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Just Build It and They Won’t Come

August 20th, 2008 · No Comments

A little long winded entry - but hopefully some one gets something out of this…. Banana  - also has been posted on Meta Magic Studio blog

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In light of the recent news posted in The Avastar of the closing of the Geek Squad sim, and the subsequent lazy media fall out that will happen, and [...]

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Random Thoughts · Second Life · Social Networks

Cisco Live SL - June 24 Recap

June 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Disclosure: I am a contractor for Cisco Systems and I develop their Second Life Virtual Campus. My opinions are my opinions!

Yesterday, Tuesday, June 24, I was at Cisco Live! SL all day. Lots of very well attended events going on throughout the days. Here are just three highlights:
11:00 am - John Chambers, [...]

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Second Life · video

Video - Cisco “Packet Sort” Game

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Dedric filmed our final testing of the Cisco Packet Sort Game (development name was Data Sort)

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Second Life · video

Cisco Live - Packet Sort Game - “Game ON”

June 18th, 2008 · No Comments

Cisco Live! Pavilion - Second Life
The final step in any development, is the deployment. The time that you release to the world your new offering. I always enjoy these moments and believe that they should be marked with some sort of celebration or at least a big cheer. But usually, with the [...]

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Second Life

Collaborative Game

June 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Dedric Mauraic - Genius Scripter - is putting the finishing touches to a collaborative game that will be used for Cisco Live!.  I am not going to give the details away but let me tell you that in our testing at the Meta Magic Studio, we were laughing and having a great time with the [...]

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Tags: Gaming · Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Second Life · Technology

Cisco Live in Second Life

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers will be in Second Life on Tuesday, June 24th at 2:00 PM Eastern for a Q&A session with the virtual community to discuss just that—the power of collaboration. Here’s a glimpse at what you can expect at the event. Don’t miss it!

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

Cisco Live! in Second Life

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

I am happy to see that Dannette Veale from Cisco Systems has posted a blog about Cisco efforts in Second Life® in conjunction with Cisco Live which happens June 23 - 26. The ability to give people a taste of the event experience without having to travel is one of the strengths of virtual [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life · Technology

Christian Renuad Speaks

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Trying to keep tabs on the development of the metaverse is a full time job. The rate of new introductions and platform offerings is astonishing. My Google alerts are daily hitting me with the latest news.
While I would like to [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life · Social Networks · Technology

EDGE QUEST - Win US $10,000 and Cisco Router

May 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Note - As always, I am Cisco Systems developer in Second Life. This is NOT a paid advert.
For all of my gamer friends - chance to win $10,000 US and a Cisco Router (worth $35K) - Check out the game at least - It is silly - It is fun - and you can [...]

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Tags: Gaming · Geek · Technology

Education 2.0

March 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Disclaimer - As always, I am the developer for Cisco in Second Life. The opinions expressed here are ALL MINE and are not paid for by Cisco - I am very expensive!
Attended one of Cisco’s TechChats today in Second Life on Education 2.0 given by John Connell, Education Strategist and Business Development Manager [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

Intimacy with Virtual Environments

March 12th, 2008 · No Comments

OK, I stole this title from Dannette Veale over on the Cisco Virtual World Blog where she writes about communication vehicles, and where Second Life fits in and how it must be recognized that people learn and communicate in very different ways. She cites three examples of the many communications vehicles that Cisco uses [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

Event Marketing in Second Life

March 4th, 2008 · No Comments

SL Brand, where I am the wonk for development of Second Life content, just completed an event marketing event that included the following items from our tool box as we assisted Cisco Systems in their major introduction of the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Routers. The following items came into play in the three months [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

Cisco Second Life Retrospective

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Moo Money put together this retrospective of Cisco’s first year in Second Life. Posted January 2008.

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life · video

Another Cisco SL Machinima

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

This machinima was posted in October 2007.

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

Machinima of Cisco’s Connected Home

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Here is a machinima made of Cisco’s Connected Home - originally built in January 2007. I am always amazed when I see my builds being featured in machinima.
The video features the original Cisco Second Life build of which only the Connected Home and the EBC center still exist.

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life · video

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