The Tech Conference Show - Dr Jim Bower, Whyville (MP3 11.1 mb 16 minutes 16 seconds)
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Whyville is an amazing social network site. Behind it is Dr Jim Bower, and he explains to me why an educational site for children can keep it’s viewers there longer than amazon, encourage the children to understand the world and relationships, and much more. It’s everything that Second Life hopes to be, and it’s been around for over seven years. Even in this short space of time, Bower neatly describes the idea of an ‘attention economoy’ far better than any other confernece this year.

Tags: SXSW06, SXSWi, Whyville.

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