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As part of my ongoing PhD project, I'm looking to interview around a dozen or so people about how they use Second Life to collaborate with others on projects. I'm using a very loose definition of collaboration here, which could include things like general meetings, working on products, organising events, land administration, presentations, performances, even roleplay - pretty much anything that you would consider a team effort.

I'll be looking to ask you about what it is that you do in world and how you do it. Interviews should take around forty minutes and will ideally be done by text chat in IM. All interviews will be confidential and your participation won't be disclosed to a third-party. Also, due to restrictions posed by my university's ethics comittee, all participants must be over the age of 18 in real life.

I'm looking to begin interviewing this Friday and continuing over the weekend and into next week, so if you'd be interested in participating please drop me a message - I'm @AzAfterthought on Twitter, Az Afterthought in Second Life, and of course you can use the comments section here or the email form on the contact page.

Many thanks in advance, I look forward to meeting some of you in-world

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