At the Center for History and New Media I’ve had the opportunity to be on the web development team for Omeka, a “simple and flexible system for organizations, cultural institutions, and individuals to manage and publish items, collections, and exhibits on the web.” Omeka is a free and open source web publishing platform that [...]
The most recent addition to the Sigil Archive introduces Native American roleplaying in Second Life, specifically the Sigil Tribe. There are several Native American roleplaying tribes in Second Life, including one that speaks entirely in French. I’ve uploaded a set of guidelines, as well as tribe rules that were used by the Sigil [...]
We must take steps to preserve virtual worlds, or their histories may be lost forever. With the increasing popularity of virtual worlds such as Second Life, an incredible amount of user-generated content has been created within these worlds – avatars, houses, clothes, games, and animations among other things. The establishment of subcultural groups [...]