SLED-Alaska

Second Life Educators in Alaska

Eric Hackathorn
  • Male
  • Boulder, Colorado
  • United States
Share 

Eric Hackathorn's Friends

Hack's Haven

RT @EricaDriver: It’s a sad day for the emerging immersive software sector. Forterra laid off...

RT @EricaDriver: It’s a sad day for the emerging immersive software sector. Forterra laid off 60% of its workforce. Remaining assets lik …

is wondering if Forterra is really going the way of the dodo bird, or is the pay just better on the...

is wondering if Forterra is really going the way of the dodo bird, or is the pay just better on the other side of the classified firewall.

RT @justincc: New blog post - OpenSim 0.6.8 source packages released. Binaries will hopefully will...

RT @justincc: New blog post - OpenSim 0.6.8 source packages released. Binaries will hopefully will follow soonish - http://bit.ly/82wKD0

It’s official: My avatar name is listed as an alias in...



It’s official:

My avatar name is listed as an alias in the company staff directory.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Graph: A virtual world graph of green...



Greenhouse Gas Emissions Graph:

A virtual world graph of green house gas emissions by country and year. Generated by Green Phosphor technology.

 

Eric Hackathorn's Page

Latest Activity

Eric Hackathorn added a blog post
I heard a rumor that you folks were working in OpenSim. We at NOAA also have an OpenSim grid up and running and have transferred some of the content we developed for Alaska into that environment. Anyone interested in playing?
October 20
Eric Hackathorn might attend Chip McMillan's event
SLED-Alaska Fall, 2009 Meeting at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Second%20Earth%208/169/22/22/
September 30, 2009 from 9pm to 9:30pm
Meeting in front of Seleniris Pearl's beautiful Tlingit Clan House to share what we are all up to in Second Life.
September 30
Eric Hackathorn commented on Chip McMillan's event 'SLED-Alaska Fall, 2009 Meeting'
So this is 11 PM my time? Must be the land of the midnight sun...
September 30
Eric Hackathorn and Wade Roach are now friends
May 11
Eric Hackathorn commented on Julie Fronzuto's blog post 'Next meeting?'
I see chip proposed a meeting tonight at 9 PM after his ball. Gosh that's only 11 PM my time. I love how virtual worlds mean there are no time zones anymore. I'm going to try to be there tonight, but perhaps something a touch earlier in the day?
April 29
Eric Hackathorn commented on Chip McMillan's event 'Alaska Studies Masquerade Ball'
I am hopeful people just haven't RSVPed for this? Chip invited 60....
April 29
Chip McMillan commented on Eric Hackathorn's blog post 'Virtual Alaska'
As always, Eric, I just hope I can do this partnership justice.
April 28
Wade Roach commented on Eric Hackathorn's blog post 'Virtual Alaska'
Wow, very nice video. Those glacier scenes, beautiful.
April 27
Eric Hackathorn added a blog post
A reprint from Scilands: Fish for Alaska King Crab, climb to the top of Mt. McKinley, traverse a glacier, survive a winter Bering Sea storm - all of these are possibilities in the coming world of Virtual Alaska. To start, there is a recreation of D…
April 27
Eric Hackathorn commented on Chip McMillan's blog post 'IT Support for SL'
Is there any interest in consolidating all these cool Alaskan regions into one massive AK community? Studies show it helps boost traffic, ROI, and Chip could potentially find someone to fix his hair.
April 27
Eric Hackathorn is attending Chip McMillan's event
Alaska Studies Masquerade Ball at Alaska Sandbox Thetis
April 29, 2009 from 7pm to 10pm
I have invited 60 students from my UAS Alaska Studies classes to convene at the NOAA Virtual Alaska Sandbox: http://www.scilands.org/alaska/training.php or http://slurl.com/secondlife/Thetis/226/164/53 between 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 29…
April 27
Sara Lee commented on Eric Hackathorn's blog post 'Virtual Alaska Land Expansion'
I was hoping to see more posts about the virtual AK space and what AKSledders want to do with it....but no time like present, and instead of waiting I'll through in some thoughts. 1) I'd like there to be a SL meeting with good representation (so not…
April 24
Eric Hackathorn commented on ChristenBouffard's photo 'Virtual Alaska'
nice sunset!
April 18
Julie Fronzuto commented on Eric Hackathorn's blog post 'Virtual Alaska Land Expansion'
Awesome!
April 18
Eric Hackathorn commented on Chip McMillan's blog post 'IT Support for SL'
...and Chip, it is not reasonable for you to create the UAS presence in SL yourself. Community, community, community! :-)
April 18
Eric Hackathorn commented on Chip McMillan's blog post 'IT Support for SL'
Ha! It's moments like this where you don't want to forget your training. ;-) Check out the "appearance" topic in SL101 on http://classroom.scilands.org/ However, in the meantime right click on yourself, go to appearances, and then focus on your head…
April 18

