January 30, 2007

Second Life: Bad Content or UI?

Filed under: Virtual Worlds — mike @ 7:15 am

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Lately, I have grown disillusioned with Clay Shirky’s and other’s posts about Second Life on Valleywag. The tone of these seems to have shifted largely from objective criticism to an obsessive pursuit that demeans Second Life’s accomplishments by attempting to make it synonymous with “sex.” For those who regularly use Second Life for purposes other than sex, these rants sound too absurd for rational consideration. But, I suspect this should be expected from a publication that calls itself “Silicon Valley’s Gossip Blog.”

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January 19, 2007

New Media and Social Memory

Filed under: Digital Information — mike @ 12:19 pm

January 8, 2007

Three Cheers for Linden Labs!

Filed under: Virtual Worlds — mike @ 12:16 pm