E-mail down? You can still virtually work

See what can happen when you take a break from email? The staff at Topaz Partners had a planned e-mail shutdown for some maintenance last Friday, so few folks decided to meet up in Second Life, said Topaz' Susan Koutalakis.

Adam Zand of Topaz was chatting with some podcasters at Reuters virtual office, when he met reporter "Robert Holden" (TheStreet.com reporter Robert Holmes). He introduced "Holden" to client "Treocast Carson" aka, Russell Holliman, CEO and founder of a company called Podcast Ready.

Yesterday morning they did a 40-minute interview by chat function, which influenced an article "Holden" published. Topaz used IM to guide the client during the interview.

"The folks here found it pretty fun and our client, PodCast Ready, is thrilled!" Koutalakis said.