Blog #2

Fullerton, Ticky, dir. "Interview with Philip Rosedale." Online posting. 19 Mar. 2007. 28 Jan. 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20070319/default_full.htm

In the Interview Philip Rosedale talks about how unique his Second Life program is and how users engage in this online world. Rosedale talks about how users can create a character on the online world in any form or shape as they see fit. The character in the online world can actually buy land and work. You can earn money and spend this money only in the game. You can purchase furniture, clothes, houses and other different types of needs. Rosedale also talks about how the user can actually create items and use them in the game. The Second Life program is a fake world in which people can actually create and control another world from their own creative point of view.


Fullerton, Ticky, dir. "Interview with Clay Shirky." Online posting. 19 Mar. 2007. 28 Jan. 2010 http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20070319/default_full.htm

Clay Shirky talks about Second Life and how this social 3d world is made for interactions. Roughly around 1 million users actively use the Second Life account. Shirky talks about how Second Life is growing so quickly. This program may become a normal way for people to deal with each other. He believes that people have problems dealing with each other face to face. Soon everyone will deal with each through programs.