Copper Robot

This past weekend I had the pleasure of being invited to speaking event hosted by the Copper Robot( Mitch Wagner) in Second Life.
I discovered that Copper Robot which is hosted every other sunday at 6pm in world which covers a host of topics from Sci-Fi, Pop culture etc, yet held in a lively,open and frank discussion format.
Wagner is Excutive Editor for Informationweek.com and has been a journalist the past 15 plus years.

This past Sunday evening I had the pleasure of listening to one of his featured guests Scott Rosenburg co founder of a website called Salon.com and Rosenburg spoke about him recent book "Say everything, how blogging started, what is becoming and why it matters" Where the book hold rankings in Amazon.com ranging from 17 to 55th based on the sub heading for the book.

Blogs are everywhere and are here to stay. They have exposed truths and spread rumors. Made and lost fortunes. Brought couples together and torn them apart. Toppled cabinet members and sparked grassroots movements (Obama campaign). Immediate, intimate, and influential, they have put the power of personal publishing into everyone’s hands. Regularly dismissed as trivial and ephemeral, they have proved that they are here to stay.

In Say Everything, Scott Rosenberg speaks about the unplanned rise and improbable triumph, tracing its impact on politics, business, the media, and our personal lives. He offers close-ups of innovators such as Blogger founder Evan Williams, investigative journalist Josh Marshall, exhibitionist diarist Justin Hall, software visionary Dave Winer, "mommyblogger" Heather Armstrong, and many others.

These blogging pioneers were the first to face new dilemmas that have become common in the era of Google and Facebook and what is the value of twitter, and their stories offer vital insights and warnings as we navigate the future. How much of our lives should we reveal on the Web? Is anonymity a boon or a curse? Which voices can we trust? What does authenticity look like on a stage where millions are fighting for attention, yet most only write for a handful? And what happens to our culture now that everyone can say everything? And is Second Life a platform for use also can you have a voice also?

Before blogs, it was easy to believe that the Web would grow up to be a clickable TV–slick, passive, mass-market. Instead, blogging brought the Web’s native character into focus–convivial, expressive, democratic. Far from being pajama-clad loners, bloggers have become the curators of our collective experience, testing out their ideas in front of a crowd and linking people in ways that broadcasts can’t match. Blogs have created a new kind of public sphere–one in which we can think out loud together.It makes you stop and pause I have a voice I will say everything and some will listen.

By Taryn Gartner