Netroots Nation Returns to Second Life

The Netroots Nation progressive bloggers convention, formerly Yearly KOS, has returned to Second Life again this year. Even though I live just forty miles away from Austin, Texas, where the convention is being held this year, I was not able to attend in person. However, once again this year, Netroots has provided some great options for participating via the internet. The more interactive and entertaining option is the Second Life venue which has been expanded and improved since last years SL conference. The other option is to watch the keynotes and sessions either live or taped on ustream.tv.

New Second Life Advanced Content Guide

I finally received my copy of Creating Your World: The Official Guide to Advanced Content Creation for Second Life today and it looks quite comprehensive. I’m looking forward to learning some cool new skills from this book.

Another book that I purchased recently, Designing Your Second Life, is also full of useful information, but is not [...]

Global Poverty Session at Yearly Kos Convention

I’ve been playing with a new service called ustream. It is kind of like YouTube, but it is live streaming video. I figured out this morning that streams can be saved and replayed.
I missed the panel on Global Poverty with Susan McCue from ONE (formerly Harry Reid’s chief of staff) at the Yearly Kos Convention [...]

Yearly Kos Second Life-Day 3: Presidential Forum

Overall Impressions from a Second Life Point of View
I am delighted with my experience attending the Yearly Kos Convention in Second Life. I’m not saying that there weren’t problems, but they didn’t overshadow the fantastic experience of attending this event virtually. This was by far the best event that I have had the pleasure of [...]

Yearly Kos - Second Day

I missed the keynote speech this morning, but I heard that videos will be available for many of the sessions after the conference is over. So I guess I will have to wait to view that one.
The first session I attended was the Future Leaders forum which was in the Netroots Stadium in Second Life. [...]