Comments on: Online is Fine http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=20 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lori http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=20&cpage=1#comment-74 Lori Mon, 08 May 2006 17:30:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=20#comment-74 YEY Rachel. I can't wait to see you at the Second Life Library. YEY Rachel. I can’t wait to see you at the Second Life Library.

]]> By: Dennie http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=20&cpage=1#comment-73 Dennie Mon, 08 May 2006 12:01:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=20#comment-73 Hi Rachel,<br/><br/>good to see you are looking into games now - there are quite a number of good games that not only help you develop skills, but also have communities.<br/><br/>Related to your retro-gaming - if you were ever a fan of Railroad Tycoon or Transport Tycoon, check out OpenTTD (OpenTransPortTycoondeluxe). An open-source superb replica of the original with much enhancements. The game is not just strategy, but will help you develop skills realted to economy, urban planning, maths, budgetting etc. <br/><br/>And yes, it has a multiplayer option.<br/><br/>regards,<br/><br/>Dennie Hi Rachel,

good to see you are looking into games now – there are quite a number of good games that not only help you develop skills, but also have communities.

Related to your retro-gaming – if you were ever a fan of Railroad Tycoon or Transport Tycoon, check out OpenTTD (OpenTransPortTycoondeluxe). An open-source superb replica of the original with much enhancements. The game is not just strategy, but will help you develop skills realted to economy, urban planning, maths, budgetting etc.

And yes, it has a multiplayer option.

regards,

Dennie

]]> By: Bob Watson http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=20&cpage=1#comment-72 Bob Watson Fri, 05 May 2006 15:45:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=20#comment-72 I've wondered about Second Life. I've got an arts background (commercial art) that's long unused, but even so I do not find it a compelling community.<br/><br/>Words lend themselves to higher abstraction and seem much more useful ... they have greater "bandwidth." A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the composition may take 100 times as long. ;-)<br/><br/>That said ... <b>of course</b> we librarians need to be involved with online communities. Unless you're on a very large campus where else can you talk about the issues of the day ... and get a reasoned response? I’ve wondered about Second Life. I’ve got an arts background (commercial art) that’s long unused, but even so I do not find it a compelling community.

Words lend themselves to higher abstraction and seem much more useful … they have greater “bandwidth.” A picture may be worth a thousand words, but the composition may take 100 times as long. ;-)

That said … of course we librarians need to be involved with online communities. Unless you’re on a very large campus where else can you talk about the issues of the day … and get a reasoned response?

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