http://aalawrence.com Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:01:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="360" caption="Amberly's Room by jeFF Lipsky"][/caption] JeFF's work is fascinating from both aesthetic and academic perspectives. My introduction to jeFF's work was via Second Life, an online Virtual Community. His art collection was the subject of a critical review I wrote in my studies as a ... http://aalawrence.com/2009/01/13/aesthetic-and-academic-appreciation-jeffrey-lipsky/ I heart Facebook. Not ashamed to admit it, I really do. The "why" I offer to n00bs is this: I have two half-sisters by my father and one-half sister by my mother. The math on this is irrelevant, what is relevant is that despite being separated across three states and ... http://aalawrence.com/2008/12/02/the-facebook-arc-of-despair/ (Above: (top) Ms. Chianti Carmichael hangs out at an assessment station on SL English, while (bottom) Ms. Aubree Lawrence instructs an ESOL class for BA&CE, circa 2005) Second Life is has incredible potential as a learning platform. I was excited to read on Forbes.com that an English language school in Germany ... http://aalawrence.com/2008/03/30/learning-a-second-language-in-second-life/ This is fascinating to me. Those crazy kids, err, I mean, Researchers at Rensselaer are using Second Life as a platform to test an engineered, self-reasoning avatar. Yes, avatar. The little character on the screen that comes to life when operated by a reasoning human being, only... without the human ... http://aalawrence.com/2008/03/14/greetings-professor-falken-gulp/ As part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations, Cambridge Community Television (CCTV) will be launching it’s presence in Second Life (SL), an online virtual world. The project is an effort to reflect on CCTV’s remarkable history using a medium that will speak to CCTV’s determination to remain a cutting edge leader ... http://aalawrence.com/2008/02/18/41/ A response to Atty and Scholar Andrew Jankowich's article, "EULAw: The Complex Web of Corporate Rule-Making in Virtual Worlds" Below is an excerpted response to Jankowich's article, in an email I sent to him 11/25/2007: I appreciate that you respect so much that 'quitting the game' is not the option that the ... http://aalawrence.com/2007/11/26/a-second-post-so-make-sure-the-recents-part-works/