Links for February 26th 2009 through March 6th 2009: Australians spend much more time online | Australian IT - “The Nielsen Online Internet and Technology Report surveyed more than 2000 Australians and found the average Aussie spent 89.2 hours a week consuming media last year or almost 80 per ...

Filed under: Computers One day, someone will teach a college class on the sociological implications of 'Second Life.' In a place that so perfectly, yet whimsically, mirrors the real world, there are bound to be things that peak the interest of anyone with even a passing curiosity in human nature. On...

Links for December 9th 2008: Australia’s census going CC BY [Creative Commons] - “In a small, easy to miss post, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has made a very exciting announcement. They’re going CC - and under an Attribution-only license, no less. From the ABS website… T...

I have been looking at ways of making virtual meetings easier, more effective and fun. As part of that I have looked again at secondlife, and one of my new correspondents pointed me at "The future is virtually here". This, despite being published last August, and while containing two fun s...

  VentureBeat reports that VCs backed some 23 virtual worlds to the tune of $184 million during the fourth quarter, suggesing that even during hard times, consumers -- and investors continue to gravitate toward fun and games and what many regard as frivolity. There are a couple of ways to ...

I’m making steady progress in building my ideal learning space in Second Life. Konrad and Jo have been wonderful in teaching me building skills, and very patient with my insistence to use real life proportions and limitations. Although it has been 2 weeks, I have only been able to give 5 hours...

Filed under: Pre-teen, Teenager, Internet, Games, Marketing to kids Considering the fact that Dairy Queen has been around for over 60 years and is one of the largest fast food chains in the world, one wonders why it took them so long to jump on the virtual world bandwagon. But now they have jumped a...

We're going to be semi-liveblogging the hearing as I can take breaks.  9:39am: Chairman Markey describes this as one of the most "fascinating hearing we've ever had." In fact, they are simulcasting this hearing in Second Life. Chairman Markey's avatar looks like it's been working out, apparently. ...

No sooner than Konrad Glogowski has finished his PHD (that I’m really looking forward to getting a copy of) and his into another really interesting project, and I’m thrilled to be a part of it! Jo Kay has provided a space for the Virtual Classroom Project on Jokaydia in Second Life, and ...

Word on the street has it that the Sun Pavilion in Second Life is going to see some really neat changes in the near term.  If you ask me, it's knock-your-socks-off cool already. I just can't wait to see what's coming next. So just a little head's up for you there. You can drop in on Sun Microsy...