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Where the Cool People Shop
Dicembre 22, 2007 in Fashion, Society&Sociality, Worlds&Places | Tags: e-commerce, gift, online shopping, Second Life | Leave a comment

Welcome to The Traveling Avatar’s Quick and Dirty tips for a Better Second Life. On this show we discuss tips and tricks for the game Second Life, created by Linden Labs. Today’s episode is “Do Spend It All In One Place.” Avatar fans’ favorite places to spend money. Every few shows I try to spend my time talking about where to go in Second Life instead of tips on how to behave when you get there. A few shows back I asked for some places that you folks liked to visit, and I was surprised at how much you guys like to shop! So, in honor of that, our first episode will be all about shopping! Read the rest of this entry »
In online worlds, the thought and the gift are social currency
Novembre 24, 2007 in Society&Sociality | Tags: currency, gift, social networks | Leave a comment

For Christmas, Christine Louie has already found a pair of pointy red shoes for her girlfriend, tucked them into a pink box with a white bow and slipped them under the tree. Only her friend will never wear the red shoes. Nor will she match them with her clothes, store them in her closet or exchange them for a better-looking pair of shoes. In the latest example of how our real world is colliding with the online one, Louie’s gift exists only on the Internet on her friend’s Facebook page. Per Louie’s instructions, it can be “opened” on Christmas, when the gift wrap can be removed to reveal the red shoes. Read the rest of this entry »















