SubscribeIntel, Second Life, and Mobile Tech
I logged into Second Life last week. I still have a soft spot for the metaverse since I was one of the pioneers who joined around its release in 2003. My claim to fame was creating the Roach Coach (Taco truck vehicle) among other projects. I even had a chance to work for Linden Labs. Like everything else, addictions shift and I haven’t been active in the metaverse in years.
Recently, the geeky devs at Intel set up their own island to have a presence in Second Life. Josh Bancroft was the one who told me about their presence so I went to take a look at their island. It ends up they have really useful info and host some very informative events. Far cry from the usual clubbing or gambling events.
Anyway, I received an email from the Intel Dev Group last week announcing Intel Technical Consulting Engineer Bob Steigerwald will be doing a presentation on techniques for creating energy efficient apps for mobile devices.
Thursday, November 8th
4:30PM SLT - Intel Software Network
You are invited to spend an hour with Intel Technical Consulting
Engineer Bob Steigerwald who will be speaking on how to design software for
energy efficiency. Topics will include: Demand for Mobile devices; What
is energy efficiency?; Power basics; C-States and P-States & Designing
for energy efficiency.
This event will also be available streamed live on slcn.net
They are working with slcn.tv to broadcast their events live and archive them. Their show page is here and you can replay the entire event. Bob will be doing a repeat event on the 15th if you want to check it out and ask more questions.
The event itself was great. It was basically a Q&A with a PowerPoint presentation. You could actually hear him talk and he responded to all the questions typed in the chat. I couldn’t help myself and asked more hardware related questions concerning processors on MID’s and UMPC’s.
If you’re interested in the Intel dev group’s presence in Second Life, check our their Intel and Second Life forum. They list all their hosted events on that page.
I am Ironchef Cook by the way. Shoot me an instant message if you’re in-world. All my IM’s end up in my email so I’ll eventually get it.
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