IBM Shilling to Shill in Second Life
Recently, members for the technology press core were asked, by IBM, to attended a ‘virtual gathering’ in Second life. Second Life, as you may remember, is home to some of our favorite strip tease parlors and teledildonics experts - something that makes invitations to attend press conferences there all that much more strange.
Those fine folks at The Register thought it was a bit odd too. They sent back a retort of the finest regard - and posted it all for the world to see:
Fantasy and reality don’t actually combine well. Haven’t you noticed? Maybe that’s why marketing folk are so enthused about Second Life.
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So what do I think of being briefed about your storage products in Second Life? Sure I’d like it, as long as the briefing takes place in this topless bar I’ve discovered in Second Life, where some of the avatars brief each other in outrageous virtual ways.
I love how this is IBM’s attempt at being ‘hip’ to the tech crowd. What’s next? The using the Web .0 Bullshitr for product pitches? If so, I personally can’t wait for my IBM shared peer-to-peer blogospheres.
