the party is over and the sky is falling: cloud party was absorbed by yahoo & rod humble left a certain building on battery street in sf for the very last time…

is this the end? or is this just the beginning of the resurgence of virtual worlds?

well, we have one hour of audio for you and after listening you may be strengthened in your opinion either way [stitcher lovers click here!]

so here you go [and sorry we did not cover the epic battle in eve online – many pre-produced segments had to be bumped due to the above mentioned pressing affairs]:

linkage to contextualize the show:

– jo breaks the news about rod and is not intending to fix it!

– dean takahashi on sl over the years

– residents react to rod leaving, some even [seriously?] want to step in and fill the position….

– maria korolov and an open letter to ll

– syntertainment: is that where rod is going?

– cloud party = last drinks have been served….

– next time on this show: internet/online disinhibition [we disccus with peter ludlow]

– stuff that is awesome which we will cover in the future unless you scoop us on even better stuff!

– our interview guests: jaimy hancroft, tyr rozenblum, harvey crabsticks, hanno tietgens, evonne heyning [aka in kenzo] and joyce bettencourt [and their new company]

– rod’s speeches at slcc 2011 in oakland

– the drax files: world makers [episode 16 – feed a smile]

– nonny dela pena’s immersive journalism project on syria

– nick yee on avatars [and momi despres on identity in sl citing nick]

– bitcoin exchange ceo arrested

– you can sponsor a monument to the victims of the nazi regime: the stolpersteine project

the drax files radio hour [with jo yardley] is a weekly production of basicdrax entertainment.

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