Virtual philanthropy simulator

Scientific America reports on the latest development in SecondLife – using it to recreate psychology experiments. The clip – called “Don’t stand so close to me” reveals how even avatars like a little personal space. (You can click through to NPR to watch the video clip of the experiment) Watching this made me think about [...]

None of these things existed six years ago

Here is a link to a blog post of a streaming video clip of the nonprofit community in secondlife. Beam me up, Scotty. Tags: philanthropy, technology, web2.0, npsl

David Pogue on SecondLife

In case you don’t believe me, here is David Pogue (NY Times Circuits Columnist) on his experience in SecondLife, including a video from his appearance on CBS News Sunday Morning. Pogue doesn’t focus on the community/nonprofit/philanthropic side of 2L. At least, not intentionally. But his interview with Philip Rosedale, founder of LindenLab which makes 2L, [...]

Random digital news related to philanthropy

Here are a couple of random posts regarding Internet access and use in San Francisco and beyond. 1. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom proposed and is pursuing city-wide wifi. The San Francisco Foundation and Community Technology Foundation of California are hosting a funders briefing to meet with representatives of the city, Google, and Earthlink. Information [...]

Nonprofit Commons in SecondLife

There is a great picture of the 2L nonprofit commons at Beth‘s blog. The dancing man and the piano were making guest appearances – they were part of the TechSoup demo at NCG. Tags: nonprofit, philanthropy, NPSL, techsoup

Video Games, Virtual Worlds

Blogging the NCG workshop: Video Games and Virtual Worlds Ellen LaPointe, HopeLabReMission – a game for teens with cancer. Available on game download sites and at HopeLab. Its free for those with cancer. There are 50,000 copies out there. How to work with oncologists and game designers? Ask the kids – what do they need [...]