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Living a Second Life?

Few days ago I posted about Second Life client being released as Free Software.  I have a dual opinion on SL.  On one hand I am amazed by a completely digital world, it's fascinating for me to think that I'm living something that historians of the future will mark as a 'first'.

On the other hand I'm not so amazed to actually jump in SL to 'play'.  The more I read about it the less it is appealing to me...  But then again, probably I'm missing something.

Look at Bob Sutor's series on SL: why is a important IBM guy spending time and money to buy land on SL to host virtual meetings of his staff? What am I missing?  Should I just try?  Is any Fellow already a SL citizen? Let me know, I'm very curious.

Moving on advocacy

Some Fellows in Italy have been silently working to move the Advocacy project on next steps.  Madero, for example, has prepared and run a poll between his colleagues high-school students asking what kind of topics they would be interested in.

The results are not surprising me but they are worth spending some thoughts on (even without considering statistics, for a moment).  Students seem to be interested in peer-to-peer technology and 'hacker' stories, more than definitions of licenses or copyright.  It's something all Free Software advocates should keep in mind: students go to school to learn, while extra-curricular activities should be classifiable as fun, not study.  Another important consideration: students want to know about practical things that affect their life, like p2p.  Only few are fascinated with programming or knowing computers. A good Free Sw advocate should be able to translate Free Sw concepts immediately into real life practical considerations, without using technical terms. 

Do you have a reference to a speech that can be taken as reference to talk to students?  An audio or video recording or a transcript would be very nice to start a debate.


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