My five year old calls avatars “stamps”. He changes his stamp frequently (his account on the PC). Although he thinks grown-ups aren’t allowed to change their avatars. He has the freedom to be a car, or skateboard, or star for…
Virtual Essentials
Five virtual essentials Avatar. Remember this music video about the person who dares to be different? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9tHkbEtJkI] I like flexibility in choosing how my avatar looks, and I am always fascinated by the many different ways people choose to represent…
Avatar Affinity
One of the things I really enjoy about Secondlife is the connection I have with my avatar. The process of creating my avatar, finding outfits, a skin, the right hair, accessories helped me learn to navigate and connect with Secondlife.…
Prolific Profiling
Could this be a new learning and knowledge or communications job description in the not-so-distant future? Online Identity Development Manager Seeking a community shepherd to implement and manage online identity within globally evolving learning and knowledge networks: Implement the creation…
Authentic Voices
Whether I am adding songs to my LastFM, or books to my Facebook, or clothes on my avatar, or words on my blog or twitter …. I certainly hope I am embedding and not so much embellishing my identity. I…
Avatar Makeover
This avatar needs your help. So here’s the deal, a friend won a secondlife avatar makeover. So my husband and yours truly will be pimping this guy’s avatar. He has given us full creative reign. He does not want to…