This is the twenty-seventh in a series of mini-interviews with the residents of Second Life. For the most part, I'll try to leave the responses unedited, except where editing will grant greater clarity.
Turing Franklin picked a great name for SL, with its nod toward artificial intelligence. I'll forever remember him as the first person to ever speak to me in binary!
Your SL name: Turing Franklin
How did you first come to SL?: Invited by NFM Darkholme
How did you choose your name?: Alan Turing is one of my heroes. Franklin was the most "scientific" last name available at the time.
What's your favorite thing about SL?: Just wandering and meeting folk. Trains rule!
What do you like least about SL?: How women are always coming on to me and wanting to "cyber" me. Hey ladies, I'm not just a piece of cybermeat, I have feelings too.
Favorite hangout/store?: I like the Shelters --> Shelter Classic and the Shelter in Exile. Playing trivia is fun.
Name one new feature you'd like to see added to SL: Actually, if SL could just be a bit more stable that would be awesome. Oh, and get ALL the search functions working again.
Shout outs: Cocoanut Koala - the most genuine person I've met in SL! & Jesse Prior - dude, go buy a Ruby book, it'll be much faster!
1. Hi Akela,
I'm fascinated by your mini-interviews to the residents of Second Life. So much that I wonder if you'd like to write a story for us about what's like to be oart of this growing parallel universe that Second Life is -- the good, the bad, the ugly and, of course, the juice stuff too.
We are a citizen journalism news Web site that aims to put a human face on the news by showcasing vivid, first-person stories from individuals involved in current events. Whether it is politics, sports, entertainment, science, love or war, we aim to capture news in its rawest form and be a celebration of every person's right to be heard in their own words. In fact, Orato comes from the Latin and it means "I speak."
What do you think?
Posted at 7:23PM on Dec 8th 2006 by Cecilia