What is being "proactive?" It's definitely been a buzzword this decade in business and education. Like most buzzwords, there is a sketchy, agreed-upon recognition of what it means. Many think it simply means acting to do something ahead of someone asking you to do it. Beyond this, however, there's a nuance of disaster-avoidance. The American Heritage Dictionary, 4th Ed., defines this word to mean:
Acting in advance to deal with an expected difficulty; anticipatory proactive steps to prevent terrorism.

Every change brings its own attendant challenges. When those challenges are identified, met and surmounted, the true value of that change can shine. So what, then, are the identified challenges of Web 2.0?

I was reading news articles about Wonderland and other current virtual items. I really like some of the applications and ideas out there! A business is using Wonderland to project people into its graphs and schematics. The sound capabilities of Wonderland are lauded. Different environmental capabilities make the social aspect of Wonderland work better than simple 2-d environments. (See article "The Virtual Office Gains Ground" at this link.)

Earlier today, I tried to continue my efforts in exporting the maya binary to an X3D. It's my experience after dealing with these issues and the different files that I've created, that a scene without textures will export with no problem. However, trying to export a scene with textures will crash, either when trying to export the scene with the textures attached or not.

This may be a size issue, so I will try to cut down on the scene components, breaking parts up into other builds where they can then be put back together in Wonderland. Hopefully this is possible and is the solution.