Charlanna
Beresford’s weekly round-up of upcoming SL events…
Lanna and Nokia panel host Hydra Shaftoe
At noon on Friday, June 20, Nokia is sponsoring the latest installment of its popular Virtual Worlds Business Panel. Hydra Shaftoe hosts an all-star line-up of panelists: Digistar Brouwer, Marc Montague , Cybergrrl Oh, Beyers Sellers, Starr Sonic, Dirk Talamasca, and Bevan Whitfield. Come for what is sure to be a lively and engaging conversation as they share their varied perspectives on how businesses operate within Second Life. This informal, moderated panel discussion will include direct audience Q&A; here's your chance to get questions answered by some of the more interesting people in the business. This is a great opportunity to learn the down-and-dirty on how business really operates within the metaverse. In Nokia (click here to teleport)
(All times in SLT,
"Second Life Time"-- i.e., Pacific Standard)
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Thursday, June 19
10 AM – What’s
All the Fuss About Sustainability?
Come join this interactive and thought provoking
discussion on sustainability. While sustainability
seems to be the buzzword of the day, what is it and why might it be important? In Etopia Island (click here to
teleport).
Eva Moon
skewers romance, sex, high tech and pop culture with smart, funny original
songs. She offers a fun blend of Jazz,
Cabaret & Comedy. In Woodstock (click here to teleport).
6 PM – Improv:
Just Another Dear John Letter
This improv show asks: What happens when you get stalker
in Second Life? That's what happened when
Emma fell in love with John. Too bad he
didn't feel the same way. Because this
is improv, who knows what will happen? In FlyinTails Airfield USF (click
here to teleport).
This basic class teaches about the foundational bones of
scripting including floating text, detection, and what computers most often complain
about. In Spirit City (click here to
teleport).
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Friday, June 20
Doesn’t the title say it all? Come win prizes for answering trivia
questions and being among the top scores for bull riders. In McCoy Island (click here to
teleport).
The
Professor plays an eclectic mix of originals and covers that range from
folk rock to contemporary. In Gyeonu (click here to teleport).
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Saturday, June 21
1 PM – Charlie
Stross at Sophrosyne’s Saturday Salon
Sophrosyne's Salon welcomes award-winning science fiction
author Charles Stross. Charlie will discuss cutting-edge
technologies, his Hugo-Award finalist novel Halting
State, the Singluarity in fiction, about virtual worlds and augmented
reality, and his new novel Saturn's
Children. Courtesy of Delos
Books, and co-hosted by Delos' Eliver Delphin. In Extropia Core (click here to
teleport).
5 PM – Zanphoria: Draped
in Diamonds
This formal gala offers the chance to dance and have fun while
enjoying the unveiling of the Art in
Fashion exhibit which will uniquely display the artistic fashion creations
of Livinglight Yiyuan. In Aloha Reef (click here to teleport).
Sunday, June 22
10 AM – Meet
the artists: The Real Me
Come meet the artists behind this intriguing gallery show. Thirteen artists were presented with the same
challenge: Create a self-portrait using
the materials and forces unique to Second Life. The responses range from the simple to the complex;
from one prim to 109 prims; from multiply-scripted to no scripts at all; from
using a manipulated a picture to using completely abstract forms. In Nomanisan Peninsula (click here to
teleport).
1 PM – Metaverse Republic’s
Midsummer Night’s Dream Fancy Dress Party
This ball
supports Metaverse Republic
which is striving to create working legal system for Second Life.
In Dashton (click here to teleport).
8 PM – Second
Life Cheerleading Squad Practice
Ever wanted to be a cheerleader? The Second Life Cheerleading Squad hosts an
open group practice every Sunday. In
Girotte (click here to
teleport).
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Monday, June 23
11 AM – Metanomics
– Engaging Virtual Communities
Metanomics kicks off
its second season by featuring USC/Macarthur Foundation's Second Life and the
Public Good Community Challenge, with guests Douglas Thomas (Doctor Ludovico in
SL) Associate Professor, USC School of Communication, and Rik Panganiban (Rik
Riel in SL) from Global Kids. In Muse Isle (click here to
teleport).
