I’m not Dead, Just Semi-Retiring: In Search of SLPurpose
There’s nothing I love better than to find a great novel that extends into an ongoing series. But no matter how great the initial volumes are, most serializations eventually get stale and repetitive. It’s a rare fictional character who can stay fresh over the course of more than a half dozen outings. And in some [...]
The Joy of Gonzo Scholarship
This photo show my latest “research” materials related to the Ventriloquism and Virtual Identity idea I’ve been pondering. Between these and my last few Vizthink posts, you can get a sense for the sheer joy and intellectual freedom that amateur scholarship (I can sense the real academics cringing) can foster. I invite you to join [...]
A New Blogroll Strategy
The image was created with Touchgraph and visualizes some of the links between Second Life-related blogs.
After removing my out of date Blogroll a few weeks ago, I’ve finally added a new version to the sidebar. The prior list was created from a feed Zoe Connolly compiled over a year ago that [...]
Twitter Sucking Life Out of Bloggers?
I checked on my blog today and was shocked to find that I hadn’t posted for six days. It sure felt like I’d been writing my virtual ass off all week, but it was all Twitter. Apparently, my voracious Muse is happy with multiple small snacks each day instead of less frequent meals.
I find the [...]
Disclaimer
The views expressed by characters in Botgirl’s comics are works of fiction so as best to chase after living truth. As a fictional character herself, Botgirl reserves the right to contradict herself, repeatedly if necessary, for the purpose of challenging rigid opinions, transcending limited perspectives and for the sheer joy of it.
That said, [...]
Wordle Exposes Botgirl’s Radical Shift From Second Life to Social Networking
I was playing around with Wordle yesterday and thought it would be interesting to compare my blog posts from the first couple of months with text from the most recent two months. I ended up comparing three periods: April-May, 2008; October-November, 2008; and January-February 2009.
I ran each set through a series of “search and replace” [...]
Art and Ego
I feel best when my creative expression is a private dance between me and my emerging work. The intimacy of the process and the authenticity of the eventual work is diminished when my attention is drawn to an imagined audience. Twyla Tharp shares a few thoughts on the topic in this brief video clip.
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Naked Simplicity
http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=58374
Excerpt from animation of visualized Lambda fractal equation: z(0) = c = pixel; z(n+1) = (c^exp-1)*z(n)^2 + c. “Because they appear similar at all levels of magnification, fractals are often considered to be infinitely complex (in informal terms).” from Wikipedia
No matter how complex an issue, a small handful of core principles are usually [...]
The blog that ate Botgirl
After birthing half a dozen comic episodes in about a week, it seems like a good time to take a simulated breath and reflect.
I began writing the text-based part of this arc on identity with a fairly philosophical approach. Over the next three days I had a brief passionate affair with Logic while my [...]
The comment debater’s equivalent of waking up with some half-remembered person sleeping next to you
Upon reviewing my own comments from the last cycle, this hit a bit close to home.Thanks for the link, Grace! Cartoon from the ever-brilliant xkcd.com
Loving What Is: Botgirl exposes her demons and then works to slay them
Each resident’s perception of Second Life is unique. In a sense, it is not one world, but one million. Our experience of Second Life as a frustrating bug-ridden mess or a creative utopia is completely the result of our own thoughts and has nothing to do with any inherent quality of the tapestry of technology [...]
Fantasy Strike League
A number of SL-centric bloggers are refraining from issuing posts from April 15-17 as a protest against Linden Lab’s trademark policy. As much as I’d like a good excuse to take a break for a few days, I’m obviously not participating. Here’s why:
It’s only been about three weeks since the announcement. It is [...]
