Links for Friday, January 16, 2009

• Official Second Life Blog: Second Life Residents logged nearly 400 million hours in 2008, growing 61% over 2007 – “User hours increased by 61% over 2007, highlighting the tremendous growth rate in user engagement that Second Life maintained throughout 2008. User hours increased steadily each quarter, culminating in a record-setting 112 million user hours in Q4.“
• Ronald Lewis: Lifestyle Manual: A Roadmap for Your Life? – “Why share this personal document with the public? It’s not really that private of a document. It’s really a framework for how I’ll live and advance my life in 2009. I hope it will inspire someone else who’s seeking ideas to improve their personal and professional life.“
• Tim O’Reilly: Work on Stuff That Matters – “There are a number of half-unconscious litmus tests I use in my own life. I’m going to try to tease them out here, and hope that you can help me think this through in the comments.“