Link to [full article](http://www.straitstimes.com/Singapore/Story/STIStory_315701.html) (subscribers only) Yesterday I received a call from a Straits Times journalist who told me briefly about Tang’s plans to launch a virtual store in Second Life, and asked for my thoughts on this. I learnt that homegrown company First Meta was behind this initiative. I applaud them for being proactive …
I paid a visit to INSEAD in Second Life. It is cool that my business school has a campus there and is using it for real lessons. This is because we are an international school, with campuses in Europe (France), Asia (Singapore), with alliances in China (Tsinghua) and a centre in Abu Dhabi, along with …
[As mentioned earlier](http://vantan.org/archives/2007/11/sl_account_disa.php), I was stuck in Second Life limbo after cancelling my credit card details as I didn’t want to continue being a premium member. However they locked me out of Second Life entirely, saying I had to pay them the renewal fee, which I had opted to pay annually. I couldn’t even downgrade …
I just tried logging into Second Life, after a hiatus due to laptop problems and being too busy… only to be told that my account has been disabled! Grr. What happened: After joining Second Life, I upgraded to a paid account (annual fee US$72) as I wanted to get Linden pocket money and toyed with …
My interview with Michael Wilson, CEO of There.com, a PG13 virtual world.
Tried out another virtual world just now – [There.com](http://there.com/). It felt easier to install than Second Life, and there didn’t seem to be as great a lag either. However the target audience is teens, and very obviously so. If you like the way the Sims look, you may like There. However, if you already play …
I finally re-installed Second Life on my laptop’s new hard disk, and caught up on lots of SL notifications. As I handle the new media aspects of our HIV/AIDS campaigns, I was interested to hear that a Sexual Health sim had been constructed by the University of Plymouth. So I checked it out. No, there’s …
Just to keep track of the buzz building up ahead of State of Play, these are the people I’d like to meet / am scheduled to meet: Joshua Fouts, Director of the Center for Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California. View his State of Play profile. I visited USC in Second Life last year and …
After Alvin‘s prestigious appearance on page 2 of Saturday’s Straits Times, our nation’s most established newspaper, you would think that our virtual Lion City (here’s my self-built slurl for those who have yet to visit it) would be a spanking representation of Singapore life. Imagine to my surprise when I logged on, landed at ‘Suntec …
I met Cory Ondrejka, CTO of Linden Labs, the guys behind Second Life. He was entertaining and frank, although I really had no technical questions to ask, so I just listened on. The key points from his talk: Linden Labs is serious about getting good people from Singapore to join them. First on the list …