Monday, April 27, 2009
WOW, was not aware that existed.....
Ok, I have to admit that when I first read the topic of this week, I thought, hmmm, second life, what is second life?? The readings shock me a little bit. I had no idea the whole real, 3D, animated virtual world existed. I researched some more you tube videos and was surprised even more.
The whole idea of imagining and building anything you want seems to be great. As an individual, I can set up what I look like (not that I am not satisfied with my looks), and I can experiment in a some-real world like environments any thing I want. I can also setup places and designs and would only be limited by my imagination. I can even meet more people online to build my social network! What I wonder is why would I want to do that? I understand that some stores like Apple and Adidas would use it to get to the mass that is on second life, as a marketing tool but it would be interesting to see if there's a way to track the actual benefits these companies are having from using second life.
While writing this blog I read Carolyn's post, and thought well, I don't think I will be using it or sigining up for it. I mean what is the advantage of using second life? Is it something I really want to sink in? Instead of going virutally and wasting my time with this, can I be doing something more productive. The topic suddenly brought back the discussion from least week whether the internet is making us dump? I was so against the idea, but now I am not too sure. Are people running away from reality into a virtual world and is this going to affect the way people interact on a regular basis?
I guess as with anything new, only time will tell. What do you think?
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Rely on the experts, no thank you...
Friday, April 10, 2009
Networking, too much or too little!!
Monday, April 6, 2009
Too many cooks....
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
All-in-One - you ought to love that
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Which network are you ON??
When I first heard about facebook, I was excited. Finally something is available for me to get back in touch with old friends. It was not too intuitive, from security standpoint or usage, especially with having a new flavor and design every few months. The friends I have on facebook are not the same friends I have on Linked-in. At least some of them aren't. I do not maintain my network on MSN, nor do I have a twitter account. Now I keep on asking myself how many networks should I be connected to in order to be really social, and even if I am on most of those networks, how easy would it be for me to maintain my information up to date on all my networks.
How many invitations should I send for the same people to join my seperate networks, and how many systems will I have to learn, and secure in order to not be totally out there? I had a bad experience when msn came with their new network. I suddenly saw more than 10 albums straight from my PC uploaded and available to my network contacts. I got the freak and almost had a heart attack unti l I looked through all of them and realized than none of them was non-publishable material (If you know what I mean). I think choices are good, but having too many of those would be just too confusing even for a tech savvy. I am satisfied with the 2 I have for now. Maybe the future will prove me wrong and linking all those together would be an option. For a person with so many hours in a day, i keep on wondering, what's next??
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