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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We are seeking volunteers from within the Second Life community to serve as jurors or to role play the parts of witnesses. Ethan Zuckerman, a persuasive critic of Second Life, has withdrawn his "Second Life is not Open Source" complaint in light of Linden Labs announcement. See Allan's comment and read Ethan's post.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. There are two sets of social roles here. The npdigg community roles include consumers, voters, and submitters.

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NpTech Tag: Roundups from and about Facebook and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There's an interesting post on the roles and behavior of online communities of practice. If we're thinking of Facebook groups (or listservs for that matter) as online communities, what personalities do you see in the communities you are managing? Edge4Dev blog aims to help. without becoming slaves to technology.

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