http://www.stormbear.com Second Life Development :: Interactive Design :: Strategy Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:11:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I will be in San Francisco's City Hall on Monday and Tuesday taking pictures of the happy couples, howling protesters and assorted well-wishers for In La Magazine and The Bilerico Project. For those of you who want to see the pics as I post them, you can click on the THIS ... http://www.stormbear.com/2008/06/15/gay-wedding-photos-in-san-francisco/ All good things must come to an end and so has my ownership of the Spider. It was sold last week to an AVID collector near South Beach, Miami. The new owner sent an 18 wheeler car carrier just to fetch the Spider. I watched it depart for the Interstate ... http://www.stormbear.com/2008/03/25/the-ride-is-over/ I appeared in Second Life last week for a taping of The Late Show with Angelico Babii. My avatar name is StormBear Hitchcock and he was the last guest of the night. We discussed the the creation of Books For Soldiers and the technology used to bring Books For Soldiers ... http://www.stormbear.com/2008/03/04/bfs-featured-on-metaverse-tv/ Last summer, Robert Freedman interviewed me about Second Life and how I develop projects in Second Life for Fortune 500 companies. I promptly forgot about the interview until Robert emailed me over the holidays and told me it was out. I have to admit I cringed a bit, not knowing how ... http://www.stormbear.com/2008/01/04/my-interview-with-robert-freedman/ Well, I was shocked but the Chronicle called and sent me a freelance contract to run one of my strips. It was as simple as that. Well, actually it wasn't so simple. It took three years of cartooning and getting good at it. But let me tell ya, having "freelance ... http://www.stormbear.com/2007/12/17/san-francisco-chronicle-i-hear-they-have-a-new-cartoonist/ CNBC ran a story on Second Life and how SL is creating a new economy much in the way eBay has. One woman profiled is on track to make over $80,000 in US dollars this year from the sales of her clothing line in Second Life. Her initial investment was ... http://www.stormbear.com/2007/12/05/cnbc-profiles-second-life/ Me and a friend of mine was standing in front of her store and while we were shooting the breeze a Google Street View car drove by - just like the one shown below. What is a Street View car? Google is taking 3D images of all the streets in cities ... http://www.stormbear.com/2007/08/11/google-street-view-invades-north-carolina/ The folks over at Bilerico are relaunching their site today with a new design and a focus on issues outside of Indiana. Now branded as The Bilerico Project, the site is moving toward being the HuffPo of the LGBTQ world. Please check them out! http://www.stormbear.com/2007/07/09/bilericocom-relaunches-today/ I am planning a Second Life presence for TCD during Yearly Kos, the convention for Daily Kos users and fans. This year at Yearly Kos, they will be streaming video of the panels and speeches into a special area set up in Second Life for those of us who can't ... http://www.stormbear.com/2007/06/11/town-called-dobson-in-second-life/ I began publishing a webcomic three years ago and I think it is a success. Well anytime my unique visitors a day goes over two, not including me, that is a success! I will start off with the obvious steps. 1) Learn to draw. 2) Learn to write short, snarky dialog. 3) Tivo C-SPAN, ... http://www.stormbear.com/2007/04/26/guide-to-publishing-a-political-webcomic-part-1/