{"id":120,"date":"2009-02-16T10:59:12","date_gmt":"2009-02-16T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevincreamer.net\/panda\/?p=120"},"modified":"2009-02-23T20:29:22","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T00:29:22","slug":"second-life-zoning-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevincreamer.net\/panda\/2009\/02\/16\/second-life-zoning-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Life Zoning Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ImpossibleFriday I sat down with Fred, Sharon, and Joe<\/a> for the first meeting of the Second Life Richmond island<\/a> Zoning Board.\u00a0 Despite the Gartner Group putting virtual worlds into the Trough of Disillusionment in 2008<\/a>, we’re getting more interest on our campus.\u00a0 In addition to Sharon and Joe, faculty in Business and Psychology are in world with classes.<\/p>\n

Joe has always been an advocate.\u00a0 He was there when we owned a parcel on the mainland (every now and then I visit the old landmark<\/a> – it’s currently a furniture sky mall). He brought his class in world in the fall of 2006, and was one of our biggest reasons for moving to a private estate.<\/p>\n

Sharon has been involved too, from participating in NITLE events<\/a> to recent work starting a Global Studio<\/a> on the island.\u00a0 Sharon has been particularly good at encouraging our Second Life to be free of the conventions of our First Life.\u00a0 We don’t need more brick buildings, though having some visual cues connecting our virtual space to the campus is nice.<\/p>\n

We met to discuss the future of our island.\u00a0 Things have grown organically, and all of us agreed that we could do it better if we started from scratch.\u00a0 So what’s coming?\u00a0 We see the need for five kinds of spaces at Richmond:<\/p>\n