Comments on: Come inside, I’d like to show you something http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2007/09/27/come-inside-id-like-to-show-you-something/ Virtual worlds and creativity, business, collaboration, and identity. Sat, 02 Jul 2011 20:45:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Virtual Worlds: Top Five Books Cover Second Life, Avatars, and Cash http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2007/09/27/come-inside-id-like-to-show-you-something/comment-page-1/#comment-29636 Dusan Writer’s Metaverse » Virtual Worlds: Top Five Books Cover Second Life, Avatars, and Cash Sat, 24 Jan 2009 05:15:10 +0000 http://dusanwriter.ca/?p=73#comment-29636 [...] the best source of stories of all is you. So when you’re done with your homework, come on in, I’d like to show you something, and listen, and make some new stories [...] [...] the best source of stories of all is you. So when you’re done with your homework, come on in, I’d like to show you something, and listen, and make some new stories [...]

]]> By: New Year parties, friends, and Evil quirrels — Debbie's Blatherings http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2007/09/27/come-inside-id-like-to-show-you-something/comment-page-1/#comment-26786 New Year parties, friends, and Evil quirrels — Debbie's Blatherings Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:19:45 +0000 http://dusanwriter.ca/?p=73#comment-26786 [...] I’ve been checking out Dusan Writer’s Metaverse blog, whose author is interested “in the metaverse and identity, education, visualization, and collaboration.” Most of his posts focus on education and business, but from time to time there will be a more personal post like Come Inside, I’d Like To Show You Something. [...] [...] I’ve been checking out Dusan Writer’s Metaverse blog, whose author is interested “in the metaverse and identity, education, visualization, and collaboration.” Most of his posts focus on education and business, but from time to time there will be a more personal post like Come Inside, I’d Like To Show You Something. [...]

]]> By: Sigmund leominster http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2007/09/27/come-inside-id-like-to-show-you-something/comment-page-1/#comment-20336 Sigmund leominster Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:36:50 +0000 http://dusanwriter.ca/?p=73#comment-20336 "...but what am I supposed to DO here?" says the Noob. Both Dusan and Corcosman make excellent and apposite points when talking about the notion of Second Life as storytelling. Some folks enter this virtual world to be told a story, when the truth is that you are here to write our own. You can't have a passive Second Life experience; you have to mold it. In the grand tradition of the Absurdists, SL has no point, no meaning, and can be full of absurdity and folly. But therein lies the nature of the beast. Umberto Eco talks about the concept of "The Open Text" and Second Life seems to me to be a wonderful example of this, where SL residents are effectively "readers" of the evolving book. The virtual world is literally full of stories, including the "Gorean Redux," "Vampire Tales," "Mafia Life," "Media Moguls," "Pirate Kings and Queens," and many, many more. If there is one thing that needs to be encouraged and allowed to grow, it is creativity. That's what will sustain Second Life as a viable system and attempts to restrict or suppress it will only serve to make the experience all the poorer. “…but what am I supposed to DO here?” says the Noob.

Both Dusan and Corcosman make excellent and apposite points when talking about the notion of Second Life as storytelling. Some folks enter this virtual world to be told a story, when the truth is that you are here to write our own.

You can’t have a passive Second Life experience; you have to mold it. In the grand tradition of the Absurdists, SL has no point, no meaning, and can be full of absurdity and folly. But therein lies the nature of the beast.

Umberto Eco talks about the concept of “The Open Text” and Second Life seems to me to be a wonderful example of this, where SL residents are effectively “readers” of the evolving book. The virtual world is literally full of stories, including the “Gorean Redux,” “Vampire Tales,” “Mafia Life,” “Media Moguls,” “Pirate Kings and Queens,” and many, many more.

If there is one thing that needs to be encouraged and allowed to grow, it is creativity. That’s what will sustain Second Life as a viable system and attempts to restrict or suppress it will only serve to make the experience all the poorer.

]]> By: Corcosman Voom http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2007/09/27/come-inside-id-like-to-show-you-something/comment-page-1/#comment-20332 Corcosman Voom Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:28:51 +0000 http://dusanwriter.ca/?p=73#comment-20332 A wonderful read, Dusan. I've tried, rather feebly, a few times to explain to friends who have never heard of Second Life why it is attractive to me. When it is very good, people can show me what is inside their minds. And I can be part of what is in their minds. And when it is very good, I do not wonder about the explanation of how something was accomplished but enter the story that is being told. I see the repeated theme of the campfire circle in Second Life and am reminded that Second Life is one more method of storytelling. A wonderful read, Dusan. I’ve tried, rather feebly, a few times to explain to friends who have never heard of Second Life why it is attractive to me.

When it is very good, people can show me what is inside their minds. And I can be part of what is in their minds. And when it is very good, I do not wonder about the explanation of how something was accomplished but enter the story that is being told.

I see the repeated theme of the campfire circle in Second Life and am reminded that Second Life is one more method of storytelling.

]]> By: Dennis Mancini http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2007/09/27/come-inside-id-like-to-show-you-something/comment-page-1/#comment-10565 Dennis Mancini Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:36:44 +0000 http://dusanwriter.ca/?p=73#comment-10565 I slide my mask down for a second and give you a wink and nod. Best read I have ever read on the subject and my ever will. Wow! Dennis I slide my mask down for a second and give you a wink and nod.

Best read I have ever read on the subject and my ever will. Wow!

Dennis

]]> By: Fleep Tuque http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2007/09/27/come-inside-id-like-to-show-you-something/comment-page-1/#comment-10030 Fleep Tuque Sat, 09 Aug 2008 19:52:53 +0000 http://dusanwriter.ca/?p=73#comment-10030 Beautiful and eloquent and closer to capturing the essence of .. this experience, perhaps better than anything I've read before. Beautiful and eloquent and closer to capturing the essence of .. this experience, perhaps better than anything I’ve read before.

]]> By: MixedRealities :: My encounter with Native Culture in Second Life http://dusanwriter.com/index.php/2007/09/27/come-inside-id-like-to-show-you-something/comment-page-1/#comment-9358 MixedRealities :: My encounter with Native Culture in Second Life Tue, 05 Aug 2008 18:44:41 +0000 http://dusanwriter.ca/?p=73#comment-9358 [...] who pointed me to this story about Polynesian Hospitality, and from Dusan Writer with this link to his own thoughts about creativity and [...] [...] who pointed me to this story about Polynesian Hospitality, and from Dusan Writer with this link to his own thoughts about creativity and [...]

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