This is the avatar I created for the Teen Librarian page. Actually, I should probably update my avatar, I don't have the beard anymore.
When I think of an "avatar," I think of Timothy Leary calling the Beatles "divine avatars." Either that, or the episode of Star Trek: TNG called "Silicon Avatar" (which is actually one of the few decent episodes from the 5th season) , both of which predate the current usage by a number of years.
Avatars are fun. I guess in the online sense, I think of an avatar as more of a cartoony caricature of one's self, or the virtual characters created on sites like Gaia. I downloaded the Second Life software and was a little overwhelmed! It was fun to explore, but I definitely don't live there and don't think I'd like to! It's definitely a cool environment, but it was sort of an "information overload" type of situation for me. It will be intersting to see how this total-immersion virtual environment evolves, I have a feeling that this is the direction the online environment is moving!
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