Revenge of the nerds

Kicking and screaming

This week i learned how to delete my previous blog but then decide against doing it. I set up a gmail account and had a look at Virtual worlds. I looked at a video made by a librarian at the Uni of WA. Despite choosing to put wings on her avatar (of course her avatar is a much younger, slimmer version of herself, are there any female avatars over 30? what do feminists say about this? - all is vanity - but fairy wings?) her introduction was interesting and looked at the aims and objectives of it all and what constitutes 'work' in second life, as opposed to gaming I assume. Its an ever changing experimental interface. She talked about it being a new literacy; one that involves learning how to fly, teleport, chat and change appearance, such as stick wings on your back.

First Blog - again

I've learned how to start a new blog - last week I tried to get rid of my old one and wasn't able to and got quite frustrated. It seems once its out there it stays out there and I'm not talking about the truth. Do social media sites deliberately make it easier to get in than to get out? I suspect so because they operate like businesses. Anyway i will now try to delete my other blog - it irks me that its out there.