Online Living

This week is all about "Second life." It is an online based program where you create a character and interact with other people in this virtual world. It reminded me of the video game World of Warcraft. That is primarily a game where fighting is a major focus, however in Second life, it is used as a networking and communication medium. I am very interested to see how it works and who is currently on the network. I have never heard of this program before so it is all new to me.

I find it interesting that it is being used by businesses and their employees. I think it is a valuable tool that can be used by many different organizations and age groups. For example, fraternity's can hold meetings online or parents can hold PTA meetings from their living rooms. A major advantage to this is leaving yourself time for other things that fill your schedule. It never seems that there is enough time in a day to do all the things you planned to, so second life helps facilitate that.