12 PM – Garden of
NPIRL Delights Closing Party
This is your last chance to see the Garden of NPIRL
Delights before it is gone for good. This wrap up party features dress inspired by Bosch (Fig Leaves!) and
music and dancing with DJ Nephie Eerie. In
Rezzable Design (click here to
teleport).
Models Abbie Reinard and Keely Lefavre started Garments of Hope fashion shows
and auctions to raise funds for AIDS orphans. Wander through the midnight
garden viewing models wearing fabulous one of a kind designs. Viewing is followed by an auction with the
proceeds to be hand delivered to the orphanage by Abbie during her July trip to
Kenya. In Best of Italian (click here to
teleport).
Tuesday, June 24
The technology of virtual worlds is opening up a new
universe of possibilities in promoting and teaching a love of history. The Stepping into History conference is your chance to learn about,
and experience for yourself, the power of virtual worlds at the service of
history. There is a 45$ US registration
fee for this conference. You must register here to get
conference information and SLurls. This
conference is a repeat of an earlier and extremely sold-out event on June 10.
Cisco Live in Second Life kicks off with a live Q&A
featuring John Chambers, Cisco CEO. Come out early to get a seat to ask John
Chambers your questions on collaboration. You can submit questions for Chambers
now and during the event to Dannette CiscoSystems. In Cisco Systems 4 (click here to
teleport)
Close to 90% who try Second Life of people quit forever after
the first hour. Reasons range from sheer
boredom to frustration with the interface. Are these legimimate reasons, or should we
entertain the possibility that SL is effectively filtering out residents who
lack imagination and motivation? In
Support for Healing (click here to
teleport)
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Wednesday, June 25
Rock out with the Virtual
Live Band and support Relay for Life. This band is made up of four members from three different countries and
four different locations; they synchronize and stream their music into Second
Life. In Cannery Rezzable (click here to
teleport)
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Register for BlogHer ’08
in SL
BlogHer - one of the most influential
communities by, for, about and of women who blog - presents the second annual BlogHer conference
in Second Life. You
must register to gain full access to the BlogHer in Second Life '08
activities, including live-streaming of BlogHer '08
general sessions, Second Life-exclusive programming, Second Life mixers and
parties and the BlogHer in Second Life exhibitor area. Thanks to Vint Falken for
event information.
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on Eventful.com to stay up to date on what's happening in SL-- info on
submitting event notices below.
SUBMITTING EVENTS FOR COVERAGE IN New World Notes
Every Thursday morning, NWN highlights events for the upcoming weekend into next Wednesday. If you'd like an event to be considered, send the description and event link to Charlanna Beresford via IM or e-mail her at [email protected]. You can also contact Lanna through her Facebook profile, where she's listed as "Charlanna Beresford".
Main guidelines:
1 - Events for the coming week must be received by
Tuesday Noon SLT.
2 - Include all the relevant info-- day, time, and especially the SLURL to the event location.
3 - Please send related graphics such as screenshots or photo of the event site, if available.
4 - Events with artistic, cultural, scientific, political, creative, and/or educational value preferred.
5 - Events sponsored or promoted by real world corporations are welcome, as long they serve and entertain the Second Life community, and/or foster Resident-made content (live music, builds, scripting, fashion, games, etc.) Events that merely promote the company or organization's Second Life presence are not generally appropriate; you may instead consider advertising your event or service on New World Notes.
6 - Mature-rated events are permissible, but listing descriptions should be PG-13. Political and religious events are encouraged, though those of an extreme or non-inclusive variety are rarely included.
7 - Bonus consideration given to game-related or machinima events, and for events with "I've never seen that in SL before" value.
Why does the 1st link to nokia point to
http://npirl.blogspot.com ?
Posted by: Digistar | Friday, June 20, 2008 at 07:41 AM
Thanks for pointing that out, Digistar. It was an error on my part and has been fixed.
Posted by: Lanna | Friday, June 20, 2008 at 08:38 AM
thanks Lanna!
Posted by: Digistar | Friday, June 20, 2008 at 01:43 PM