort that imposes a VC-like model for funding research. Like other virtual worlds, Project...; Tags: Collaboration, Nortel Networks Corp., Voice, World Platform, Project Chainsaw, Telecommunications, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-05-16
What works for the Brazilian doctor's office can work for your classroom: What works for the Brazilian doctor's office can work for your classroomNX / I just know itOne of these days, I am going to read here with interest an article about [url=http://www.nomachine.com]NoMachine NX[/url].I just know it. ;)HooDoo that VooDoo you do so wellYes, third world healthcare is exactly the...; Tags: Linux, Brazilian doctor, Brazilian; Discussion threads 2008-03-13
Solving the Virtual World Interoperability Problem: Despite the popularity of SecondLife, there are in fact several such services on the market today. Enabling interoperabilty between There, Entropia Universe, Moove, Habbo Hotel, and Kaneva could go along way towards promoting the Virtual World industry. IBM researcher Ian Hughes' excellent post poses the question of what that...; Tags: Interoperability, IM, Presence, Stage, Service Provider, Cooperation, Standards, Adolescent, VIRTUAL WORLDS ARE ADOLESCENTS Virtual World Service, Business Services, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-02-20
New Association Promotes Virtual Worlds and Business: Dave Elchoness has a vision – a hallway that will reach around the globe. Well, maybe not exactly that, but the former outsourcing executive from Qwest talks about the "global hallway", a virtual space where users can meet from around the globe. "We know that real work...; Tags: Software, Network, Avatar, Association, Dave Elchoness, Elchoness, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-02-15
News to know: Microsoft's Hyper-V and reorg; NetSuite; Cisco patches; MacBook Air diary: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Review: Microsoft's Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice Dana Gardner: Merger target suspect Citrix assembles virtualization products as Delivery Center Dan Kusnetzky: Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky? Former Microsoft...; Tags: Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., NetSuite Inc., Apple MacBook, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Social Networking, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Blog posts 2008-02-15
Join Me for Team Building in SecondLife: IBM Research has been working for some time on bringing the team building exercises to SecondLife. Instead of taking off a week now you and your team can take a few hours and gain the same benefits, at least IBM hopes. The project is still experimental, but I've managed to...; Tags: Team-building, IBM Corp., Team Management, Management, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-02-14
News to know: Vista SP1 hacks and 551 bugs; Apple patch; RIM outage: Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Vista SP1 rolls up 551 bug fixes. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: More information on the Vista SP1 activation hack. Gallery right. George Ou: Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' hole RIM notifies of 'critical' BlackBerry outage. Russell...; Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Outage, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Manufacturing, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Interviewing in SecondLife: Interesting article in the New York Times about companies moving job interviews into SecondLife. The whole virtual world industry has had a lot of folk scratching their heads saying "Gosh, that's cool. There must be a way to use it in business, but how?" Sort of what...; Tags: Job, World Industry, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-02-11
Data mining Digg: Here is a beautiful example of poking around inside an application to gather what otherwise would be proprietary data. John Graham-Cumming has hacked the social book marking application Digg to discover how many registered users they have. He noticed that inside the html code associated with each user was...; Tags: Security, Digg, Blog, Data Mining, Blockbuster Inc., Help Desk, Blogging, Call Centers, DVD, Consumer Electronics, It Operations, Internet, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2008-01-29
Social Software: It's Just a Game: At Lotusphere I had the opportunity to chat with a number of the researchers about the work they have going on in the area. Here are a few of the projects cooking and worth thinking about: • Wormhole bridges the virtual and Web worlds. Woody Huang showed how you...; Tags: Software, Team-building, Avatar, Team Management, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Dave Greenfield; Blog posts 2008-01-21
Smallworld: The coolest Flex application I've ever seen: Update: I have a better link with more info now. My night is blown. I just got an invite to SmallWorlds, a massive multiplayer game really world that was built entirely in Flex/Flash by the team at Outsmart. It's an immersive cartoon world filled with Web 2.0...; Tags: Web, YouTube Inc., Customization, Smallworld, Web 2.0, Games, Channel Management, Internet, Personal Technology, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-01-17
News to know: IE 8 anticipation; LiveJournal sold; Facebook's fumble: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Users clamoring again for an Internet Explorer 8 update. Ryan Naraine: IE vs Firefox: Microsoft crunches security numbers. Dan Farber: Facebook: The canary in the social networking coal mine. Techmeme. CA: Facebook's Misrepresentation of Beacon's Threat to Privacy:...; Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Office 2007, Facebook, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Six Apart Ltd., LiveJournal, One Laptop Per Child Project, Motorola Inc., Fuel Cells, Web Browsers, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2007-12-03
SecondLife Xchange (widget): Second Life is a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents. SL Exchange is the premier virtual commerce center featuring shopping, real estate listings, and currency exchanges. Use this search widget to find anything for sale in the Second Life metaverse. Additionally, it features a synchronized clock...; Tags: Second Life, Xchange Inc., Real Estate, Business Operations; Software downloads 2007-07-10
SecondLife Status (widget): SecondLife Status is a simple little widget that indicates whether or not the SecondLife grid is up or down. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Release, Status, SecondLife Status; Software downloads 2007-06-29