Dana in Geeksville

Learning in Second Life

Second Life (SL) is easy to misunderstand, and many people have the wrong idea that it is some kind of game environment, or a place where people just chat and act silly. On the contrary, Second Life has many places of learning from Science Friday, to Buddhist meditations, to technical seminars. Many corporations are set up in SL now to teach consumers about their business, do business online, and to have a virtual space where employees can have meetings.

I'm very excited to announce that Sun is opening Sun Solaris Campus this month for developers. Don't think traditional campus - think a fun, unique and community-oriented virtual campus. At this inworld campus, you'll be able to talk with experts, listen to informative chats about Solaris, and network with other developers like yourself.

Of course, we are brainstorming for other similar campuses for Sun's various technologies, and other ways we can interact with you, the developer. One area I am looking at is our Club Java. This is a social place where people can met to chat business, or they can throw off their shoes and make use of the dance floor.

If you're not familiar with Sun's SIMs in SL, then do a Search on Places, and type in Sun Microsystems. Soon I will have more information for you on upcoming events, and I will blog about them as they occur in case you can't come for some reason.

Do say hello to me inworld. Just search for Dana Oceanlane.

Posted at 10:16AM Sep 04, 2008 by dananourie in Virtual Worlds  |  Comments[0]