SLHamlet's Profile | Typepad

This is SLHamlet's Typepad Profile.

Join Typepad and start following SLHamlet's activity

Join Now!

Already a member? Sign In

SLHamlet

Los Angeles

<p>Welcome to New World Notes, the ongoing footnotes for my book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061353205?tag=newwornot-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=0061353205&adid=06RE425KYXBMQFNB3PE7&"><em>The Making of Second Life: Notes From The New World</em></a> (HarperCollins), and updates on the ever-evolving Metaverse.</p><p>I'm a frequent speaker & consultant on the Metaverse and related topics. My literary agent is <a href="http://www.launchbooks.com/">David Fugate of Launch books</a>.</p>

Recent Activity

SLer Survey: Will You Upgrade Your Account to Premium Plus?

Loading… Note: For best results, take survey on a laptop/desktop! Now that we've had a week to digest the new Premium Plus offering (details infograpic-ed below), here's a survey for the money question: Will you as an SL user actually... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at New World Notes

5

This Screenshot Photographer Makes Her Second Life Travels Look Like Historical Paintings

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Slowness Resident is a Second Life traveler and luckily for us, she takes pictures along the way. Here is a picture of Dukedom, a sim that is... Continue reading

Posted yesterday at New World Notes

0

Metaverse Standards Which Don't Factor In Metaverse User Communities Aren't Worth Formulating - Update: Metaverse Pioneer Tony Parisi & MSF Host Neil Trevett Reply

Updates, 7/30: Added feedback from Tony Parisi, who was metaversing before the Metaverse was cool, and Neil Trevett, VP of NVIDIA & President of the Khronos Group, the host of the Metaverse Standards Forum. Excerpts at the bottom of this... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at New World Notes

5

Fantastic Photos from Second Life Rugby Games -- Yes, Second Life Has a Rugby League & Virtual Sports Photographers

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Stevo Kozlowski shoots Second Life rugby. Who knew Second Life rugby looked this real? It’s changed a lot since Miffyhoi Rosca, Hatchy Mills, and I went to... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at New World Notes

0

Why Are We Not Having Conferences About the Metaverse on Actual Metaverse Platforms?

Reuters is having a free webinar tomorrow on the future of the Metaverse featuring several esteemed panelists, which you can register for here. But wait a minute: If we're so excited about the Metaverse, why are we talking about it...... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at New World Notes

5

Powerful Second Life Screenshots Protesting the End of Roe v Wade from Whiskey Monday & Other Community Creators

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Second Life residents often stick to quotidian subjects, fashion, décor, and roleplay. At times, though, the events of the world break through and they respond with their... Continue reading

Posted 3 days ago at New World Notes

0

Angry Second Life Creator Offers Free "My Body My Choice" Tattoo to Feminist Avatars

Now available for free in Second Life thanks to Edyn Starlight -- an abortion rights avatar tattoo. Edyn writes: I don't typically like to get political, not on the best or even the worst of days, but Roe vs. Wade... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at New World Notes

1

Second Life's New Premium Plus Not Always a Good Deal -- But Could Be Made Better (Reader Comments of the Week)

Lots of good reader feedback around the just-announced Premium Plus offering for Second Life. According to Luther Weymann, getting a Premium Plus in his specific scenario would not be a very good deal: I have a free account. I have... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at New World Notes

0

Top 5 Posts Last Week Including a New Pricing Plan for Second Life, Another Odd NFT Integration & Why We Need to Define the Metaverse Apart from Corporate Interests

Visit A Second Life Sim Devoted To David Lynch Linden Lab Unveils $25/Month Second Life Subscription To Replace Eroding Revenue Of Virtual Land Today's SL Flickr Pic: Unique & Amazing Avatar Portraits By Sonic Core Metaverse Platform Adds NFT Option... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at New World Notes

0

Tomorrow: Visit a Second Life Sim Devoted to David Lynch, Attend an Immersive Extravaganza as a Character from His Works!

Click here to teleport to a place where the birds sing a pretty song, and there's always music in the air. That's right: There's a whole Second Life sim devoted to dream world genius David Lynch, and there's a grand... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at New World Notes

0

Fashion Friday: SL Style & Houseware Choices from Mrs. Sassypants

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting I like warm, colorful kitchens like the one in Mrs. Sasypant's post Groove Is In the Heart in her blog Layers upon Layas. The name is a... Continue reading

Posted 7 days ago at New World Notes

0

Linden Lab Unveils $25/Month Second Life Subscription to Replace Eroding Revenue of Virtual Land

As hinted at in a recent in-world Q&A, Linden Lab just announced Second Life's new "Premium Plus" subscription plan, with greatly enhanced content and features for $24.99/month or $249.99 a year -- see above, with a helpful compare/contrast with the... Continue reading

Posted Jun 23, 2022 at New World Notes

8

Cajsa's Choices: Favorite Photos from Second Life's 19th Birthday Bash

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virt... Continue reading

Posted Jun 23, 2022 at New World Notes

0

Today's SL Flickr Pic: Unique & Amazing Avatar Portraits by Sonic

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Sonic is such a great Second Life artist, I page past her pictures, assuming I have featured her before, because how could I not? But then I... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2022 at New World Notes

0

Get Early Access to Second Life's Hair Fair to Benefit Wigs for Kids!

