Just because you don’t get it, and can’t hack the competition, doesn’t mean that others wont. Anybody can declare a technology for dead, creative people will focus on being the “Google” or “Amazon” of virtual worlds….

http://www.beatenetworks.com/b.....-Life.html

Others are still trying the same old same old:

http://www.vnunet.com/crn/anal.....eb-3477995

I don’t know who’s right, but my hunch is with the younger crowd who will figure out what SL is and what it isn’t. I don’t think the old line corporations are the leaders in this space.

I first read about Metanomics: Business and Policy in the Metaverse on Techcrunch, which is calling it a conference, but no where on the Metanomics site does it mention a conference, it appears to be a series of planned events that will include speaker…

(Not afraid of virtual chairs)

I’ll continue to maintain that SL as a medium for information and education has a lot of potential

It is a very niche market right now - made more so by the end of the hype bubble.

But here’s the thing: if people are going to follow the ’start of the internet’ metaphor, they should probably follow it more completely. The Internet had some things which Second Life has no equivalent of… yet. But many of those things were developed by the community - not by people who speak at conferences. That needs to be remembered.

Thanks for taking the time research and write such a nice post about these guys. They are really doing some amazing things in Second Life.

Also click my name to buy my new Second Life travel guide. Sorry for the plug!