Links for Saturday, May 17, 2008
- Scott Hanselman: 10 Tips For A Successful Technical Presentation – “*Remember that most people can read silently to themselves 5 to 10 times faster that you can read to them out loud. Your job as a presenter is to read in between the lines, and provide them structure. *“
- Global Public Media: Saying Goodbye to Air Travel – “Our species’ historically brief fling with flight has been fun, educational, and enriching on many levels to those fortunate enough to benefit from it. Saying goodbye will be difficult. But maybe as we do we can say hello to greater involvement in our local communities.“
- Rochester Institute of Technology: ‘Second Life’ Aims to Become The World of Tomorrow – “These new ‘worlds’ are where the consumer economy is moving at a furious rate.“
- Wall Street Journal: My Virtual Summer Job – “As the pool of traditional summer jobs shrinks, tech-savvy young gamers are honing their computer skills to capitalize on growing demand for virtual goods and services. Some work as fashion designers, architects and real-estate developers in Second Life, a fantasy world populated by digital representations of real people.“