Second Life's famed annual Hair Fair to benefit RL charity Wigs for Kids is unfurling this weekend, and empresario Sasy Scarborough is offering 5 (five) New World Notes readers special early access to the event. Here's how: Join her in-world... Continue reading

Posted Jun 22, 2022 at New World Notes

9

Coming Soon to Second Life: "Premium Plus" Subscriptions Offering Free Texture Uploads, Expanded Land Tier/Group Limits, Much More. Watch Here!

Starting at around 24.00, Linden Lab's VP of Product, known in-world as Patch Linden, teased out a new Second Life product offering coming (hopefully) on SL's 19 anniversary of June 23: Premium Plus. Offerings for the monthly subscription include: Texture... Continue reading

Posted Jun 21, 2022 at New World Notes

23

Today's SL Flickr Pick: Great Western Roleplay Photos from Rafael Correia

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Rafael Correia shoots amazing black and white photos, mostly of wildlife and landscapes. However, I can’t resist the man and his horse photos. I used to ride... Continue reading

Posted Jun 21, 2022 at New World Notes

0

Core Metaverse Platform Adds NFT Option -- But Why? CEO Explains

Core, the upcoming Unreal-based, Epic-backed, user-generated game development platform, just announced (somewhat unexpectedly) that it's adding NFT integration to its platform: Today we’re excited to announce Core is expanding to include blockchain technology, starting by integrating with the largest crypto... Continue reading

Posted Jun 21, 2022 at New World Notes

2

Expanding My History of Second Life from 2003 With a "Best Of" Archive

"People can't tell how far back this blog goes!", was some very helpful advice a friend recently offered, and so I'm slowly expanding my archive of posts tracking the history of Second Life and the Metaverse in general starting from... Continue reading

Posted Jun 21, 2022 at New World Notes

0

Tom Boellstorff: We Need to Define the Metaverse Before Moneyed Interests Define It For Us

Really good essay from Tom Boellstorff, a professor at UC Irvine and a longtime researcher of virtual worlds. While the definition of the Metaverse might seem, well, academic, Tom points out how corporate and moneyed interests are already trying to... Continue reading

Posted Jun 20, 2022 at New World Notes

6

There's Not Enough Computing Power in the World for a Fully Sentient, Independent AI (Reader Opinion of the Week)

Smart thoughts from reader and tech exec veteran Luther Weymann, reflecting on the questions of AI sentience brought up by a recent Washington Post story on the Google developer who believes the company's chat bot has already achieved it: Artificial... Continue reading

Posted Jun 20, 2022 at New World Notes

2

Top 5 Posts: Inside VRChat's YouTube Ecosystem, Virtual Real Estate Backlash & My Upcoming Metaverse Book!

Quintin Smith: Questions ROBLOX Still Hasn't Answered About Its Platform Throwback Thursday: The First Backlash Against Metaverse Real Estate There's Well Over 10 Million Subscribers To VRChat Content On YouTube! NEWS: My Next Book, Why The Metaverse Matters, Is Coming... Continue reading

Posted Jun 20, 2022 at New World Notes

0

Events: SeraPride Opens Tomorrow, SL19B Music Fest Continues With Legendary Performers Like Skye Galaxy & Frogg Marlowe

Second Life events abound today and this weekend. Starting tomorrow at 11:30am PT, New World Notes' media partner Seraphim opens their fun and fabulous SeraPride extravaganza gala to support a seriously important real world cause: SeraPride is their annual one... Continue reading

Posted Jun 17, 2022 at New World Notes

0

Steampunk-Flavored Shopping Tips for Second Life's 19th Birthday!

Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting Yesterday was the grand opening of S19B, the 19th birthday party of Second Life. I cast about to see if any bloggers had been reporting yet and... Continue reading

Posted Jun 17, 2022 at New World Notes

0

Quintin Smith: Questions ROBLOX Still Hasn't Answered About Its Platform

The Washington Post recently ran this great article on the power and influence of the YouTube channel People Make Games, which ROBLOX reportedly "pressured" to make a retraction when it started looking into serious allegations about the metaverse platform. The... Continue reading

Posted Jun 16, 2022 at New World Notes

0

More...

Subscribe to SLHamlet’s Recent Activity