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SLCC this Weekend in Boston, August 13-15, 2010

August 11th, 2010 Randall Hand

The 6th annual Second Life Community Convention will be happening this weekend in Boston and in-world, bringing together virtual world admirers and users to discuss technology, learn new skills, and network with some of the biggest names in the industry.

The Second Life Community Convention is a conference organized for Second Life residents by Second Life residents, including teens – there’s something for everyone! Content creators, artists, and musicians attend to share ideas, get creative, and learn new techniques from the pros. Enterprise users and businesses discuss strategies for success and techniques for maximum ROI. Educators present research, best practices, and workshops. The list goes on and on! From casual users, community groups, and roleplayers to the serious side of Second Life, come to the conference to learn, share, and network with the real people behind the avatars!

Philip Rosedale is already on tap for a keynote, as are Doug Thompson, John Lester, and Sarah Hutchinson. If you’re into virtual worlds (not just Second Life), then this definitely sounds like the event for you. And, you don’t even need to leave your couch!

via General Info – SLCC – Official United States Convention of the Second Life Community | Boston | August 13-15, 2010.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .

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myindigolife
And what about you? Will you be at SLCC too? I would be, if it were held in Arizona….
-Ellie Heartsdale
Randall Hand
@ myindigolife Not physically, no. But I do hope I can pop in ‘virtually’ a few times during the event.
http://gravatar.com/ellieaskswhy Ellie
@ Randall Hand Did you go to any of the events? I mostly followed John Lester’s Twitter feed this weekend about it. I wandered around SL a bit over the weekend but during odd hours so there wasn’t anything much going on then. I’d like to peruse John’s slide show, he said he’d have it available for download after he spoke on Aug 14 AM. I’m going to check for it now.
Randall Hand
@ Ellie No I didn’t, unfortunately. Like yourself, most of my inworld time was at odd hours, so everything was back in “first Life” :).
If you find his slides, shoot me a message, I’ld like to see them as well.