Comment Wall (3 comments)

You need to be a member of SLED-Alaska to add comments!

Join this Ning Network

At 4:42pm on February 23, 2009, Chip McMillan said…
Oh yea, oh yea! Incredible textures and I love the hand refraction photo. Way to go!
At 4:37pm on February 23, 2009, Chip McMillan said…
Oh yea, oh yea! Those are great! Your hand refraction photo is incredible. Way to go on that one. I'll get mine up tonight.
At 10:07am on February 23, 2009, Chip McMillan said…
Thanks so much for coming up to see us in Juneau, Eric. Great things will come of this. I sure hope you and your wife can come back for an actual vacation.

Profile Information

Bio
Eric Hackathorn started with his first computer before he learned to ride a bicycle. His father was kind enough to allocate him 100 KB of the family’s 10 MB hard drive: one of the first commercially available of its kind. Since that time, he has spent a majority of his time dabbling in all things computer related. After graduating from high school, he started working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder, Colorado. At the same time, he attended and then graduated from the University of Colorado majoring in electrical and computer engineering. He continues his work at NOAA today as a program manager.

Eric has taken a back seat to his much handsomer counterpart Hackshaven Harford. Hackshaven is Eric’s avatar (a virtual representation of himself) and exists only in the virtual world known as Second Life. Together they have been busy designing a public 3-D space to highlight the research NOAA performs. In addition, they recently formed a company "Maya Realities" to explore 3-D virtual world metrics. In essence, helping to gauge the return on investment for companies creating beach heads in virtual worlds such as Second Life.
Organization
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
SL Avatar
Hackshaven Harford
Project SLURL(s)
http://classroom.scilands.org/
Online ID
http://hackshaven.myopenid.com/
Blog/Web Site
http://hackshaven.com/
Shared Photos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hackshaven/
Shared Bookmarks
http://delicious.com/hackshaven

Eric Hackathorn's Photos

Loading…

Eric Hackathorn's Blog

Eric Hackathorn

OpenSim

I heard a rumor that you folks were working in OpenSim. We at NOAA also have an OpenSim grid up and running and have transferred some of the content we developed for Alaska into that environment. Anyone interested in playing?

Posted on October 20, 2009 at 1:56pm —

Eric Hackathorn

Virtual Alaska

A reprint from Scilands:

Fish for Alaska King Crab, climb to the top of Mt. McKinley, traverse a glacier, survive a winter Bering Sea storm - all of these are possibilities in the coming world of Virtual Alaska. To start, there is a recreation of Dutch Harbor. Here visitors can can learn more about this area of the world and the role the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA plays. In this immersive envi… Continue

Posted on April 27, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Eric Hackathorn

Virtual Alaska Land Expansion

Just thought I'd send everyone a quick note letting folks know that we've set aside an additional region for Virtual Alaska just to the west of Thetis. What would people like to see there? How should we foster community and manage the content?

… Continue

Posted on April 6, 2009 at 11:01am — 2 Comments

 
 

About

ChristenBouffard ChristenBouffard created this Ning Network.
Create a Ning Network! »
 

© 2009   Created by ChristenBouffard on Ning.   Create a Ning Network!

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Privacy  |  Terms of Service