From: My Second Life Second Life Keynote at OOPSLA Quote from the site - I came across a short blog notice today that I found most interesting and worth mentioning as a little detail on user statistics for Second Life. These are the notes of Michael Stal on the keynote of Jim Purbick (aka Babbage Linden) and Mark Lentczner (aka Zero Linden) at OOPSLA conference.

From: Jeffro 2pt0 My Second Life Experience Quote from the site - The Global Geek Podcast recently announced they will be messing around with Second Life and I thought it would be a good time to recount my own experience within the virtual world.

From: Radio Clash You wait for one set in Second Life and two come at once… Quote from the site - I seem rather a solvent character in Second Life, unlike my First Life, so this Sunday eve I’m staying there - DJing in fact in 2 places.

From: Backpacking Burro In Other SL News: Second Life Parks & Rec Name Changed Quote from the site - Way back in 2004 Higbee Protagonist had a vision*. He wanted to tell people about the wonderful green spaces being lovingly created and tended in SL. Being a talented chap he sat down and started the “Second Life Parks and Recreation Service”.

From: Pittsburgh Post Gazette Forget the real world; Second Life is the place for me Quote from the site - Why bother with high gasoline prices and long lines at the airport when you can sit down in front of your computer screen and let a few keystrokes carry you off to a world where it’s always summer, where everything is green and beautiful, and where you can transform yourself into anything or anyone you want to be?

From: bbgm The power of Second Life Quote from the site - As you can see there is a ton of good stuff going on. Unfortunately, the best events, like the various Second Nature Lecture Series and the Scifoo Lives On events are usually at times when I can’t make it.

From: Los Angeles Times ‘The Second Life Herald’ by Peter Ludlow and Mark Wallace Quote from the site - THE authors of “The Second Life Herald” offer a startling statistic: More than 10 million people maintain an alternative, virtual existence in cyberspace. Players enter the most popular programs, such as Second Life, in this “metaverse” not to slay dragons or earn gold coins, but to do their laundry, exercise a pet or have sex.

From: Pittsburgh Post Gazette What it takes to get a Second Life Quote from the site - Second Life is a virtual online world, or metaverse — a term popularized by Neal Stephenson’s 1992 novel “Snow Crash” and used to describe three-dimensional virtual environments like Second Life.

From: Second Life Conceptual Creations The Garden Of Earthly Lights - Open For Viewing Quote from the site - My garden is close to being finished (the truth is I’ve run out of prims), so I’m declaring it open to the public. It seems to have acquired the name “The Garden Of Earthly Lights”, a title stolen from Hieronymus Bosch, whose painting The Garden Of Earthly Delights was partly an inspiration.

From: Dizzy Banjo Some interesting new sonic experiments in Second Life Quote from the site - Whislt it would always be great to develop the ability of virtual environments to use of sound and music, Second Life offers such huge potential as it is. Indeed, Adam Ramona often tells me how he enjoys working within the creative contraints of the Second Life medium and how it spurs him to be more creative.

From: Second Effects Top Ten Tips for Starting a Second Life Business Quote from the site - I seem to have developed a rather successful Second Life business, and I am often asked how I did it. There’s no magic to it, you just have to do the basics of any start up business and follow common sense. Here’s ten tips that might get you started on the way to your first million Linden $!

From: AdWeek TV’s Alternate Reality: Nets Create Virtual Worlds Quote from the site - Virtual worlds can attract at least the elusive younger demos, as proven by heavily trafficked worlds like Zwinkitopia, Gaia Online and Habbo Hotel. (In September 2007, the last month numbers were available, they had 4,359,000, 1,344,000 and 627,000 unique visitors respectively, according to comScore Media Matrix.)

From: Virtual Worlds Forum Blog Coke unveils Virtual Thirst bottles in Second Life Quote from the site - Last week saw the unveiling of Coca Cola’s Virtual Thirst campaign in Second Life. Well, to be accurate, it saw the unveiling of the winning designs for giant Coke puzzle bottles from the drinks company’s Virtual Thirst competition, run in collaboration with Millions Of Us and Crayon.

From: Second Life Blog Temporary Issues Within Second Life Quote from the site - I’ve just confirmed that Ops gave our database a gentle nudge and everything appears to be humming along happily. If your L$ balance continues to show as Loading… then please exit Second Life and log back in.

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