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Rod Humble (SL: Rodvik Linden) is Chief Executive Officer at Linden Lab, and he leads the company’s strategy and the development of Second Life. Humble’s 20-year career in the game development industry has included work on more than 200 games. He joined Linden Lab from Electronic Arts, where, in his role as Executive Vice President, he led the EA Play label, which includes the best-selling PC game franchise of all time, The Sims. In 2009, he was ranked #2 on the annual list of the Hot 100 Game...
Speakers: Ron T Blechner (SL: Hiro Pendragon), Bernhard Drax (SL: Draxtor Despres), Pixeleen Mistral, and Marianne McCann. Anonymous participation in social web, both 2-D and 3-D, has long been a point of debate. Recently avatar identity, especially used as pseudonyms in social media sites, has been a hot button issue with the rise of Google Plus and with ongoing enforcement on Facebook. How do we balance between security and protection from fraud or harassment, and keeping user privacy and le...
Edward Lowell gives a detailed session on setting up and trouble-shooting online shoutcast broadcasts including software, streams, upload rates, etc
Edward Lowell gives a detailed session on setting up and trouble-shooting online shoutcast broadcasts including software, streams, upload rates, etc
Panelists: ; Joyce Bettencourt (SL: Rhiannon Chatnoir), Henry Allen (SL: Jaywick Forcella), Kathey Fateca (SL: Katydid Something), Katherine Mancuso (SL: Muse Carmona), Janyth Ussery (SL: Saxet Uralia)Panel Originally took place at SLCC10, Sunday, August 15, 2:30 to 3:30pmCan a virtual world manifest real life good? Virtual worlds like Second Life can be vibrant hubs of social based community but they can also be utilized as a place to carry out social good projects. This presentation will be ...
SLCC10 - Education & Research Track - VWER @ SLCC. Moderators: AJ Kelton (SL: AJ Brooks) and Ann Steckel (SL: Olivia Hotshot) - Special Guest Philip Linden
SLCC10 - Education & Research Track - Accessible Education in Second Life. Dr. Robert Vernon (SL: Gabrielli Rossini), Alice Krueger (SL: Gentle Heron), and Eme Capalini
SLCC10 - Education & Research Track - Virtual Learning System for Virtual World Education. Janyth Ussery (SL: JanythKU Techsan) and Chris Gibson (SL: ChrisG Techsan)
SLCC10 - Education & Research Track - An Innovative Context for Teaching Counseling & Interviewing Skills in Second Life. Presenter: Cindy Tandy (SL: Eve Maven)
SLCC10 - Education & Research Track - Teaching Teens in Second Life: No Avatar Left Behind. Peggy Sheehy (SL: Maggie Marat)