Virtual communities on Google+

Getting tons of invites for communities on Google Plus. A limited selection: communities for Digital Culture (look for Ted Newcomb to get an invite), Second Life (288 members already), Second Life Arts (135 members), Opensim Virtual (‘First there was Second Life, then there was Freedom), MetaMeets (3D internet conference), Augmented… Continue reading

Users of the WELL take over their online community

-Salon Media Group (SLNM.PK) and The Well Group,  Inc. today jointly announced that The WELL is now under the ownership of The Well Group,  Inc., a private investment group composed of long-time WELL members. The Well Group, Inc. consists entirely of long-time WELL users with an average tenure  exceeding 20… Continue reading

Becoming Net Smart with Howard Rheingold

I just bought the Kindle edition of Net Smart, Howard Rheingold‘s new book, published by the MIT Press. I participated in various of Howard’s courses: one about literacies of cooperation, another one about mind-amplifying tools, and now I’m involved in a collaborative project facilitated by Howard aimed at creating a… Continue reading

Howard Rheingold’s virtual community / social media course 2010

Have a look at the interesting mindmap of this course about virtual communities and social media at Stanford, the instructor is Howard Rheingold. In fact you can get an overview of the course material using a concept map or this Prezi presentation: Virtual Community/Social Media Course on Prezi

Metanomics innovates once again, adds meet-ups, gets celebrity-guests

The Second Life show Metanomics is about to start a new season, and is innovating once again. In fact, Metanomics would be a great research topic for communication and media students, as it demonstrates key principles of new media. Metanomics is owned and operated by Remedy Communications which also owns the… Continue reading