KerryJ’s Neotenous Tech

Al Upton has been asked to take down his blog for his grade 3 kiddos and has complied. He obtained permissions slips from parents and has violated no laws.
The concerns stemmed from one parent’s concern regarding the fact his child’s photo was on the internet (despite the fact that permission slips were issued) and the [...]

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Originally uploaded by kerryank
In the newest Second Life client, you can display a web page on an object
on your land set as a media screen and with one simple setting anyone who
clicks on the screen gets a link directly to the web site and gets an
interactive version in a popup window.
I love you Torley Linden! [...]

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On 29 February 2004, I hadn’t heard of Second Life, had dimly heard of machinima, would have thought a mashup involved potatoes and turned my nose up at computer games. Flicker was what candles did.
On 29 February 2008, I was dancing, laughing and talking in Second Life on the island of jokaydia (SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/jokaydia/100/150/23/ ) [...]

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Event planning in Second Life shares some of the challenges of real world events - invitations, timing, venues, keeping guests amused and interested - yet due to time differences, lag, full spaces and new interfaces — it has its own unique set of challenges.
Communication becomes vital to Second Life events and while technical issues and [...]

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