Developing a Second Life
Over the month of December, I signed up for a Second Life account. Okay, and yeah, I'm hooked. To say I'm hooked is an understatement of an understatement. Not that I mean to wax too dramatic about it -- those who know me well know I can be dramatic at times (!) -- but discovering Second Life has been like buying my first album, reading Flannery O'Connor for the first time, or even meeting my wife and knowing instantly I wanted to marry. That is to say, I know this is an experience that will change my life, and quite possibly my career. At the very least, I have a serious new interest that is shaping the kinds of technical questions and curiosities that I'm sure will spill over into my coding, writing, and general geeky endeavors.
And Second Life is just plain fun, too. Don't mean to forget that part.
So what does this mean? There will likely be posts cropping up here on my blog related to Second Life. I've started a Second Life Flickr page for my in-world photos (not much there yet, but I hope to get more interesting stuff up). And I most certainly will play with some ways to merge my web development interests with SL. What this means or what will come of this blending of the web and SL for me is still to be determined, but I think there's some interesting work still to be done in more closely marrying the web and Second Life.
Anyway, we'll see what comes of it all. I'm enjoying being in world, and excited about playing with SL related code, sites, and ideas. Look me up in world if you're an SL resident. I'm known as Anders Falworth in SL.
Hmmmmmm, I'm thinking there's also a post around the corner about why I chose that name.
Posted by deryck on January 16, 2008
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