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The Long Now Foundation Brings 77 Million Paintings to Second Life

Cyrus Huffhines of blueair.tv interviewed Long Now Executive Director Alexander Rose,Wednesday, bringing yet another dimension to the global creative context of Second Life. Alexander Rose, is deep into the production of the new Eno piece, 77 Million Paintings, in San Francisco. Also, he is known for pioneering Rosetta and Long Server, the Long Now 10,000 […]

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Uthango Social Investments Leads the Way to Virtual Africa

Today, I had what felt to me like a ground breaking meeting with Alanagh Recreant on Second Life (a.k.a. Dorette Steenkamp in Real Life). Dorette Steenkamp is Executive Director of Uthango Social Investments, Cape Town, South Africa. Uthango is the first African-based NGO with a presence in Second Life. You can visit Uthango’s newly established […]

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Pres. of MacArthur Foundation on Philanthropy in Second Life and Reviews from TED Global 2007

Jonathan Fanton, President of the MacArthur Foundation, and Philip Rosedale, CEO of Linden Lab, appeared in Second Life to talk about the future role of philanthropy in virtual worlds (also see Jonathan Fanton’s post.) The tireless crew of USC Center On Public Diplomacy (see my previous post for more on Anna Annenberg and Sitearm Madonna) […]

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