Thursday, November 09, 2006

Second Life

I have barely dipped my toe in the water on Second Life, but there sure seems to be something going on.

As mentioned in this article, Linden Lab, Second Life's publisher, estimates that the total amount of content being created by its users is equivalent to the output of 5,100 full-time programmers. You Tube is a movie factory, blogs a writing factory, podcasts a broadcast factory, and now this in Second Life:

  • IBM is holding virtual meetings here
  • Reuters has opened up a news outlet within the world
  • and LOTS of commerce is going on

I still think Halo is a better platform for interacting (and resolving business disputes in a more... ummm... direct manner) -- as evidenced by the interviews conducted in This Spartan Life

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous7:23 AM

    Kelly, I will chaulk Second Life up to another one of those things I heard from you first.

    Keep pursuing your socialist approach to email. It is not that far afield from an overnight deletion of all media files.

    Peggy

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