Being right in the middle of the technology churn might even be counterproductive rather than helpful, since you may be more likely to fall prey to the latest hype (note the press release's touting of Newt's September
Second Life appearance) and miss the tools that are actually changing the way politics and government work.
One interesting side note was the group's take on Warner's
Second Life appearance, which I (among others) refused to take too seriously.
Not exact matches
The man who is wholly taken up with the demands of everyday
living or whose sole interest is in the outward
appearances of things seldom gains more than a glimpse, at best, of this
second phase in our sense - perceptions, that in which the world, having entered into us, then withdraws from us and bears us away with it: he can have only a very dim awareness of that aureole, thrilling and inundating our being, through which is disclosed to us at every point of contact the unique essence of the universe.
More broadly, this tactic reminded me of what folks from the abortive Mark Warner presidential campaign said a couple of years ago about his
appearance in
Second Life: very few people actually saw Warner there, but many more talked about it, and they talked about it on tech sites and gaming sites that are normally tough to break into.
I can't really see candidates doing a whole lot of advertising on porn sites (though I'd love to see someone try), but
appearances in
Second Life and other immersive online worlds are a definite possibility (may I point out that more sites than just Boing Boing noticed that Mark Warner held a virtual event earlier this year?).
Best Transformation: «Outlander» They may play tortured, star - crossed lovers onscreen but during «Outlander» «s
second Comic - Con
appearance, stars Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe proved they were anything but in real
life.
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Spectre with a review of Licence to Kill... Timothy Dalton's time as James Bond is short -
lived as he makes his final
appearance in his
second film.
At Nintendo's E3 Treehouse
Live event, they revealed some new playable characters, apart from the initially revealed Link and Impa: the legendary Princess Zelda herself, as well as the return of the Twilight Princess, Midna (making this her
second appearance in the franchise, riding a shadow wolf again).
Sesame Street might only be
second to Saturday Night
Live when it comes to guest
appearances, so it makes sense that the famous cat would stop by for a visit.
Beyond international exhibitions around the world (France, Gaza, Germany and Jordan, among many others),
live festival showings at Glastonbury (U.K.), Coachella (U.S.) and an
appearance at the Happy 80th Birthday, Dalai Lama celebration (U.S.), this marks HERAKUT's
second exhibition at the gallery.
Judging by the transcript, Posner's
second life stood up as well as his first, even if his
appearance was punctuated by moments such as this, when Posner noted an unusual avatar in the audience:
Those who
live locally and are seeing you briefly for just a few
seconds will judge you completely by your
appearance and behave accordingly toward you.