Most people are aware of the dramatic changes occurring in the news and print media industries, where “blog” is a special kind of four-letter word. Gone are the days when people trusted journalists; as much their own fault as anyone else’s as far as I’m concerned. And if there is one magazine that’s proving itself especially good at looking bad, for me it has to be Forbes.
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Over the past few weeks I’ve been going through a rather large stash of magazines; many of them computer- or technology-related. Among them were a significant number of Apple II magazines dating from the late 80’s to early 90’s. Unlike many of the others, which I perused rather closely for articles and how-to’s and the like, I simply rifled through the covers of these ancient dead tree scrolls; mostly out of nostalgia.
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When I heard this past weekend that ABC News was going to be doing a series on the future of the workplace, my first thought was of my old virtual office in Second Life (reLink). My second thought was of the new mobile workforce that’s congregating at coffee shops around the country. My third thought was of Croquet and related news (e.g. the recent sale of 3DSolve to Lockheed Martin). My fourth thought was… well, needless to say, I’m interested in the topic.
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There are a couple of pretty good articles covering different but related things in Second Life. The first over on the ABC news website, “Want to Make Money in Second Life? It’s Harder Than You Think” (Link), seems to be somewhat tied to the recent SLCC convention but stands on its own as an objective look at running a business in the virtual world. I especially enjoyed reading about one resident’s efforts to learn banking so she could set up her own lending institution. Forget the money she’s making, it’s the skills she’s learning that should have people taking notice.
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For the inexplicably unaware, the Second Life Community Convention was held this past weekend in Chicago with the requisite keynotes and panels. I followed the liveblogging over on the Virtual World News site and would recommend surfing through it for information, so here are the relevant links:
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