Partly marketed as a management book it is in fact a good general read and almost essential reading for anyone involved in the area of social, virtual or new media spaces. Based on a 9$ million research project, Wikinomics shows how masses of people can participate in the economy like never before.

The books comes highly recommend and as mentioned essential for anyone researching, involved in, or thinking of starting their own collaborative space.

You can purchase it, currently at discount, via our associate store at Amazon along with other books on our recommend reading list.

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Partly marketed as a management book it is in fact a good general read and almost essential reading for anyone involved in the area of social, virtual or new media spaces. Based on a 9$ million research project, Wikinomics shows how masses of people can participate in the economy like never before.

The books comes highly recommend and as mentioned essential for anyone researching, involved in, or thinking of starting their own collaborative space.

You can purchase it, currently at discount, via our associate store at Amazon along with other books on our recommend reading list.

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The Official Guide provides a step by step insight into the world of Second Life making it a recommend read before you actually download the software and experience the environment yourself.

Such environments age quickly and in some ways with this book you are buying a snapshot of the history of Virtual Worlds. In a few years we will look back at such environments with amazement at their simplicity but for now we can enter the Metaverse, design our own Avatars and take part in the digital experience that is Second Life.

You can buy the guide via our Amazon’s Associate store, if you do let us know your Second Life user name, via the email link in our side bar, and we’ll link up with you in the world to answer any questions you may have…

If you don’t have a clue what Second Life or the Metaverse is – then we recommend you read Neal Stephensons Snow Crash and then Second Life the Official Guide.

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The Official Guide provides a step by step insight into the world of Second Life making it a recommend read before you actually download the software and experience the environment yourself.

Such environments age quickly and in some ways with this book you are buying a snapshot of the history of Virtual Worlds. In a few years we will look back at such environments with amazement at their simplicity but for now we can enter the Metaverse, design our own Avatars and take part in the digital experience that is Second Life.

You can buy the guide via our Amazon’s Associate store, if you do let us know your Second Life user name, via the email link in our side bar, and we’ll link up with you in the world to answer any questions you may have…

If you don’t have a clue what Second Life or the Metaverse is – then we recommend you read Neal Stephensons Snow Crash and then Second Life the Official Guide.

The post Book of the Week – Second Life The Official Guide appeared first on Digital Urban.