Comments on: Warning — Second Life geek alert

By: roisin m ryan

roisin m ryan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:06:11 +0000

loser shit

By: roisin m ryan

roisin m ryan — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:06:11 +0000

loser shit

By: Stuart MacDonald

Stuart MacDonald — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:08:12 +0000

Fair enough.

By: Taran Rampersad (aka Nobody Fugazi)

Taran Rampersad (aka Nobody Fugazi) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:07:44 +0000

Stuart – the freak factor *can* be high, depending on where you go. I don’t know you too well, but I suspect you trailed through the Events to find things. That works sometimes, if you find a good discussion or something along those lines.

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.

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 03:46:31 +0000

I think you’re right that there is definitely a bandwagon-jumping aspect to it, Stuart — and the PR angle of IBM and Sun and Reuters and American Apparel getting involved is also undoubtedly true. And yes, it is a small (and weird) population. But I still think it is interesting to watch what happens there, whether economically or sociologically. Not because it’s hugely important, but because it’s like a Petri dish or a tide-pool — full of interesting things that often say something about human nature as a whole.