Summary: Jeff Barr - Jeffronius Batra Welcome to Episode Sixteen of The Virtual Worlds BusinessCast, brought to you by Voices in Business. Todayrsquo;s show features an interview with Jeff Barr, Web Services Evangelist at Amazon.com. As an evangelist, Jeff travels both the real world and the virtual world talking to people about the Amazon Web Services. I was fortunate enough to catch up with him in real life on his recent visit to London, and spoke to him about Amazon Web Services' activities in Second Life. Show notes for this episode: 00:12 - Mike O'Hara introduction 00:42 - Start of interview 01:28 - Jeff's role at Amazon.com 03:18 - Where do virtual worlds fit in? 04:40 - Second Life as a development platform 06:15 - Communicating with software developers 08:27 - In-world conferences and chats 11:00 - Barriers to entry 13:48 - Amazon's author events 16:02 - Keeping it real 17:57 - What does the future hold? 19:58 - Some resources for listeners 20:46 - End of interview and wrap-up We welcome all feedback, so please leave a comment here on the website, call us to leave an audio comment on +44 (0) 20 7193 1295, or send an e-mail to comments@voicesinbusiness.com Links: Amazon Web Services website Amazon Web Services blog Listen Now: To listen to the podcast right now, click on the player icon below.
