Point-to-Point Teleportation

"Back when Second Life was a tiny world, Residents could magically teleport point-to-point: that is, from any place on the grid to any other place, just like that. Shortly after launching commercially, however, Linden Lab introduced "telehubs", scattered throughout the grid. From then on, when you teleported from point A to point B, you were actually sent to the telehub nearest to point B-- usually a few hundred meters away, meaning you had to travel the remaining distance on your own power (fly, walk, vehicle.) In the same way, in the offline world, that a public transit system tends to create a civic gathering place and neighborhood around each of its stops, telehubs were a way to mitigate the urban sprawl of a constantly expanding world. A place to meet folks, and a chance to look around, wherever you were going. Smart urban metaverse planning, in other words.
All that's about to change. Linden Lab recently announced that an imminent update would re-introduce P2P teleportation. Telehubs-- which, unsurprisingly, drove up the real estate prices of the surrounding land-- would then be transitioned into some kind of public/community space...."
read the whole New World Notes article

Boston Conference (a hyperlinked sketch in progress)

I've been delaying a write-up on this because it felt so immense and I didn't know how to begin...but I realize as more and more time passes it does not seem easier so I'd better just give it a try and get out some of the highlights, even if just to sketch it out and fill in later...please check back from time to time as I fill-in and edit- I'm hoping the post will evolve into a good info resource/memory palace... ( details,pics and hotlinkyness )