Comments on: Business Research in Second Life? http://www.ia-blog.com/2006/11/27/business-research-in-second-life/ A blog by Robert Berkman, Editor, The Information Advisor Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Robert Berkman http://www.ia-blog.com/2006/11/27/business-research-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Robert Berkman Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:59:00 +0000 http://iablog.onlineinc.com/?p=81#comment-39 Thanks for the comment Jill. Well, if development of Second Life follows how development in physical life has occurred, right now we're in that "wild west" period where there are few if any rules--but as the population begins to care about what happens to their virtual communities, I imagine we will see the equivalent of planning and zoning boards--though with the twists of what makes for a quality of life in the virtual, rather than physical world! Thanks for the comment Jill. Well, if development of Second Life follows how development in physical life has occurred, right now we’re in that “wild west” period where there are few if any rules–but as the population begins to care about what happens to their virtual communities, I imagine we will see the equivalent of planning and zoning boards–though with the twists of what makes for a quality of life in the virtual, rather than physical world!

]]> By: Jill Hurst-Wahl http://www.ia-blog.com/2006/11/27/business-research-in-second-life/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Jill Hurst-Wahl Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:43:00 +0000 http://iablog.onlineinc.com/?p=81#comment-38 Anshe Chung held a news conference in SL today to talk about the assets she has amassed in SL. This year, she surpassed $1 million in assets. I attended the news conference and found some of her remarks quite interesting. Obviously being in business online - and in the way she and others have done it - requires being a risk-taker, as well as understanding the rules (which may be very different from RL). She sees her work in SL as being different than what her RL persona does. And she asked that reporters in the crowd talk only about Chung and not the RL person behind Chung. <br/><br/>Perhaps most important is that there is no large body providing oversight in SL (no planning or zoning boards, for example). Does that make commerce and business in SL better? Anshe Chung held a news conference in SL today to talk about the assets she has amassed in SL. This year, she surpassed $1 million in assets. I attended the news conference and found some of her remarks quite interesting. Obviously being in business online – and in the way she and others have done it – requires being a risk-taker, as well as understanding the rules (which may be very different from RL). She sees her work in SL as being different than what her RL persona does. And she asked that reporters in the crowd talk only about Chung and not the RL person behind Chung.

Perhaps most important is that there is no large body providing oversight in SL (no planning or zoning boards, for example). Does that make commerce and business in SL better?

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