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Found at govtech.net, The Conference Board will hold its first virtual meeting in Second Life. The Conference Board is a global business research and membership organization.

Holding meetings in Second Life or any other virtual world is not new news, what is interesting is that, among others, Clay Shirky will be presenting. Clay Shirky has been very vocal about aspects of Second Life, especially how Linden Labs counts how many residents there are.

Welcome back to Second Life, Clay.

For some more information on the conference itself, the article says:

“This is the first Conference Board meeting that is a true hybrid between ‘real life’ and the reality of ‘virtual worlds,’” said Roche. “By having half of the meeting in Second Life, we will be joined by experts from as far away as Finland, Japan, Malaysia, Scotland, Germany, Chile, and France.

“These “remote” participants in the meeting will be presenting both videos and slides presentations within the virtual facility. All participants worldwide will be linked together via a telephone teleconferencing system.

“This unique meeting will feature business strategy, innovation, marketing, legal, and technology leaders.”

I’ve never heard of websecond.blogspot.com, but I never get tired of good news and positive thinking about my employer, the Electric Sheep Company. This one considers us one of the coolest Web 2.0 Startups. Well, if Web 2.0 was a good way to describe anything, then we are well beyond that.

A nice write up about one of my first projects with the Electric Sheep Company in Second Life.

Honestly, I didn’t see the value in Twitter.com. But like Second Life when I first heard about it, when enough people talk aobut it, it is something worth looking into. And during SXSW, even though I wasn’t there, there was plenty of talking about it. Then last Friday morning, on my way back from the Dean Koontz streaming, I had breakfast with my friend Steve Webb from the Lifespring podcast(s), he gave me the final nudge to try it out.

I’ve only been doing it a couple of days, but it is crazy how cool this thing is. It keeps you in contact with disparate and close friends alike. The real value is its simplicity. It is very effectively used one a mobile phone and that is the real value. Kind of like a mobile IRC, but you don’t have to listen to the idiots.

I can see a lot of value in this… more to come I’m sure.

I realized I didn't mention video in my previous "vs." column, so I thought I would shoot this a bit about how video is trown into that mix.

I want to include podcasting as a part of this blog. So the question is, when do I type it in, or when do I say it out loud? I’m accomplishing the same thing right? But what medium lends itself better? And for whom is it lending itself? Me? The consumer? Should I be making it easier on me, or on the consumer? One would think the consumer, but then isn’t the consumer better off if I’m creating more content, no matter how it is put out there?

I’ll break it down a little. Text is awesome. It is easily searchable, it is quickly aggregated and consumed. Audio is more of a luxury. But it is also consumed differently. If I’m driving, I listen to podcasts. I can pack up my podcasts in my mp3 player and take them with me, I (generally) only read blogs when I am in front of my computer. (sometimes I read them on my Motorola Q) I can take 10 minutes during my workday and get caught up on the news, I need at least a half hour just to listen to one podcast.

So is the solution shorter blasts of audio? Maybe just audio when I have a guest?

Off I go to experiment …