Of late, I have been hearing quite a bit about the online digital world called
second life. Recently, a presidential hopeful made an appearance and answered questions from the host -- see
link. In a Boston Globe
article the writer sees many possibilities for commerce, education and social life. From what I have read, this online world feels like the early Internet days -- everyone saw potential but no one was clear on how to realize it! Recent statistics show that they have over 1.2 million residents on second life. As a comparison, there are billions of Internet users, 100 million myspace residents and 80 million users of Google. I'm sure we are going to hear much more about this in the coming months. Meanwhile, I want my own avatar on second life!