It’s a good thing that I don’t have a boss, because if I did, I would probably get fired for engaging in rambling, discursive IM conversations with White Whale clients when I should be doing actual client work.
The following IM conversation with David McKelvey of Lewis & Clark began as a discussion of their recently approved Web design final release candidate. L&C uses the phrase “Uncommon Journeys” as a motto of sorts, and although many higher ed slogans are kind of lame, we all really like this one. A discussion of its use in the home page design led to a discussion of one of my most beloved bands, Journey (beware: loud rockin’ flash intro!), and their new lead singer (who was found on YouTube). Reviewing this information, David also noticed that Journey’s now got an island in Second Life.
David is an early adopter and a technology enthusiast (and is eminently Googleable, though not to be confused with his many imitators). I, on the other hand, am more old school, and my love of technology is ambiguous and complicated. I am, therefore, deeply skeptical about Second Life. Once David mentioned it, I couldn’t resist engaging him in a conversation that wound up expressing my professional opinion about SL (or is it 2L?) pretty well.
The full chatlog follows.
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