Eric Rice goes virtual for New Years

by on December 30, 2005

I gotta get into Second Life. I hear Wells Fargo owns an entire island there to teach people about their bank.

I wonder if I charged a building or two to my corporate card would that get approved? Hmmm.

Anyway, just saw that Eric Rice is doing a live podcast (don’t we call that audio streaming?) and is gonna be having a party inside of Second Life on New Years’ Eve. I will have to try to join him. I hear Maryam is dragging me amongst friends’ houses in Silicon Valley. Hey, Maryam, only take me to the ones who have wifi!

  • Robert, may I respectfully urge you to unwire and un-Internet yourself for your sake and Maryam's on New Year's Eve? Drink some bubbly, make new friends, kiss your wife... and stay away from keyboard'y thingies for a whole evening.

    Trust me, that's what I'll be doing. I'll be waltzing, eating, drinking (albeit Martinelli's -- I'm driving), swing dancing, schmoozing, and -- if I'm lucky -- kissing. And IMHO, that combination beats internet'ing any day of the week :)
  • Adam: that sounds like a great idea! Maryam is dragging me around Silicon Valley, I hear. Have a good one!
  • Second Life just seems too geeky. I was into Dark Age of Camelot for a while and those I'd meet kinda freaked me out. I'm sure most are really cool but just a bit weird for me.
  • Probably the same thing that happens when we're in IRC or on AIM or whatnot. So, to be safe, Happy New Year in advance.
  • What happens when he runs into Second Lifers from other parts of the world who have already celebrated hours before? An interesting scenario...
  • Yeah we're pinging them about getting an island for Slackstreet as a fully functional R&D/Backlot/Studio/Commerce/Party center. My home (and night club) is on the 16,000 sq m. in Palulop. Someone please buy that 22,000 sq m of Myrtle land pleeeeease.

    On a side note, you can podcast from your Audioblog.com account and have it show up as a music stream in SL. There's a few more steps involved, but totally doable. Why you'd want to do it? Not sure. Because we can, I guess. ;-)
  • Robert, I've been using SecondLife since it was in beta in 2001. It's a very interesting social environment, with its own politics and economy. It's also interesting from a computer science perspective. I did some research while in college using SecondLife on "artificial intelligence in virtual worlds." I'm also on MSFT campus, so if you want a guided tour of SL I'd be more than happy to give it (Plus I might be able to introduce you to their CEO). Contact me via email or on communicator (I'm paulwh (at) microsoft, btw).
  • This demo video is intersting

    The parties go all night!!!

    http://secondlife.com/showcase/media.php
  • pt
    i'll be in second life for new years...literally. i built a portable vr computer.

    it runs windows too.
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