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Link Bullets and Return Fire

For the inexplicably unaware, the Second Life Community Convention was held this past weekend in Chicago with the requisite keynotes and panels. I followed the liveblogging over on the Virtual World News site and would recommend surfing through it for information, so here are the relevant links:

- Philip Rosedale’s Keynote
- Sibley Verbeck Keynotes Business Track
- IP Rights and Law in Second Life
- Second Life in Europe
- Three Classes in Second Life
- A Futurist’s View of Second Life Education
- Developers in Second Life
- Entrepreneurship in Second Life
- Case Studies-Selling Real Life Products

C|Net also happened to have a reporter in attendence, and so a few pieces were posted on the news.com site over the weekend. Here are some links:

- ‘Second Life,’ after the backlash
- SLCC ‘07: Chicago is the metaverse’s metropolis
- ‘Second Life’: The promise and paradox

And of course, there’s been some follow-on commentary around the SL-centric blogosphere.

The one that seems to be generating the most buzz involves comments made by Coca-Cola’s Director of Global Interactive Marketing, Mike Donnelly (see the final VWN link above).

While I was aware that the media was generally misrepresenting Coca-Cola’s effort in Second Life and might have written an entry here to call that out after reading his comments, Joel Greenberg of the Electric Sheep Company does a decent job of setting the record straight in his post “Coke Comes Clean about Second Life” (Link) so it’s unnecessary for me to post my own.

The only thing I will say is: Don’t depend on the media to get the facts straight. If you’re with a first mover company, then you need to be directly involved. If you’re with a follower company, then you’re wasting time reading this blog as well as the mainstream coverage.

Original post: http://blog.rebang.com/?p=1375 

Coca-Cola // Csven // C|Net // Developers // Entrepeneurship // IP Rights // Marketing // Mike Donnelly // Philip Rosedale // Second Life Community Convention // Second Life Education // Second Life Law // Sibley Verbeck

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