{"id":987,"date":"2011-10-10T07:27:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T12:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=987"},"modified":"2011-10-10T07:27:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T12:27:48","slug":"end-of-an-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=987","title":{"rendered":"End of an Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent events in my life have required that I prioritize my time and resources.\u00a0 I actually should have done this a while back and simplified things but I have a hard time letting go of things that have added to my learning and linked me to so many great friends. For example SecondLife<\/p>\n<p>This morning I gave up my rental in<a href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/\"> SecondLife<\/a>. I began my adventure in SL back in April 2007. It is through this platform I became connected to so many great organizations and people.\u00a0 I participated in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iste.org\/connect\/communities\/second-life.aspx\">ISTE<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/community.discoveryeducation.com\/\">DEN<\/a> and a slew of other groups and events.\u00a0 My professional networking exploded as did my learning. My relationships with many of these people has since move to other platforms, but you always remember your &#8216;first date&#8217; so to speak.\u00a0 I still pop into SL now and again to attend an event but I don&#8217;t have the time to stay and chat and no longer have a need to have my own place.<\/p>\n<p>I was surprised how I felt as I packed up my stuff in my SL home.\u00a0 I decided to take a few photos and quick movie tour before it was empty. It felt like the end of an era, it made me sad.\u00a0 I guess I am sad that I miss the days when I had the luxury of chatting with friends and colleagues. What I want to know is where did that time go, how can I get it back?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent events in my life have required that I prioritize my time and resources.\u00a0 I actually should have done this a while back and simplified things but I have a hard time letting go of things that have added to my learning and linked me to so many great friends. For example SecondLife This morning I gave up my rental in SecondLife. I began my adventure in SL back in April 2007. It is through this platform I became connected&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/?p=987\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,29],"tags":[134,225],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":988,"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987\/revisions\/988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bethknittle.net\/WP_Blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}