Only in SecondLife

I went into SecondLife this morning to catch the tail end of “Coffee with Crayon” put on by C.C.Chapman‘s new company. It happens on 6am PT (9am ET) each Thursday morning. That’s a bit early on the West Coast so I usually don’t make it and in fact this time most of the crowd had dissipated by the time that I got in. But I chatted with a few people off and on while I read email, etc. I was having a good conversation with a fellow named Don from Australia about what I do in the real world.

(I am the EVP of Engineering and Operations for an internet community agency. Our clients include AOL, eBay, HBO, A&E, History Channel, Biography Channel, QVC, MTV, TV Guide, BBC, Campbell’s Soup, Mini Cooper, BEA, Intuit, etc. We provide discussion boards, social networks, online events and moderation services.)

After chatting we exchanged company names and emails because he was interested in hearing more about the company and what I have been doing. As we were saying goodbye I realized that since I was only half paying attention to SecondLife I had not been looking at Don’s avatar so I panned around to see him so that I would recognize him if I saw him again. He was wearing a superman costume. Only in SecondLife do I find my self having business conversations with the man of steel.