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10.30.08Online Therapy Institute opens in Second LifeIf you're looking for information about online counseling, clinical supervision and the impact of technology on mental health, then the newly-launched Online Therapy Institute (OTI) is the place to visit. The center has just launched its presence in Second Life, according to MMD Newswire. Founded by Kate Anthony and DeeAnna Merz Nagel, both former Presidents of the International Society for Mental Health Online, the OTI is a think tank for all issues related to e-therapy. The center is interested in some of the key therapy-related issues of our day, including Internet and cybersex addictions, gaming, virtual worlds, and social networking. ...
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08.08.08Blue Mars Virtual World: Forget User-Generated ContentConcept artist and futurist Syd Mead is bringing his vision to the forthcoming Blue Mars virtual world, promising a city in which "visitors...will experience the future of entertainment, social networking, commerce and education. Retail shopping centers, entertainment venues, museums and more will give visionary entrepreneurs the best commercial opportunities of the 22nd century." Perhaps alone among the major virtual world developments, Blue Mars is tacking away from small worlds, browser-based, 2.5D and all the other answers to the 'download problem'. In fact, they've admitted that their virtual world platform is aimed at computer specs several years in the future rather than ...
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07.01.08Pull Quotes: Intimate with Our MachinesIs social networking changing the way people relate to each other? For some people, things move from "I have a feeling, I want to call a friend" to "I want to feel something, I need to make a call". In either case, what is not being cultivated is the ability to be alone and to manage and contain one's emotions. When technology brings us to the point where we're used to sharing our thoughts and feelings instantaneously, it can lead to a new dependence, sometimes to the extent that we need others in order to feel our feelings in the first ...
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04.10.08Librarian Outlines Trends in Online CommunitiesJill Hurst-Wahl, a lifelong information technologist and library scientist, visited the Memorial Library at the SUNY campus in upstate New York recently to offer some keen observations about social networks. Hurst-Wahl said that online communities are the "virtual coffee pot," a place for users to gather around a water cooler and discuss... well, anything. She also noted that the trend towards social networking will not abate any time soon. Here are a few of her observations, pulled from the SUNY Memorial Library blog: - Social Networking Tools (SNTs) will be everywhere. In the course management software, in the library catalog, in ...
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