Virtual Holiday Cheer

Going home for the holidays and celebrating during the holiday can be challenging for folks. The cost and time off for travel as well current living arrangements, such as soldiers overseas or expats working in other countries, can dramatically limit …Read more.

Posted by Dannette Veale on December 15, 2009 at 12:18PM

Spime Design Workshops in Second Life at Cisco Works

“We have friends of friends networks and reputation scores when we trade online. We share our preferences and our tag clouds as well we make sure that we are recognized in our professional lives in a given social network or …Read more.

Posted by Dennis Mancini on May 19, 2009 at 10:28AM

Spime Design Workshops in Second Life

The OpenSpime project by WideTag on the Internet Of Things has announced a new series of of events, the Spime Design Workshops in Second Life. The hosting of the event is a collaborative effort between WideTag, Cisco, Feeding Edge, in …Read more.

Posted by Dennis Mancini on February 27, 2009 at 10:50AM

Redefining the Role of the Network within Your Green IT Efforts

Written by Mark Leary, Manager - Network Systems Solutions, Cisco Systems Looking for a new experience in Second Life? Drop by our Cisco Second Life campus and visit our new half-dome “Sustainability Center” among the trees. We have exciting news …Read more.

Posted by Dannette Veale on January 22, 2009 at 10:29PM

Designing the Shape of Space & Time

Human social and technological transformations are forming on a tectonic scale creating new advancements and opportunity. New ideas and tools are being created, to help understand and raise the standard of living for the undeveloped and developed world around us. …Read more.

Posted by Dennis Mancini on November 30, 2008 at 06:03PM

Do you have a life? How about a Second Life?

A few days ago, I was having lunch with Navid Rastegar - one of Cisco’s bright young hires. I was supposed to be his mentor. Ironically, he was the one educating me on why I should have a presence on …Read more.

Posted by Shashi Kiran on November 13, 2008 at 09:58PM

Hello Avatars “It’s October” And Other Sleep Disturbance Facts

It’s October already. Thursday evening around 7:00 PM I find myself recovering from a pulled muscle in my neck after nodding off while sitting at my desk watching a video of a Second Life tutorial. Apparently the extra weight from …Read more.

Posted by Dennis Mancini on October 10, 2008 at 02:50PM

My Top Five Virtual News Posts

I had planned to cover the Virtual Worlds Forum event this week but it was cancelled because of an incident in the parking lot at the venue which forced the venue to close. So instead I thought a round-up of …Read more.

Posted by Dannette Veale on October 06, 2008 at 11:00AM

‘Up Skill’ Education Puts the E Back in Effect

The education effect of Web 2.0 is creating many ground breaking initiatives in the rapidly growing Virtual World of Second Life. The premier media academy down under, The Australian Film TV and Radio School (AFTRS) offers the only diploma courses …Read more.

Posted by Dennis Mancini on September 23, 2008 at 11:54AM

VOTE:  Cisco TelePresence?  OR Second Life?

Dan Farber, editor in chief of CNET, is in a video today chatting with Joe Miller, VP of platforms and technology development at Linden Lab, the company that created and owns Second Life.  In the Between the Lines blog by …Read more.

Posted by John Earnhardt on September 02, 2008 at 06:10PM

Two Must Do’s In Second Life Now

1. Get your Second Life Facebook account activated. Second Life on Facebook There are two applications that are relatively easy to communicate with your friends on Facebook either in RL or SL. Second Friends is tailored to work on your …Read more.

Posted by Dennis Mancini on September 02, 2008 at 03:07PM

Cisco Gets Lively and the 2008-2009 TechChat Schedule

I have gotten a lot of comments and emails from folks lately asking if we have closed shop in Second Life. The resounding answer is NO, just taking a break after Cisco Live. I think we burnt the candle at …Read more.

Posted by Dannette Veale on August 14, 2008 at 04:20PM

Second Life Can Teleport Open Source to a Whole New Level

Collaborative crowd sourcing is evolving above and beyond the norm through 3D virtual worlds such as Second Life. The use of Wikitecture in Second Life is emerging as something significantly different and is proving to be a successful way that …Read more.

Posted by Dennis Mancini on July 18, 2008 at 12:00PM

“One small step for an avatar, one giant leap for virtual worlds”

These were the closing words in a video Linden Labs and IBM created to demonstrate how an avatar can teleport between virtual worlds. If you haven’t heard, the creators of Second Life and IBM announced yesterday a major interoperability milestone. …Read more.

Posted by Autumn Truong on July 09, 2008 at 11:21AM

Cisco Live! 2008 - Carlos Dominguez, SVP, Office of the Chairman and CEO

Today is the first day of the formalized program here at Cisco Live! in Orlando. Carlos Dominguez, SVP, Office of the Chairman and CEO, takes a few minutes to break down the day’s events. He also explains our use of …Read more.

Posted by Ken Lotich on June 24, 2008 at 07:44AM

Tee it Up In Orlando with Cisco Live!

Next week’s Cisco Live Conference in Orlando, Florida is “this year’s premiere event for IT and communications professionals.”  Cisco Live is our annual user conference where partners and customers get together to new technologies, discuss trends, share ideas and have …Read more.

Posted by John Earnhardt on June 20, 2008 at 06:17PM

Cisco Live in Second Life

Last year we worked to extend our Cisco Live (formerly known as Networkers) conference into Second Life via on-demand video of some of the keynotes and panel discussions from the physical event as well as unique Q&A’s within Second Life …Read more.

Posted by Dannette Veale on June 09, 2008 at 05:11PM

Paris 2018

Social networking sites are buzzing; the debut of Google Friend Connect promises to add to that buzz. And so, the race is on to make social networks much more open and portable, according to Kim Hart in her recent blog …Read more.

Posted by Marie Hattar on May 14, 2008 at 02:07PM