Archive for September, 2009
Guess Which Economy Doubled in Size Last Year
Despite the global recession, it seems one economy was doing really well over the last year. But quite interesting fact is, that economy doesn’t come under the radar of Word Bank, IMF or ADB, those who keep their eyes open all the time. Know where it happened? At Second Life.
Believe it or not, the virtual economy of Second Life, a popular online computer game that lets users create a new reality for themselves, doubled in size last year. Users spent more than a billion dollars on virtual goods over the last year, compared to $360 million for the year before. Second Life’s economy is now larger than the economies of nations such as East Timor, Samoa and Dijibouti.
JS libraries that changed the perception of Java Script
Remember the old age (not far behind… just few years ago) where you had to type a whole bunch of codes just to add a new row to your HTML table ? I’ve almost forgotten that era with the convenience added through some of these libraries.
