This is the last post for Second Life pros!For various reason, B5Media and I decided not to continue to publish this blog.
I thank all the readers that followed this blog since October ‘07 (wow, almost ten months!!), and if you want to read something from me (generally, NOT on Second Life), this is my personal blog.
Thanks!
Wow, this is great: a tool from MIT to help developers learn how to create things and let them interact in Second Life, thank to numerous contributors.
The tool, Scratch4SL, is very easy to use even without any programming skill, and I’m sure that this will be loved by Second Life enthusiasts that happen to have a non-computer science degree, and so can’t or doesn’t want to mess with Linden Scripting Language before being able to DO something.
Good job! I’m sure this will bring many more content creators in Second Life!
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Ahi, ahi: this is not a very good sign after all.
BMW, one of the most prestigious car manufacturers, will leave Second Life, according to Achim Muellers, head of Brand Relations for BMW.
As for ING and AOL, BMW seems convinced that there is no advantage in investing money marketing their products in Second Life.
I would say… YET! But I can understand them: Second Life is so young, compared to where it will eventually arrive, that most people don’t really take it too seriously.
What a pity!
Today, on the official Linden blog, you find three tools to solve common Second Life problems.
First one: Second Life Viewer cheatsheet (by Kippie Friedkin)
This is GREAT! If you dedicate half an hour to familiarize, you will save hours and hours every month, thank to your ability to use shortcuts and keyboard combinations!
Second: Avatar Databank with UV Mapping info
If you play a lot with avatar clothing, this one can be your dream!
Third: YouTubeMp4
Are you seating somewhere? Good, now hit this: this tool allows you to submit an URL, and then copy the linked video in a format that Second Life accepts …read more
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Violet Bloue, a technology (and sex) blogger, is writing a book on online relationships. Of course, she wants the inside scoop from Second Lifers.
As you may know, Second Life has been a great inspiration for sex-oriented literature since the very beginning, culminated in Dan Savage’s debate on Second Life sex and adultery (and his view is: it is NOT adultery).
Violet Blue is going to rewrite this topic from the ground up, and of course she wants to know from YOU.
If you want to be interviewed, email her at “violet at tinynibbles dot com”.
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The 1.20 viewer is out (and it’s great, by the way), and our dear Torley Linden has a video tutorial on it!
“To commemorate the debut of Second Life 1.20 as the main viewer (following its graduation from an enduring Release Candidate), guess what I’ve got? Awwww yeah, it’s a video! Both a tutorial and a tour to show off the highlights — what’s important for you to know about .It takes less than 8 minutes, so push play and enjoy the ride“.
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“The University of Houston department of health and human performance has received over $55,000 in grants from the UH Faculty Development Initiative Program (FDIP) and the Network Culture Project of the University of Southern California-Annenberg School for Communication to move various classes and research into Second Life. Department Chair Charles Layne received $30,000 from the FDIP to research whether students using Second Life for academic purposes receive better grades than those who do not; the Texas Obesity Research Center, sponsored by USC, will be using Second Life to promote healthy diets; and Brian McFarlin, assistant professor of health and …read more
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First two months of Second Life’s CEO at Linden Lab.
I’ve been with Linden Lab for two months and each day has surfaced something interesting — and often quite unexpected. So, what have I seen? Read on.
Second Life has evolved dramatically but perception has not kept up with reality in five important ways:
1. Second Life users are more mainstream than many assume. It’s not just tech-savvy early adopters or gamers. It’s a much broader cross-section of society with a median age in the early 30’s and nearly half the time spent in world is by women.
2. The diversity of use …read more
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According to Reuters, private investigators are souring Second Life. Last weekend, Steven Rambam, from detective firmPallorium , gave a speech in New York about privacy and investigation techniques at the Hackers On Planet Earth conference. He used as an example one investigation he did in Second Life, trying to track down one avatar.His client, as a child, had been molested more than 20 years ago by his grade school teacher.
The client believes that pedophiles don’t really retire, so he wanted to catch that teacher and prevent him from molesting other people.
Rambam looked for this teacher, now an assistant principal, and …read more
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Great Torley Linden gives us another whopping TWENTY video tutorials to “ULTRACHARGE” your Second Life!
“YAYZERAMA! Back by popular demand, it could only be a matter of time before another round of QUICKTIPS arrived. This series is warmly treasured by Second Life Residents for delivering the goods — not counting intro/outro, each tip is 2 minutes or less, so even if you don’t have a lot of time, you can choose what you’re interested in and learn! From basic need-to-knows to strangely handy advanced features…“
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