IBM hosts 3-day Rational Software Dev. Conference at Codestation

Posted on 2008-06-02 by BobKetner

Got word of an IBM “Meet the Experts” session being held in Second Life(tm) June 2, 3, and 4. It is part of their Rational Software Development Conference going on in Orlando, FL and sounds really interesting.

It looks like they are using teleconferencing for voice, as phone-in numbers are provided. Here’s the announcement as I received it. I’ll definitely drop in, so look for Orange Montagne if you’re there.
Join us on Codestation in Second Life for the IBM Rational Software Development Conference Meet the Expert Sessions this week June 2, 3 and 4th.

The SL URL for CODESTATION is http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%20CODESTATION/130/95/40

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, there will be a Meet the Expert sessions at 10:00 am and 2:00 pm Eastern (New York) with each of the Heroes. As a reward for attending each of the sessions, a superpower will be handed out to attendees at each of the sessions.

Schedule for 10 am ET :
Monday 10am ET – Fee-Chur: The Developer; who can turn anything into code. “It’s not a bug, it’s a “feature!”
Tuesday 10am ET The Gatekeeper: The Release Manager; who can shift shapes to deal with everything internal and external; from bugs to leaks to patches to infinity and beyond!
Wednesdat 10am ET The Time-Inator: The Project Manager; who can bend the time-space continuum… sometimes
http://slurl.com/secondlife/IBM%20CODESTATION/130/95/40

Call in information for 10am ET Expert Sessions
10am ET Mon, Tues & Wed – June 2, 3 & 4
Title: Rational Software Devplr Meet the Expert
Conference telephone numbers:
Participants, Toll free: 888-427-9376
Participants, Toll: 719-457-1509
Confirmation Code: 6768646
Title: Rational Software Devplr Meet the Expert

Schedule for 2pm ET
Monday 2pm ET R-Tek: The Architect with the power to grok future applications just by drawing a picture on a napkin.
Tuesday 2pm ET Hawkeye: The Analyst; whose super A-ray Vision lets her see opportunities hidden in complex problems
Wednesdat 2pm ET Gotcha: The Tester; with the power to clone herself to meet impossible deadlines…
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/events/rsdc2008/rheroes.html
Call in information for 2pm ET Expert Sessions
2pm ET Mon, Tues & Wed – June 2, 3 & 4
Title: Rational Software Devplr Meet the Expert Conference telephone numbers:
Participants, Toll free: 888-378-0344
Participants, Toll: 719-325-2100

In addition, the Conference Keynotes will be posted on Codestation the day after they are delivered at the Conference.

http://www.ibm.com/rational

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“19 year-old gamer becomes mayor”

Posted on 2008-05-29 by BobKetner

So  the headlines have been blazing about 19 year old John Tyler Hammons (Wikipedia entry) is the “gamer elected mayor”.

Coverage: GamePolitics.com,  Yahoo games, Yahoo news, AP, G4TV

I did a bit of searching but couldn’t find a particular gaming reference but it immediately brought to mind the IBM study with Seriosity on “Virtual Worlds Real Leaders“. This is great reading – (get the full report .pdf here) and I believe there will be a lot more of these gaming parallels given the impact and reach of games on young and old alike.

Some of the folks who participated in the IBM report were presenters and attendees at the Virtual World SIG these kinds of topics were things I spoke about at both Virtual Worlds 2007, and at NASA Virtual Worlds in Jan. 2008. The notions (or theories/findings) that the gaming environment can generate leadership is encouraging. At least, gaming trains users in online collaboration by default, and we’ve realized that “work is an MMOG” along the way from the SIG presentations.

The fact that so many headlines are running the “gaming” angle on the story just might bring the concept to the mainstream discussion. Can’t wait to see what develops around it.

– Bob K.

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Thank you Gaia Online and multi-platform SIG participants!

Posted on 2008-05-08 by BobKetner

On Monday May 5 Joe Hyrkin VP Sales and Business Development at Gaia Online presented at the Virtual World SIG.

Joe gave a look at the various features and special features of Gaia Online, and we were able to ask in-depth questions about integrating brands into the world.  We were able to get up to speed quickly on the social nature of Gaia, its demographics, and how Gaia serves as a portal to other online content.  Fascinating stuff! Gaia is by the numbers (average 100k concurrent users) one of the most vibrant web properties online.

This was our first multi-platform Virtual World SIG.  My avatar Orange Montagne co-existed with Joe in Gaia,  and we were joined by Dedric Mauriac, inside Gaia AND Second Life, while California Condor and others joined us in Second Life and on the video community ustream.tv where the video was streamed.

I want to personally thank everyone who showed up for this truly multi-platform virtual event -and if you missed it, well you really need to get real with your virtual presence.

See you next time on June 23 or on the MRO Show sometime soon.

Bob Ketner

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