Comments on The Technology Edge: Online Social Capital

Great post. Facebook, LinkedIn and SecondLife are...

2007-11-26T19:53:00.000-06:00

Great post. Facebook, LinkedIn and SecondLife are all doing their part to move the web forward. It was a bold move for Facebook to open it's platform to third party developers.

But here's what bothers me -- it's still their platform. Just imagine if Tim Berners Lee had developed a proprietary platform on top of the internet called - My World Wide Web (M-WWW). If he had, I don't think the web would be where it is today.

I am fascinated with the concept of Open Services. I am not sure if Google services, Facebook, etc are a step in the open direction or a step away from it.

It's funny, as Second Life evolves, you see more a...

2007-10-03T12:55:00.000-05:00

It's funny, as Second Life evolves, you see more and more "strange" looking avatars. It seems everyone starts off their avatar as a thin, attractive, young version of themselves, but quickly come to realize that they look exactly like everyone else. The definition of "attractive" begins to change as avatars become more "distinct" looking. I'm sure there is a sociological experiment (or two) lurking in there somewhere.

As for time, I anticipate 2nd life will ultimately take the place of some of the time we spend in web browsers, not supplement it.

My comments are more social than technical, after ...

2007-09-28T12:34:00.000-05:00

My comments are more social than technical, after all, web is a social technology. I wonder whether my fourth dimension, that is "Time", can also be stretched and virtualized in 2nd life. As it is, 24hrs are not enough in real world, where are these folks finding time to live a parallel life in virtual world. Will all these 2nd life avatars age with ur real life or will they always be looking young as if every one on second life, at birth of the avatar, is given a dose of vaccine from the "fountain of youth".