Category: Virtual Communities
By neville on Nov 17, 2007 in Communication, Hardware, Software, Technology, Virtual Communities | 1 Comment
Does Second Life now officially support Windows Vista?
According to the Second Life wiki, the answer is no.
The wiki page in question, last updated on October 2, still says Vista is not supported:
[...] Officially at this time (2007-08-27), not yet [...]
Second Life actually works fine running on Vista. That’s my experience, and that of many [...]
By neville on Sep 6, 2007 in Business, Communication, Public Relations, Social Networks, Virtual Communities, Web | 5 Comments
With social networks like Facebook and MySpace in the news a great deal, I find it interesting to get a sense of the depth of behind-the-scenes business planning going on and the role of PR in that planning.
According to BrandRepublic:
Facebook hunts UK agencyA dozen UK PR agencies have been approached by Facebook as it sets [...]
By neville on Sep 5, 2007 in Business, Experimenting, Innovation, Virtual Communities, Web | 2 Comments
Yesterday I signed up for a credit card that I could use in Second Life. Today the approval came, so watch out virtual shops!
The credit card comes from First Meta, a financial services firm based in Singapore, that has just launched the MetaCard.
Three types of card, in fact, as the image above indicates. I [...]
By neville on Aug 31, 2007 in Events, Personal Development, Podcasting, Professional Development, Social Media, Social Networks, Virtual Communities, Web | 3 Comments
Just taken a flying visit (literally) to the venue in Second Life where you can visit PodCamp UK this weekend.
Make a note - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Booville%202/67/171/29
About 120 people now signed up to be at the event in the real world, at the NTI in Birmingham.
I’ll be there from about lunchtime on Saturday.
See you there, RW or SL!
[Technorati: podcampuk]
By neville on Aug 27, 2007 in Business, Virtual Communities, Web | 3 Comments
Since earlier this year, my home in Second Life has been this rented office at Limitless Worlds.
That’s about to change imminently as I received notification late last week that Limitless Worlds has been sold and the Limitless group is being disbanded. Everyone has to vacate by August 31!
It’s a shame as Limitless Worlds has been [...]
By neville on Aug 23, 2007 in Advertising, Business, Communication, Experimenting, Innovation, Investor Relations, Marketing, Social Media, Virtual Communities, Web | 2 Comments
So businesses don’t think Second Life is worth investing their time and money in?
Tell that to Dentsu and the financial community in Japan.
The Japanese advertising firm is launching ‘Virtual Tokyo,’ a virtual megalopolis that will open its doors tomorrow August 24 in Second Life.
A report in the Financial Times says Dentsu is hoping to glean [...]
By neville on Aug 13, 2007 in Business, Experimenting, Marketing, Public Relations, Technology, Virtual Communities, Web | 23 Comments
It seems that you can’t pick up a magazine or newspaper these days without seeing lengthy articles that focus on the negative side of Second Life.
The latest comes from Time magazine in a feature last week.
Reality is catching up with Second Life, says the magazine in its article entitled Second Life’s Real-World Problems.
Like others [...]
By neville on Jul 28, 2007 in Business, Communication, Public Relations, RSS, Social Media, Social Networks, Technology, Television, Virtual Communities, Web | 0 Comments
One of the great things about RSS readers, and FeedDemon in particular, is how they enable you to see what’s going on in your areas of interest easily and quickly.
So in the space of 20 minutes or so this morning, I’ve got up to speed in most of the business, communication and technology areas that [...]
By neville on Jul 22, 2007 in Journalism, Mainstream Media, Society, Technology, Virtual Communities | 25 Comments
The July 30 edition of Newsweek magazine has a pretty good series of features about Second Life.
Unlike an impression I get from reading some other mainstream media reporting on Second Life recently, it’s clear that reporter Jessica Bennett has spent a bit of time in the virtual world and so is able to report on [...]
By neville on Jul 17, 2007 in Business, Communication, Marketing, Public Relations, Social Networks, Technology, Virtual Communities, Weblogs | 9 Comments
Logging in to Second Life this morning, I received an interesting note from Dell:
We plan to offer customer service and tech support assistance in-world soon - initially for 10 hrs/week while we gauge demand. This proposal is to set those hours as M-F, 5-6am and 12-1pm SLT or M,W,F 5-7am SLT & T, Th, 11am-1pm [...]
