It’s a Fake World After All…

Sometimes it pays to be snarky and mildly offending… at least I don’t have to change my blog title in light of “Fake World” makers Linden Lab’s new mandate reported by Tateru Nino of Massively regarding usuage of Second Life names and logos in conjunction with third party products and websites.

Flip/Tim and I have been [...]

So Long and Thanks for All the Prims

The metaverse is a buzz this afternoon as the news broke across Reuters that Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale is stepping down. Rosedale assume the role of Chairman of the Board, replacing Mitch Kapor. Kapor will still remain on the Linden Lab board.

The news has been reverberating across numerous Second Life related blogs and forums [...]

Reflections on Second Life through World of Warcraft

Every now and then I still get asked when I am taking a long term hiatus from Second Life? what I am doing? will I ever be back? why I left? and so on and so forth. The easy answer was that I just burnt out on Second Life and needed a break after having [...]

The Era of Music and New Media

Introduction

In my preparation to speak as a panelist at the Philadelphia Future Salon on the topic of music and new media I’ve actually had to formalize some of the pro’s and con’s of the subject matter. It has been an interesting experience to say the least. I have explored various methods of social networking [...]

Manic Mirrors @ The Barbary March 18th

In addition to my former ventures in virtual worlds, I also dabble in band management. Up until Decemeber, I was managing Trouble Everyday until they decided to call it quits. I now manage Manic Mirrors who rose from the ashes of the dissolution of Trouble Everyday. Things have mostly been quiet as the band [...]

Philadelphia Future Salon: Music in the Era of New Media

I am participating on a new media panel coming up in a week focusing on the topic of “Music in the Era of New Media”.

Here is the event information:

Being a musician in the modern era has offered a huge wealth of tools
and opportunities, however, this can also be overwhelming. The same
thing can be said for [...]