Across the Blogosphere
Limerick in the NY Times
At Cliopatria, Ralph Luker shared a terrific review by Patricia Limerick of Jean Pfaelzer’s book that appeared in Sunday’s NY Times. Patricia’s work has been critical in establishing the New Western History scholarship that my criticisms of history in the Oregon Trail computer game are based upon.
Anonymous Blogging
For those who followed the story of PhDinHistory, you may be interested in reading Penelope Trunk’s post arguing bloggers should not be anonymous – similar to Dan Cohen’s position. Without injecting myself into a discussion that’s long over, I’ve reaped the benefits of openly blogging, including landing some freelance work and meeting like-minded scholars who have generously helped my research.
Firefox + Second Life = The 3D Web
Linden Lab will incorporate Mozilla Firefox into a future Second Life client, hoping to eventually blur the differences between the 2D web and 3D metaverse. I’m excited about the possibilities of having Firefox in SL – does this mean I’ll be able to use Zotero in-world and grab COinS data from virtual objects? We’ll have to wait and see if the Second Life/Firefox browser will support extensions, but imagine walking through a virtual museum in Second Life and grabbing citations or even copies of objects in that visualized space… it would drastically change the experience.
