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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Orange Island's Geekend! in SL]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/orange-islands-geekend-in-sl/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/orange-islands-geekend-in-sl/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/orange-islands-geekend-in-sl/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/real-life/" rel="tag">Real life</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/classes/" rel="tag">Classes</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/events-in-game/" rel="tag">Events, in-game</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/second-life/" rel="tag">Second Life</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-play</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/hands-on/" rel="tag">Hands-on</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/academic/" rel="tag">Academic</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/education/" rel="tag">Education</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/virtual-worlds/" rel="tag">Virtual worlds</a></p><div align="center"><font size="3" face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><a href="http://www.orange-island.com/?p=183"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="top" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/01/geekendinvitation.jpg" alt="" /></a></font></div>
<font size="3" face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br />On January 25-26, <a href="http://slurl.com/secondlife/Orange%201/191/134/30/?img=http%3A//www.orange-island.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/oi001.jpg&amp;title=Orange%20Island%2C%20Second%20Life&amp;msg=Come%20visit%20Orange%20Island">Orange Island</a> (previously covered <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/11/14/the-second-life-orange-island-identity-summit/">here</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/12/20/orange-islands-virtual-arts-week-in-full-swing-up-until-friday/">here</a>, and <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/01/cinemassively-metaversatility-orange-island/">here</a>) will host a series of lectures, discussions, and workshops on tech and development oriented topics. </font><font size="3" face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Lectures and discussions will take place from 10am - 3pm on Friday January 25, and workshops and classes will be held from 10am - 3pm on Saturday, January 26.<br /><br />Among the notable figures to attend will be <a href="http://amazon.com/">Amazon</a>'s Jeff Barr, who will discuss Amazon's Web Services and its application within virtual worlds; </font><font size="3" face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">John Plevyak, Ph.D of MDC <a href="http://www.metaversatility.com/">Metaversatility</a>, who will examine the future of virtual worlds and scalability</font><font size="3" face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">; and members of the <a href="http://www.electricsheepcompany.com/">Electric Sheep Company</a>'s game development team, who will talk about the challenges of designing games for corporate clients.<br /><br />For more information, check out the Orange Island blog and calendar <a href="http://www.orange-island.com/">here</a>. </font><font size="3" face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">Space for some sessions may be limited, so contact Jade Lily in-world for availability.</font><br /><font size="3" face="Helvetica" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br />[Thanks, Jade!]</font><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/orange-islands-geekend-in-sl/">Orange Island's Geekend! in SL</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.orange-island.com/?p=183>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/orange-islands-geekend-in-sl/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1095231/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/01/24/orange-islands-geekend-in-sl/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>amazon</category><category>electric-sheep-company</category><category>geekend</category><category>jade-lily</category><category>jeff-barr</category><category>john-plevyak</category><category>metaversatility</category><category>orange-island</category><category>second-life</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Akela Talamasca]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
