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Some books I enjoyed!



Great book on wiki adoption!



A classic on corporate blogging!



The most interesting biography of Billy Joel to date!



New York Times Bestseller!



The Book on My Blogging Platform!



Start your own "revolution" and lead it!



The history of Google and Internet Search!




An interesting and addictive device!

Second Life can be hard work

As I have written in the past, Second Life and blogging are hard to combine. Well at least for me, with only 1-2 hours to spend on these things per day.

So regular readers (do I have any?; please comment…) will have noticed that the pace of blog posting has dramatically slowed down last few weeks.

So what am I doing in Second Life then? Well, actually noting more than trying to “co-manage” a community (can SL residents actually be managed, being such a creative bunch?). There is a tremendous challenge in managing a non face-to-face community with the SL toolset I feel now. Take for example meetings. How to structure them properly, how to make them efficient?

And we are also thinking hard about some innovative idea’s as well…

All in all, it takes a lot of time and hard work. Time to relax in the pool with Our Virtual Holland community manager Jolanda… (location)

(Disclaimer: I am employed with a subsidiary of ING Group)

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  1. You have at least 1 reader ;).
    It’s indeed hard to blog frequently good posts among so much other international SL blogs.

    I think your right about not managing a community. It’s important to provide good tools, but you can’t manage a community. Maybe just point it in some direction..

    How is OVH going right now?


    Timbo Urbanowicz    Jul 6, 11:35 pm    #