I actually hang out at the Reuters sim now and then, interesting people pass through there - people interested in the news or things along those lines. Other places really depend on the type of people you meet. A game of Tringo can be fun now and then - think competitive Tetris.

I’m actually thinking about setting up a KnowProSE.com office in SL. Why? Well, I plan to be moving around as soon as I get some real life issues tied up, and it could be a good place to have have some of my concepts on display.

Info Isle is another good place to check out. I wrote a little piece yesterday on the Science Museum.

Think of it this way: there is no right or wrong side of the tracks in SL because there are no tracks.

As for the businesses - Reuters has had a very positive effect, I think. IBM sort of exists in a vacuum, as does Sun it seems. Dell’s new presence is something I wrote up today.

Now, it is true that it is effectively a real economy which is cool, and it is also likely true that adherents would accuse me of not “getting it”. And in fairness, maybe I don’t. But, I still think that it is overblown/overhyped in it’s supposed value.

- Stuart

http://www.secondlifeherald.com/slh/2006/11/fleeced.html

The same person who I warned earlier today about labeling me ended up writing something about the Electric Sheep Company which could be grounds for Libel.

You see… real world people can be held accountable. I’d been involved in WSIS and so forth, and realized that the bureaucrats are too slow. I joined SecondLife to see what it could be used for along the lines of culture and education - things which I have been involved in - and quickly went native. In the last 3 months, I have immersed myself in the world.

I wrote somewhere that the failures of WSIS and the IGF as well as governmental policies and intergovernmental policies are readily apparent in the intrinsics of the virtual world. SecondLife is such a rich place to spot these things.

But it is impossible to watch and observe without affecting, so I try to have a positive effect. Much of the hype around the marketing and even the copybot is unfounded. Linden Lab gets blamed for a lot of that, but I think it’s a natural part of a new micronation forming. The problem might be that the travel brochures are getting printed faster than the attractions.

And in it’s own way… SecondLife is a developing nation. Hmm. Now THERE is a blog entry.

Oh - and Grazr simply rocks. There is a leap of OPML that a beginner would have to get past - it’s not apparent in the documentation unless you dig. As a seasoned techie, within 10 minutes I had 2 feeds working. Not bad. :-)