I talked with Pamela Brown, national policy director for Marriage Equality USA, fresh back from her honeymoon and ready to resume the work of giving other same-sex couples the right to to marry. We talked about the political and legal campaigns, as well as this weekend’s National Coming Out Day and upcoming demonstrations in San Francisco and Washington D.C.
I’m editing the sound file now for the audio-only podcast, I’ll have it up soon.
Avedon is a fire-breathing progressive who blogs at The Sideshow, we talked about healthcare reform, politics, her career as a dancer in Second Life, and more.
As usual, this is the raw, unedited video, so it’ll have a couple of hiccups in it. I’ll be working on fixing up the audio-only podcast this week.
What makes a great public area in Second Life, or OpenSim, or any virtual world? How do you create a theater, corporate build, or exhibit that people find useful and enjoyable and will want to return to again and again?
I discussed those issues with two of the best authorities on the subject in Second Life: John Jainschigg, aka John Zhaoying in Second Life, is exec director of the Internet and Community Labs at ZiffDavisEnterprise, and head of the advisory board at World2Worlds, which provides the venue and recording support for Copper Robot. And Jon Himoff, aka RightAsRainRimbaud in Second Life, is CEO and founder of Rezzable, which built some of the best entertainment areas in Second Life, including the Greenies sim and the Heritage Key King Tut Exhibit on OpenSim.
We had some great comments from the audience during the panel, most of which I have to admit I couldn’t follow because my multitasking skills aren’t up to participating in separate, parallel voice and text discussions. However, I hope we can continue the discussion right here in the comments area, below.
P.S. This is a new blog installation and I haven’t had a chance to give the comments a workout. Please shoot me an e-mail at mitch@wagmail.com if you spot any bugs. And if you include the words “Copper Robot” in the subject line, I’ll see your e-mail faster.
Barry was our guest on Copper Robot Sunday, we talked about the state of the economy. It’s bad—you heard it from me first. But according to Barry, it’s nowhere near as bad as I feared). We also talked about the culture of bailouts and foolish deregulation that got us into this mess.
We had a little audio problem about two-thirds to three-quarters of the way through the show, which resulted in several minutes of boring “can you hear me now.” Just get up and get a cup of coffee during that part, we got the problem resolved quickly and good conversation resumed afterward.
I’ll get to work editing the audio-only podcast this evening, and get it posted this week.
