15 Comments on Hosoi Ichiba’s New Beginning
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Hosoi Ichiba’s New Beginning

My first Gimme Six article featured the Hosoi Ichiba sim group. Unlike other games, the places we love…

 5 Comments on 29 August – Not Perfect
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29 August – Not Perfect

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Second Life ALMOST PERFECT BUT NOT QUITE “Almost perfect… but not…

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 5 Comments on Gamification 2 – Games!
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Gamification 2 – Games!

PHILADELPHIA, 29 August — I’m not really at the “Virtual Wharton School” but a Coursera’s Online Virtual…

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 11 Comments on Gamification 1 – What is Gamification?
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Gamification 1 – What is Gamification?

PHILADELPHIA, 27 August — Coursera’s Gamification course, taught by Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton…

 3 Comments on Gimme Six: The Blake Sea – #6
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Gimme Six: The Blake Sea – #6

This is the Six of my Gemme Six series. It’s about the Blake Sea but before you think…

 5 Comments on Fontbron Academy: Faculty Application
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Fontbron Academy: Faculty Application

TO: Humane Resources, Fontbron Academy FROM: Vanessa Anne Blaylock RE: Tenure Track Faculty position in Psychopharmacology Dear…

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Diary #31 – V Magazine

NEW YORK, 2012 — Gallery Xue / NYC is a real, working art gallery, but it also…

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Diary #30 – Docent

THE MAURITSHUIS MUESUM, 1995 — Museum docent Vaneeesa Anne Blaylock dutifully showing Mauritshuis visitors the permanent collection…

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Virtual Orchestras

Van’s proposition to turn my “childhood dreams” into virtual world reality got me really excited. And what…

 4 Comments on 22 August – Virgo
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22 August – Virgo

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: FATEisland Born in September, I’m really a true Virgo at heart….

 15 Comments on Previz #69 – In Freundschaft (Childhood Dreams)
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Previz #69 – In Freundschaft (Childhood Dreams)

Maybe it’s all these great diary posts Van has been doing on her grad school performances, but…

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 16 Comments on From Resident to Citizen in Second Life
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From Resident to Citizen in Second Life

Like a half-blind newborn, we begin our Second Life rather aimlessly bumping into things as we learn…

 3 Comments on Building a community
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Building a community

You know, I have been thinking about community a  lot lately. A few weeks ago, Vaneeesa posted…

 8 Comments on Whose Rule is it Anyway? An Intro to Digital Citizenship
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Whose Rule is it Anyway? An Intro to Digital Citizenship

Lately I have been thinking a lot about the term Digital Citizens. That term is typically used…

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Lulu was having second thoughts

Whiskey Monday and I launched the Single Frame Stories challenge a few weeks ago, inviting participants to create a…

 7 Comments on God is in the detail
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God is in the detail

The idiom “God (is) in the detail(s)” expresses the idea that whatever one does should be done…

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Enter Heidegger

Given that I am using a Hermeneutic Phenomenological approach, it must come as no surprise that Heidegger’s…

 3 Comments on Hello, my name is….
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Hello, my name is….

….Krista, and I’m an installation artist/gamer from the midwest.  Many a snowy night has been spent in…

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iRez @ Chrome Store

THE GOOGLEPLEX, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 19 August — Hey Chrome users, you can now add iRez to…

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iRez on RockMelt

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, 19 August — You have a wonderful lot of web browser choices today —…

 7 Comments on 19 August – Nefertiti
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19 August – Nefertiti

In the photo: Strawberry Singh Location: Egypt I found this outfit on the second life marketplace a…

 4 Comments on 19 August – Fiona & Club Republik
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19 August – Fiona & Club Republik

NU REPUBLIK, 19 Aug — With Olympic world harmony already a thing of the past, we return…

 4 Comments on Diary #29 – Stacey Giachino
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Diary #29 – Stacey Giachino

KONINKLIJK CONSERVATORIUM, 1995 — The Koninklijk Conservatorium Department of Dance presents Stacey Giachino and Vaneeesa Blaylock in…

 7 Comments on Gimme Six: Shopping, Shopping, Shopping – Part 5
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Gimme Six: Shopping, Shopping, Shopping – Part 5

It’s Part 5 of my Gemme Six series and I want to take you shopping in Second…

 20 Comments on With this ring… Exploring Second Life Weddings
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With this ring… Exploring Second Life Weddings

Last night I was invited to be my friend’s Maid of Honour in her upcoming Second Life…

 6 Comments on Pride & Prejudice, Dissertation Remix
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Pride & Prejudice, Dissertation Remix

Given our discussion yesterday on stereotypes and prejudices in SL and other virtual worlds, I thought I’d…

 3 Comments on Persuasion
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Persuasion

Kat just wrote a great post about body identity and stereotypes amongst avatars in SL. It’s funny….

 5 Comments on Pride & Prejudice
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Pride & Prejudice

Reading Ravanel’s fantastic article on identity in online gaming environments reminded of my initial shock at the…

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Avatar & Identity – Introduction

Ever since Vaneeesa invited me over to write a guest post for iRez, I’ve been thinking about…

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TweetChat

THE TWITTERVERSE, 15 August — I’ve just finished my 2nd “TweetChat.” I do love Twitter, and TweetChat…