Business Articles
2007
- Debunking 5 Business Myths about Second Life, GigaOm by Wagner James Au, 7/12/07
- [http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2007/04/using_second_li_2.html Using Second Life As A Business-To-Business Tool, InformationWeek Blog, 4/26/07, Mitch Wagner
- Exploring the potential of Second Life for business communications, information dissemination and innovation Business Communicators of Second Life blog
- Tech Report Special: Virtual Life, Business Week 4/16/07
- Could Second Life kill off the call centre, Silicon.com 10 April 07
- Guide to Doing Business in Second Life - a good short intro to getting started in Second Life, (4/07 but not dated)
- Press release by Komjuniti, a German Brand Management company of a survey of residents about Brands
- How Second Life Impacts Our First Life, Blog post by Henry Jenkins
- Irving in (a Virtual World) Wonderland, Blog post by Irving Wladawsky-Berger
- A Dialogue on Virtual Worlds, Blog post by Irving Wladawsky-Berger
- Second Life: Is Business Ready For Virtual Worlds?, David F. Carr, Baseline, March 1, 2007.
- Personalize Media.com Blog, "The Brand Owners Guide to Entering the Metaverse," Feb. 4, 2007, (13 tips for brands to be successful in SL) http://www.personalizemedia.com/index.php/2007/02/04/the-brand-owners-guide-to-joining-the-metaverse/
- Fortune "Second Life: It's Not a Game", 1/22/07: http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/22/magazines/fortune/whatsnext_secondlife.fortune/index.htm?postversion=200701221
- Business Week "Second Life Tip Sheet" 11/27/06 (This is a 10 tips for businesses considering Second Life and is a great intro for any business) http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_48/b4011417.htm
- Reuters "Warren Ellis to write weekly SL column for Reuters" 12/22/06: http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2006/12/22/warren-ellis-to-write-weekly-sl-column-for-reuters/
- Silicon.com "Virtual worlds to boost telcos- Can you get outsourced to Second Life?" 12/7/06: http://www.silicon.com/0,39024729,39164567,00.htm
- TheStreet.com "Second Life's PR Avatar 11/29/06: http://www.thestreet.com/newsanalysis/second-life/10324949.html
- CNN Money: "No, Second Life is not Overhyped" 11/10/06: http://money.cnn.com/2006/11/09/technology/fastforward_secondlife.fortune/
- Information week article about IBM 11/10/06: http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193700541&cid=RSSfeed_IWK_A
- Always On "Irving in (a Virtual World) Wonderland" 11/7/06: http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/7058
- NYTimes Travel section article about Second Life 11/03/06: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/travel/escapes/03second.html?ref=escapes
- Is Your Business Ready for Virtual Business?, Publish, 10/20/06, http://www.publish.com/article2/0,1895,2034559,00.asp
- 11 Reasons Why Massively Multiplayer Games Will Change How Business Works: Part 1, Poynteronline, 10/25/06 http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=31
- The Digital 'Second Life' Has Its Own Culture and Economy, Red Orbit, 10/17/06 http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/696649/the_digital_second_life_has_its_own_culture_and_economy/index.html?source=r_technology
- Businesses find real opportunity in the virtual world of Second Life, My SanAntonio.com, 10/17/06 http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/stories/MYSA101806.01E.BIZsecond.life.2c01cb5.html
- Second Life for Amazon, Yahoo Finance, 10/17/06 http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/061017/18638_id.html?.v=1
- Proceedings of the Second Life Educational Workshop at SLCC 10/06 http://www.simteach.com/SLCC06/slcc2006-proceedings.pdf
- Wired Travel Guide, Second Life Oct 06 http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/sloverview.html
- Big Media Gets a Second Life, Business Week 10/17/06 http://yahoo.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2006/tc20061017_127435.htm
- Breathing Second Life into Business, Business Week 10/10/06 http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/10/secondlife/index_01.htm?chan=home+page+slideshows
- As a good entry for businesses with no experience in Second Life, Eric Rice's How to Learn about Second Life..., Mar06, http://blog.ericrice.com/blog/_archives/2006/3/10/1815029.html