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New life for Virtual World Support Groups?
Login2Life is a theatrical documentary about the real and in-world lives of several people. The teaser trailer includes scenes with Alice Krueger, a tireless proponent for virtual world’s being able to help people with real life health issues. (Spoiler: 1st … Continue reading
Virtual World Design and Healthcare – Beyond walking a web page
There are hundreds of healthcare support groups in the virtual world of Second Life, but how does one educate a visitor about them? HealthInfo Island started out with a simple list of support groups, then created a path with posters. … Continue reading
2 Tweets: “We’re #3!” or “We like peas, fresh now!”
Is a health org’s social media a Marketing or Public Health initiative? I know I’ve seem a lot more of the former than the later. Perhaps this is a false dichotomy, you say, and indeed it may be. However, from … Continue reading
Desert Island Pond Sculpture
Floating in a half-barrel is a desert terrarium. The terrarium has several cacti as well as a small bone, snake skin, and a lava rock for additional effect. I have several goldfish in the barrel and water lilies. This is … Continue reading
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Folders Vs Metadata – Document organization
Moving from the familiar desktop metaphor, with it’s storing files in folders, to metadata can be difficult, if not traumatizing for those used to the more spacial way of putting things in context. To help introduce and explain, I came … Continue reading
