I had the coolest interview recently. The gang from Metanomics invited me to take part in the Metanomics Community Forum yesterday “in world” in Second Life, where I spent an hour in open conversation with around 35-plus folks in world: On My Mind with Chris Abraham – Community Forum. I loved it because everyone on […]
Virtual community
Online communities are most authentic
Amanda in Second Life, by Cosmic Kitty “As long as the roots of relationship are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the community’s garden. There will be growth in the spring!” — Chauncey Gardiner, from Being There Online communities are not virtual. They don’t exist only in the bits and […]
Twitter, Facebook Just ‘Virtual Ballrooms’
Tools don’t matter, and the best ones get out of the way, allowing people to connect more easily and effectively. That was my big takeaway from last Friday’s second-annual Blog Potomac. Obsessing about “what’s next” in online services and technology saps too much valuable attention away from what’s really important: connecting with people. We need […]
Twitter’s hype is different than Second Life’s
Image via CrunchBase One of my favorite clients, Fabrice Grinda, believes that Twitter is all hype. Call it Twitter Skepticism — the kind of unwarranted hype associated with Second Life. I consider this a fine challenge, so I left a comment — well, I left an entire rant, and didn’t even get into talking about […]