At 14.00hrs BST the first issue of "Living Open Life" magazine was published. At the moment it is a PDF document on the Moodle server, so is only available to OU students and staff. This may change when the planned public web pages are created over the next couple of weeks.
Editor Eshala Tabacznyk (Real Life: Teresa Flannery) in the Open Minds exhibition building, where the magazine was launched.
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Friday, May 22, 2009
LOL!
This weekend will see the launch of LOL (Living Open Life) - a magazine run by for for the residents and users of the Open Life regions.
It will be available at the village shop Open All Hours, probably in the form of a link to a PDF document hosted on the Open Life website.
It will be available at the village shop Open All Hours, probably in the form of a link to a PDF document hosted on the Open Life website.
Open Shutters
OLiVe residents' first exhibition in the dedicated Open Minds building starts today. It is a small collection of snapshots taken by the residents during their first weeks on the island.
Also planned for the summer is a live music performance at the amphitheatre by resident Elsbeth Biedermann, who will be playing the clarinet and/or violin. Watch the Events Wiki for details when they are confirmed.
Also planned for the summer is a live music performance at the amphitheatre by resident Elsbeth Biedermann, who will be playing the clarinet and/or violin. Watch the Events Wiki for details when they are confirmed.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Home improvement
Since moving onto Open Life Village, community members have been enthusiastically organising and creating.
Having developed a way of installing curtains for every window of her house using only one prim in total, one resident (Jadis Mai) packaged the item and then ran an in-world tutorial to share her technique.
Similarly, another resident (Eshala Tabacznyk) shared her expertise in constructing an in-world television at zero cost.
More recently, discussion on the OUSA forum prompted another resident (Hennamono Morpork) to create his own map of the island. When finished it will joing the curtains and television in the village shop.
Another resident (Elsbeth Biedermann), who is a keen photographer in Real Life, has taken it upon herself to organise the first exhibition to be hosted at the Open Minds exhibition space.
Finally, Eshala - not content to rest on her TV laurels -has agreed to be guest editor for the first edition of "LOL" - a magazine for and by Open Life users and residents.
Having developed a way of installing curtains for every window of her house using only one prim in total, one resident (Jadis Mai) packaged the item and then ran an in-world tutorial to share her technique.
Similarly, another resident (Eshala Tabacznyk) shared her expertise in constructing an in-world television at zero cost.
More recently, discussion on the OUSA forum prompted another resident (Hennamono Morpork) to create his own map of the island. When finished it will joing the curtains and television in the village shop.
Another resident (Elsbeth Biedermann), who is a keen photographer in Real Life, has taken it upon herself to organise the first exhibition to be hosted at the Open Minds exhibition space.
Finally, Eshala - not content to rest on her TV laurels -has agreed to be guest editor for the first edition of "LOL" - a magazine for and by Open Life users and residents.
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