Below is an edited transcript of the Scott Adams Q&A in Second Life today. I enjoyed it and got quite a few laughs out of his very quick wit. Images from the session are here. It would have been better IMHO had it had audio, but Scott’s explanation about his spasmodic dysphonia makes sense.
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scott adams avatar in Second Life

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This is what Scott Adams (creator of Dilbert) looks like in SL. He’s had his RL head modeled. I’m wondering if this is the future of virtual worlds. Will our av’s really look like us?

scott adams in Second Life

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While I’m waiting on my IT support guys to resolve our new server issue (does it ever end?), I’m checking out the setting for Scott Adams’ appearance in Second Life today.

If you’ve ever lost someone close to you, you’ll know what I mean.
The same is true with new technologies. I’ve often said that there are five types of technology (I’m sure I’ve blogged this before but I can’t find it atm):
1. Those that are just stupid and a waste of time.
2. Those that are [...]

Richard and I had a CEO Club meeting today… CEO Club is something we just invented and we think it’s going to be huge. It’s invite only, CEO’s only, and it takes place in a range of bars…. on a Monday. We intend to have them on a regular basis around the world over the [...]

Well as I sit in my hotel room after spending a couple of days with some of WA’s digerati (I say WA instead of Perth because Duncan Riley lives a few hours away) as well as some ring-ins from the Eastern states such as Nick Hodge, Stilgherrian and Paul Montgomery, as well as Adam and [...]

The other night I caught up with Scouta founder and former TPN’r Richard Giles and Microsoft’s local professional nice guy blogger/podcaster Nick Hodge for a chat about the upcoming Australian federal election and was appalled to hear how they both intend voting. Geeks have a responsibility to lead. You’re a smart bunch. You are educated [...]

 

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Here I am at Podcamp Perth, the first Aussie Podcamp. Big congrats to Jared and Adam for pushing the idea of an Aussie Podcamp and to Rich, Bron and everyone else involved in pulling the actual event together in Perth. Big shout out to Microsoft Australia’s Nick Hodge for being the primary sponsor of the [...]

… for the copy of “Three Billion New Capitalists: The Great Shift of Wealth and Power to the East” which I received today as a belated birthday gift! Thanks for the cheesy gift wrapping mate! Made it all the more fun to open! I’m really looking forward to reading this - I heard a podcast [...]

Well I’m two weeks in with my XBOX360 and I still cannot get it to stream videos from my Vista PC upstairs. Despite my attempts to use Tversity, I seem to be no closer to getting the videos streaming.
Damn you to hell Microsoft. If playing HALO3 wasn’t so much fun….