The author of the book Coming of Age in SL, Tom Boellstorff, was the speaker at today's SLER meeting. Needless to say the crowd was packed in and it was a great time for everyone. Each of us got the first chapter to his book in the form of a ThinC object.
To the transcript of the event: http://virtualworldsedu.info/slroundtable/090901.html
Thanks Tom. It was a great presentation. And thanks to AJ Kelton to pulling this off with great aplumb.
To Tom's book on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Coming-Age-Second-Life-Anthropologist/dp/0691135282