Author Archives: Rheta Shan

Mapping the grid

By Rheta Shan | Published: October 18, 2007

Sloog and Gridmarker have brought tag-based social bookmarking to Second LifeYou-Know-Where. I think this was needed, and explain why I prefer Gridmarker.

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Move completed

By Rheta Shan | Published: October 18, 2007

Rheta’s World has moved from Blogger to Wordpress. Yay.

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To absent friends,

By Rheta Shan | Published: September 26, 2007

Missing your beloved. With thanks to Neil Gaiman.

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Wild, wild west 2.0

By Rheta Shan | Published: September 18, 2007

Experiencing griefing is frustrating, and seeing Linden Lab’s non-response compounds that frustration. To me, his experience made clear we have to think of Second LifeYou-Know-Where as a world, and why residents need to start building a real society.

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Interstitial

By Rheta Shan | Published: August 15, 2007

Despite the graphical bells and whistles, Second LifeYou-Know-Where shares may traits with older virtual worlds; observations made there thus still apply. I’ll hazard the guess the reality of the Metaverse lies in the interstitial space between the physical and the virtual.

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A vos marques, prêts,

By Rheta Shan | Published: August 13, 2007

Just a start, and an apology to French readers for not using my native language.

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  • Notice

    This was the blog of Rheta Shan, the Second Life persona of my friend Valérie. Valérie died April 3rd, this year, in an accident as stupid as it was tragic.
    The contents of this blog will remain up, for the time being, in memory of the wonderful person she was. Feel free to explore, and to pay your respects here.