Between Lawyers http://betweenlawyers.corante.com/ technology + culture + law en-us dhowell@gmail.com 2006-04-01T12:10:54-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 Predictive Microcosms (Denise Howell) http://betweenlawyers.corante.com/archives/2006/04/01/predictive_microcosms.php Wired Magazine's April '06 issue has an appropriately engrossing series of articles about videogames. Particularly interesting for anyone who realizes that popular "recreational" technologies inevitably come to have critical significance in other arenas, including the workplace, a.k.a. (beam me up) The Enterprise:

  • You Play World of Warcraft? You're Hired!: "The day may not be far off when companies receive résumés that include a line reading 'level 60 tauren shaman in World of Warcraft.'"
  • When Virtual Worlds Collide: "All virtual worlds require a communication protocol that lets you talk with other people, a software platform that lets you build things on top of it, and a currency that enables trade. These three elements share one thing: a gravitational pull toward a common standard."

Also on point, Robert Scoble: Second Life +is+ an OS. (Hey, did you hear he's going to Google? Heh heh, heh heh, heh.)

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