Im in ur virtual wrls watchin u do stuff

Slide 1: Im in ur virtual world watchin u do stuff Data visualisation and relationships in Second Life Aleks Krotoski BarCamp Brighton 2 15-16 March 2008

Slide 2: And this is what u look lik

Slide 5: <a rel=“contact” href=“http://secondlife.com/MynciGorky> Babbage Linden Mynci Gorky

Slide 6: Why is this interesting or important in the first life? • Can identify relevance • Can identify holes • Can identify opinion leaders & info hubs • Can track innovation • Can A-B test • Can make pretty pictures that will impress your friends

Slide 8: <a rel=“contact” href=“http://secondlife.com/MynciGorky> Babbage Linden Mynci Gorky

Slide 9: Robert Scoble Mynci Gorky

Slide 13: What’s my point? • These are social relationships which have psychologies which can’t (yet) be articulated through technology • There are social flocking/network effects in these spaces • Gosh, they’re capturing a lot of data about us