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Second Life is not just gambling and porn

More adventures at IL2006
The Second Life Library 2.0 panel gave one of the best (and shortest) explanations of Second Life I’ve heard so far: “Its a community, not like a game with a point.”
It might not have a point, but it does have momentum: it recently crossed the one million residents mark, companies like American [...]

This post was interrupted by fireworks

I heard the thwump thwump thwump of fireworks launching so I went out to see what I could see. Turns out, the whole Boston fireworks show was visible from my deck. Do you know what the biggest difference (presumably aside from the budget) between big city and small town fireworks is? Car alarms. Yes, [...]

First Impressions of Second Life

I decided to check out Second Life because I figured the only way to really answer my questions about it (starting with, what is the appeal?) was to explore on my own.
In a very short time, I’ve come up with a whole other set of unexpected questions:

If you are entering a virtual world, why is [...]