Comments on: A seminar on, and in, Second Life http://blog.paulwalk.net/2007/06/19/a-seminar-on-and-in-second-life/ Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:36:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Tebbutt http://blog.paulwalk.net/2007/06/19/a-seminar-on-and-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-29 David Tebbutt Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:23:54 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/?p=20#comment-29 In brief: I'm a journalist and I found people much more amenable to approaches from a young woman than from a bearded old male. I always come clean if asked or if things look as if they're going to get weird. In brief: I’m a journalist and I found people much more amenable to approaches from a young woman than from a bearded old male. I always come clean if asked or if things look as if they’re going to get weird.

]]> By: paul http://blog.paulwalk.net/2007/06/19/a-seminar-on-and-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28 paul Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:50:56 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/?p=20#comment-28 I find the anonymity aspect off-putting. For some years I maintained several personae online in different contexts. This was largely an issue of self-confidence. Now I use my real name wherever I'm able to. It keeps me honest! I even know who Arte Fosset's real life person's other, secret avatar is.... ;) I find the anonymity aspect off-putting. For some years I maintained several personae online in different contexts. This was largely an issue of self-confidence. Now I use my real name wherever I’m able to. It keeps me honest!

I even know who Arte Fosset’s real life person’s other, secret avatar is…. ;)

]]> By: David Tebbutt http://blog.paulwalk.net/2007/06/19/a-seminar-on-and-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27 David Tebbutt Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:36:31 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/?p=20#comment-27 Nothing so smart I'm afraid. I was just thinking that I, who am reasonably well connected, was in a meeting with geographically dispersed people, including someone from the British Embassy, someone from IBM, people from Nature and, of course, a host of academics and the Eduserv hosts. And others, of course but I didn't read every profile. To replicate that in real life would have taken organisation, travel and expense. Plus the courage to participate, etc. The anonymity bothers me a bit. I think Art Fosset knows who I am. (And I know who he is.) I actually blogged about it I think... http://teblog.typepad.com/david_tebbutt/2007/01/when_second_lif.html Nothing so smart I’m afraid. I was just thinking that I, who am reasonably well connected, was in a meeting with geographically dispersed people, including someone from the British Embassy, someone from IBM, people from Nature and, of course, a host of academics and the Eduserv hosts. And others, of course but I didn’t read every profile.

To replicate that in real life would have taken organisation, travel and expense. Plus the courage to participate, etc.

The anonymity bothers me a bit. I think Art Fosset knows who I am. (And I know who he is.) I actually blogged about it I think…

http://teblog.typepad.com/david_tebbutt/2007/01/when_second_lif.html

]]> By: paul http://blog.paulwalk.net/2007/06/19/a-seminar-on-and-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-26 paul Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:19:58 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/?p=20#comment-26 No names - no pack drill :) I find the etiquette of avatar/real names confusing - I noticed that one of the panelists referred to another panelist by their real-life name rather than their avatar's name - I'm sure this must be an SL faux pas I appreciate the effort that Eduserv are investing in this - and I'm still slightly awestruck by how well the Symposium went in terms of its use of SL as an extension to the conference. By 'meeting of people who perhaps could not have reached out to each other in real life' are you referring to an empowerment of anonymity, or at least of alter-ego? No names – no pack drill :)
I find the etiquette of avatar/real names confusing – I noticed that one of the panelists referred to another panelist by their real-life name rather than their avatar’s name – I’m sure this must be an SL faux pas

I appreciate the effort that Eduserv are investing in this – and I’m still slightly awestruck by how well the Symposium went in terms of its use of SL as an extension to the conference.

By ‘meeting of people who perhaps could not have reached out to each other in real life’ are you referring to an empowerment of anonymity, or at least of alter-ego?

]]> By: David Tebbutt http://blog.paulwalk.net/2007/06/19/a-seminar-on-and-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-25 David Tebbutt Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:11:11 +0000 http://blog.paulwalk.net/?p=20#comment-25 I hope your memory for avatar names is lousy. I was the person who asked the question you refer to. The 3D-ness of it all was largely academic, except I guess you knew if the speaker was a panellist or in the audience. The main use I derived from seeing people is that I could see them typing and click to pop up their profiles. The value of the event (and it improved a lot when the brakes came off) was the meeting of people who perhaps could not have reached out to each other in real life. I think I'll blog about the experience later in the week. It was a fine effort but, as you say, so s-l-o-w. And speech wouldn't have helped. Apart from anything else it would have revealed me to be quite unlike my avatar. I hope your memory for avatar names is lousy. I was the person who asked the question you refer to.

The 3D-ness of it all was largely academic, except I guess you knew if the speaker was a panellist or in the audience.

The main use I derived from seeing people is that I could see them typing and click to pop up their profiles.

The value of the event (and it improved a lot when the brakes came off) was the meeting of people who perhaps could not have reached out to each other in real life. I think I’ll blog about the experience later in the week.

It was a fine effort but, as you say, so s-l-o-w. And speech wouldn’t have helped. Apart from anything else it would have revealed me to be quite unlike my avatar.

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