Bytemarks

The minute I start claiming I have a great job it is going to end so I won’t say it. So as it turns out I am rather routinely looking into Second Life and its application in health services. Last week I got to attend an online conference conducted by Learning Times about the virtual library with introductions to Info Island and Squirrel Island in Second Life. Admittedly, I’ve been interested in Second Life for quite some time but never had the time to spend in-world. RL is time consuming as it is so to spend the time developing an alternative reality in SL was somehow hard to justify, until now. So far what I’ve learned is that the average age of a SLer is somewhere around mid-30s. Higher than what I imagined. The cool factor is serious being challenged by the presence of the John McCain info site. Traditional institutions like education and health care are venturing into SL which is a good thing for people like me. And the off the shelf consumer PC is finally able to handle the rendering demands of SL. My Mac Mini seems to fly through the animations. I feel like I have a lot of catching up to do but at least now I feel it is justifiable. More later as tomorrow I spend time exploring EduIsland.