Although it was October, the weather was even nicer than California. The particular issue that concerns Hiroshi right now is the Second Life problem, 3D avatar immersive environments. To some disability groups, Second Life is wonderful. Of course, Second Life is completely inaccessible to blind people right now.

Second Life isnt just about wasting time, however, nor are its "residents" exclusively teens hunkered down in their parents basements with Hot Pockets and Red Bulls - there may be real marketing potential for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations. million total (500,000 active monthly) residents of Second Life.

The small conference room in San Jose, California, was dimly lit and buzzing with intensity, while being relatively silent, except for the tapping of keyboards and the occasional chuckle or sigh. This post was originally published on The Huffington Post on June 8, 2009. Copyright © 2009 HuffingtonPost.com, Inc. read more. Tools

Photo by Jeska Linden in flickr Jeska Linden (Jeska Dzwigalski) is the Community Manager for Linden Lab , the creators of the virtual world Second Life , where she has worked since the summer of 2004. on July 18th and subsequently had a chance to interview her at her fabulous virtual office in Second Life. It's amazing.

Second Life kiva.org volunteer: Julles Boucher Kiva.org , a micro-finance organization, has funded nearly 17,0000 loans to entrepreneurs in developing countries and last week crossed the $11 million rank. discovered this when I clicked on Skeeboo Tammas's profile while chatting with him in Second Life. His profile said.

presented on a panel today for the California Association of Nonprofits "Building Stronger Nonprofits" Conference that is taking place in Los Angeles about nonprofits and second life. See Larger Photo.

If Second Life is an aggregation of individual experiences upon a shared platform,then Doppelganger could be considered a community of indvidualspersonalizing a shared experience. Second Life has taken the lead in the 3D Social Networking VR arena, but many feel that is loosing steam. Christine (.net) The portable widget.

Online Video Service recently webcast a customers event via satellite from a submerged oil platform off the coast of California. The customer used the event to galvanize support for artificial reefs as a way to protect sea life. In the 90s, some nonprofits would ask, "Why do I need a website?" Why or why not? a) Build or buy.

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