You'd better start thinking about an avatar, grumpy

You know Second Life, that site you scoffed at the other day? Well, Forrester says that “within five years, the 3-D Internet will be as important for work as the Web is today.” That’s Second Life, and other tools like it.

The report also says that you’ve “practically got to be a gamer to use most of these tools,” so this change isn’t happening tomorrow. And you can imagine what a time-sink these sites can be without focus.

Overworked businesspeople need not get on the Second Life bandwagon this week, but you might start thinking about it for next week. Could you hold meetings online? Training sessions? Product tests? Keep it in the back of your mind…

(Source: Read Write Web)