How do you get the cream of the Belgian online community* together in one room nowadays? Exactly: you pick up on the Second Life hype and organise an SL demo. That's exactly what Pascal Vanhecke did last night - thanks to Pascal for the initiative (and for setting up the online Belgian SL forum) and to One Agency for letting us use their office space.
Was it interesting? It sure was. Even with a lot of divided opinions - Miel is really digging it and gave an interesting presentation on how brands can/don't yet/should use SL, whereas Bart sees no merit in SL and is convinced it is doomed to remain a niche product (Dutch only) - it was a great initiative, if only to meet with people you usually only know or meet through the internet. **
Still, my conclusion? Nothing beats Real Life so far.
UPDATE: if you want to know what that cream looks like, you can see some photos on MarketingBlog.eu.
* Not counting in myself here of course, and still omitting a great many others.
** Some of them (like Clo) really are internet addicts; me, I am still eligible for salvation:
| You Are 55% Addicted to the Internet |
 You can keep it under check, and you're by no means a hermit. |
Glad you are checking it out, and keeping it in perspective too.
Posted by: Kami Huyse | January 17, 2007 at 08:10 PM
I was only 39 percent addicted, imagine that.
Posted by: Kami Huyse | January 17, 2007 at 08:12 PM
Only 39%? Sure you didn't cheat? :-)
BTW: I did some promo for Second Thursday. Wonder if anybody new will turn up next time (perhaps I should start by turning up myself for a change, but this time difference usually is a real bummer)...
Posted by: Serge | January 17, 2007 at 08:16 PM