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YearlyKos Opening
As I’m sitting here listening to lame stand-up comedy, I’m thinking about how much better this is than last week’s BlogHer in Second Life. Yes, I’m doing a lot of low-carbon conferences lately.
BlogHer helpers were not helpers willing to help. In the first session I heard, some woman talked about her very important blog making fun of Second Life newbies and their pathetic fashion sense. Nice.
By contrast, as I sat around in Second Life this afternoon with my head hung (happens when you are out of the virtual world), every time I came back, some extremely friendly person wanted to help me or chat. I told them I was on a conference call from Chicago, told them about Democracy for America (how could they not know?). Nice people — and animals and hybrid creatures.
This is almost as good as the police chase that just ended on my street. Which to watch? Mmm. Virtual lame comedian or real teenagers and cop in bullet-proof vest? Gotta go outside. Meet in the street. Say hi to the neighbors who are out there, too.
I’ll catch the keynote later because face to face always has to win out.
Archive
August 2nd, 2007 at 10:06 pm
I’ve resisted the temptation of Second Life, but you may have just convinced me!
August 6th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
I don’t know. Maybe you should resist. There is a lot of sitting around in Second Life. Of course, you’re not sitting around — you’re answering the phone, tucking the kids in, writing blog posts, and coming back to see if anything new has happened (it hasn’t).
I went to a Democratic Party meeting in Second Life tonight that was 2+ hours. What? It could have been compressed into 20 minutes if everyone had the equipment to keep up the pace.
If you need some multi-tasking time, though, it could be a good background activity.