Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
I can't help it, I'm a little distracted at work this week... next week I'm flying and ferrying to sunny Tortola in the British Virgin Islands for a relaxing, beach-lounging, cocktail-sipping vacation. It's hard to think about the important news of the day when pressing issues like how many pairs of flip-flops I'll need and "what's the lowest level of sunblock I can get away with?" crowd my head. One story that did manage to break through to me is this one, an AP story about vacationing in Second Life.
I have to admit, I'm personally skeptical of all-to-most things Second Life. Professionally, I think it's pretty interesting that folks are trading Linden bucks for real currency, making a living in this alternate reality, and learning things there too. But for me, the idea that a vacation in Second Life could ever approximate a real vacation is dubious at best. Sure, it sounds amazing -- jet from a disco in Brazil to a pub in Dublin to a beach in Hawaii, all in the space of two hours! But can this sort of travel really ever amount to more than eye strain and carpal tunnel?
So here's your chance to convince me: Do you spend a lot of time in Second Life? Are you thinking of buying the Second Life tourists' guide? Does the virtual measure up to the actual? And if you have any advice on Tortola... post that too!
10:33 AM ET | 05-15-2007 | permalink
