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Comment by Steve Cropper on January 23, 2009 at 5:02pm

A new internet TV program launches on February 1st that delves into how people spend their lives online. Life On Line, as the name suggests is about how people are increasingly spending more of their lifetime using the internet .

The TV show is the brain-child of Australian journalist and communications consultant Steve Cropper, who in 2008 was 'Angelico Babii', host of the LATE SHOW on Metaverse-TV (www.metaverse-tv.com) and the creator of My-Metaverse (www.my-metaverse.com) a social network for people involved in the new media arts on the web.

"We want to go deeper into how people use their online time for news and entertainment, creativity, love, friendship, business, shopping, political engagement, work and play - or any other reason", said Cropper. "We also scan the internet for emerging new talent - musicians, movie makers, writers, bloggers - anyone who is contributing to the richness of digital life".

Life On Line includes a cast of seasoned bloggers, journalists and entertainers including internet band, Space Junky - three people living in the US, Australia and Malaysia who collaborate, record, produce and market their music entirely onine. The line-up also boasts the Marketing Director of the Association of Virtual Worlds, Andrew Peters who is also a leading practitioner of social networking and internet marketing campaigns. Every episode features internet news man Sigmund Leominster, a veteran blogger. There are guest comedians and musicians and interviews with people making news across the internet.

You are invited to visit the life-on-line viewers' group website at www.life-on-line.ning.com

Comment by Peter Lundquist on May 2, 2008 at 9:32am

Pete - my personal experience is as yet somewhat limited in its scope and "success." I would suggest getting in touch with WilliamtheWise Goodman in SL for his input, ideas and experiences.

Comment by Peter Lundquist on May 2, 2008 at 9:29am

The following notice was sent to me this morning - for those who may be interested and have the available time...

"For those who are free to change their plans or make new plans when a unique, ground-breaking event takes place, this major, non-profit, Local Future conference about the state and direction of our global environment, together with significant discussion by experts on sustainable living, is for you. It will take place in Grand Rapids, Michigan on May 30 to June 1st. Topics include peak oil and energy, global warming and climate change, resources, and sustainable and community living. Read more:

http://tinyurl.com/47opos

There will be six speakers from the international environmental and community living/sustainability world (two of them from live interactive video feeds), plus a large variety of other speakers on a host of topics. I will be attending and speaking there as well, and I can personally vouch for the motives and skill of the organizer, Aaron Wissner, in presenting a top-notch set of information for those concerned with our environment, at a low attendance cost that is likely to set back Aaron more than he would like.

Please share this with your friends and with your groups."

Comment by Jay Swartz on April 26, 2008 at 10:53am

Pete,

Dr. Dobbs and CMP have a very active presence in SL. Not long ago they held the Life 2.0 conference in SL where major speakers presented and they had all the things you'd expect at a conference, except is was all virtual. They also have regular sessions as do several other such groups, such as Science Friday. Scilands is replete with many sessions. Feel free to ping me and arrange a meetup in SL where I have LMs that can take you to some of the locations.

Comment by Barry Everett on April 13, 2008 at 7:29pm

Response to Pete: Most of the organization I know using VW for KM and colab are the non profits, dot govs, and .edu. I know that IBM is well invested in SL and other VW including their own intranet VW's, so I assume some of the top players are using VW for global team-sharing. As we have seen in the past month or so with the KN Group, this model works very well for global knowledge storming, on a regular basis.
Combining VW with web networking (like AVW, you own Ning network) provides a great deal of the communications and coverage that these teams use for planning and executing all types of projects.

Comment by Pete Rive on April 11, 2008 at 6:01pm

I am currently adding the finishing touches to a paper I am writing for a communications conference on virtual face-to-face meetings in Second Life. I am wondering if the collective intelligence of the KN could provide me with some examples of well known companies using SL for knowledge sharing and creative collaboration ?