While doing research for a writing project I came across an interesting site. Second Life News Network, or SLNN, contains "SL news when you need it, how you need it." Well, okay then.
Some of the most popular articles, with links to the articles on the homepage, include:
- RL recession could fuel virtual world boom
- World Bank's Second Life launch of doing business report
- Written Word set to begin a week-long writers' heaven (me: how cool!!)
- Linden Lab and RRR to offer solutions to businesses
- The blogger's sentenary
The article titled "The blogger's sentenary" is a virtual second closet owned by a girl named Felicity Blumenthal. In honor of her 100th blog post, she recently threw a SL celebration party. Her blog contains information on SL fashion. She includes reviews and recommendations of her preferences of SL clothing.
What started as "a little diary for [herself]" has grown into a very popular blog on SL. This is one example of how creativity in SL can gain you RL recongnition. Be sure to check out this site, it's really informative and well orgainzied.
3 comments:
Krystle, I did not realize that Second Life extended so far into real-life either. The fact hat people actually work in this virtual world, for real money is what shocked me the most. I think the possibilities are endless.
I really thought it was a fun, interactive way to spend time, for entertainment and social purposes only.
I wanted to try and be part of Second Life, but I haven't been able to stay on the site long enough to really experience anything substantial. It keeps crashing on me. But, I will probably keep trying, I am determined to get the avatar's appearance in order, I just cannot get past that part! :)
The boundary between SL and RL actually is non-existent for some folks, as we've seen from various articles about events in one area impacting events in the other.
Your "crashing" problem might have something to do with your computer. SL is a graphics/resource-intensive program, so if you have an older computer and/or graphics card that might be a problem.
It's so interesting that I personally don't hear more about Second Life in the Real World. I only hear about it from searches or from other classmates.
It's obviously not a game but a real community for some people - a real world. I just find it interesting that I don't hear more about it, especially since it has grown so much.
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