http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/10/20/revisiting-second-life/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/10/20/revisiting-second-life/#comment-3020 What’s The Deal With Second Life? · un/popular web culture Wed, 21 Feb 2007 10:02:05 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1841#comment-3020 [...] I have been following the story of Second Life - a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents - and am confused. [...] [...] I have been following the story of Second Life - a 3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its residents - and am confused. [...]

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/10/20/revisiting-second-life/#comment-1968 Anonymous Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:30:01 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1841#comment-1968 Hey Mark. Greatings from an old friend! Take a look at some of the thigns IBM is doing in Second Life: http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=171044 http://greateribm.typepad.com/web_log/2006/10/greater_ibm_vir_1.html http://irvingwb.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/transforming_bu.html http://eightbar.co.uk/2006/09/21/our-private-island-is-a-little-less-secret-now/ http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/09/21/ibm_secret/ http://www.babasucks.com/2006/67/ibm-meets-up-in-second-life/ Alan Lepofsky - Lotus Software Hey Mark. Greatings from an old friend! Take a look at some of the thigns IBM is doing in Second Life:
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=171044
http://greateribm.typepad.com/web_log/2006/10/greater_ibm_vir_1.html
http://irvingwb.typepad.com/blog/2006/09/transforming_bu.html
http://eightbar.co.uk/2006/09/21/our-private-island-is-a-little-less-secret-now/
http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2006/09/21/ibm_secret/
http://www.babasucks.com/2006/67/ibm-meets-up-in-second-life/
Alan Lepofsky - Lotus Software

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/10/20/revisiting-second-life/#comment-1967 Anonymous Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:26:06 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1841#comment-1967 Mark, in contrast to my argument to "give it a chance", Slashdot Games has a good post about people deeply involved with MMOGs who are suggesting that Second Life is indeed pretty lame. http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/20/1914253&from=rss Mark, in contrast to my argument to “give it a chance”, Slashdot Games has a good post about people deeply involved with MMOGs who are suggesting that Second Life is indeed pretty lame.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/10/20/1914253&from=rss

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/10/20/revisiting-second-life/#comment-1966 Anonymous Fri, 20 Oct 2006 14:09:01 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1841#comment-1966 I began looking at Second Life as an enthusiast, wrote about it and was then contacted by people who had gone in with high expectations (chance of earning a buck....) only to be disappointed. They then found 2nd Life taking on a Second Life as a dating site and a place to explore sexuality and opportunities. As for learning in Second LIfe that does not convince me and I suspect Harvard is one of a whole bunch of companies looking for first mover kudos. I began looking at Second Life as an enthusiast, wrote about it and was then contacted by people who had gone in with high expectations (chance of earning a buck….) only to be disappointed. They then found 2nd Life taking on a Second Life as a dating site and a place to explore sexuality and opportunities. As for learning in Second LIfe that does not convince me and I suspect Harvard is one of a whole bunch of companies looking for first mover kudos.

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