Monthly Archives: January 2010

Next: The Apple iPad

Next on Copper Robot, we’re talking about the Apple iPad with the two of the best minds and Apple observers in Second Life: Joe Miller, a/k/a Joe Linden, VP of platform and technology development for Linden Lab; and Second Life … Continue reading

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Photos: Two Second Life landscapes by AM Radio

AM Radio is a well-known SL artist. I’ve heard of his work for the whole three years I’ve been in SL, but I’ve never been moved to check it out myself until recently. A friend compared AM’s Second Life builds … Continue reading

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A cheery conversation with Cory Doctorow about the upside of economic collapse

Head over to Tor.com to read and listen to the Copper Robot’s recent interview with Cory Doctorow, who is a blogger at Boing Boing, and author of novels including the recent Makers, as well as Little Brother and Someone Comes … Continue reading

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Are Second Life’s most loyal customers its frenemies?

Forrester Research looks at why Second Life hasn’t taken off. Analyst Tom Grant says that the service’s most loyal customers are holding it back: Gaetano Mosca noted the tendency of an elite group to form in any organization–what he called … Continue reading

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Next: Novelist Jonathan Lethem

Our next guest on Copper Robot is novelist Jonathan Lethem, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the MacArthur “genius grant.” Lethem is author of Fortress of Solitude and Motherless Brooklyn. His latest novel, Chronic City, features a fictionalized … Continue reading

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“Tonight Live” interviews yours truly, and I put my foot in my mouth

Paisley Beebe, the charming and delightful host of the Second Life program Tonight Live, interviews Yours Truly about the Copper Robot program, the state of journalism (it’s bad — remember you heard it here first) and my future plans after … Continue reading

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