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pdate it the users have always grumbled so why listen guess which one is ll we can only count on linden lab to make a mess of things occasionally for all the rest there is only us second life is not a world a crucial element of the world according to castranova is a shared mythos a story that puts the world as you see it in a larger context another crucial element is a set of values shared by the residents with those the world mythos can create and sustain itself and as long as the ratio of new users keeps under a certain limit everything works the old users are numerous enough to explain the world and the etiquette to the new users unfortunately with exponential growth this breaks down and we get what s called an eternal september a deluge of newbies with no comprehension of the world this is the reason for prominent bloggers rueing the passing of the golden days of yore when users were friendly and second life never crashed i imagine second life as a whole has no mythos therefore it is not a world to make second life a world we need to give it a story and put the user in context given these two points my proposal is simple the users should create the kindergarten of second life call it the second life academy or something appealing and mask it as a beginner s guide to ui and building then while explaining the dark arts of the sl client teach the users the mythos of second life based upon tom s and hamlet s books and recollections of respected oldbies teach them the story of steller who logged into the empty world one night and left the generations of users to come the jumping bean stalk regale them with the story of gibson sim and the transience of being and instill in them the values of helping new users respecting the old users and revering the content creators steller s beanstalk it s up to us will we keep waiting for linden lab to make everything all right or do we want to accept and assume responsibility for making second life a world posted by iyan writer at 6 27 pm view comments wednesday july 9 2008 loco pocos the tiny revolution it s a holiday for us tiny fans damien fate and washu zebrastripe the amazing content creation duo have created a new line of tiny avatars called loco pocos loco pocos at metanomics while tinies are great fun they have some problems can t sit in ordinary sized chairs can t use normal gestures and it s hard to find good fashion and accessories for them well not anymore the loco pocos can do all that and more despite the recent mega linden ui challenge from dusan writer sl inventory is currently still a drag while i ve kept my inventory rather thin a bit more than 3000 items until i fell prey to the insidious 7s fishing game finding the correct shoe in a forgotten folder named shoe of course is still a challenge or at least was a challenge loco pocos include an ingenious hud that allows users to change their outfit colors shapes attach or hide ears with a simple click of the button the same hud allows access to a variety of emotes and gestures from laughter to sleeping on the ground beautifully animated and wonderfully voiced as an added bonus the loco poco sim is an amazing place which features an interactive back story about the island by retracing steps of an earlier explorer visitors ar drawn into the story led to several fun mini games and awarded with loco poco goodies second life has had its down points lately from the ill communicated sl5b ill communicating m linden or uncommunicated grid stats but loco pocos will help you remember the fun side of sl join us for the grand opening of loco pocos island with a massive scavenger hunt today july 9th at noon slt visitors to the sim on this date will have the opportunity to win a unique avatar which will only be available during events at loco pocos island posted by iyan writer at 5 49 pm view comments labels loco pocos second life thursday may 8 2008 event chat transcripts considered harmful for a number of months i have been familiar with the observation that the quality of an event recap is a decreasing function of event chat transcript density they produce recently i became convinced that event chat transcripts should be abolished from all higher level event recaps i e everything except perhaps business meeting transcripts at that time i did not attach too much importance to this discovery i now submit my considerations for publication you ve all seen it before the event is nearing its close an an enthusiastic host exclaims oh and we ll put up a transcript online true enough the transcript shows up in your rss reader but although you had missed 10 minutes because of a phone call or something you never ever read the transcript it s not because you are lazy it s because transcripts are useless they not only have zero informational value they actually decrease the information content there are several reasons for that first a large portion of event chats is simply people socializing saying hello wawing to one another laughing or nodding in agreement as virtual worlds make non verbal communication rather hard a lot of it has become verbal second a lot of the time the log is full of system messages people signing on or off which adds to the clutter and third even if we prune all the non essential parts the transcript is still too long it s one thing being present at an hour long event you pass the time during less interesting parts im ing or camming around reading the whole transcript however takes a lot of concentration and to be frank i d rather invest 30 minutes focused reading time in something well written not pore over old event transcripts ok so the transcripts are useless so what if people publish them where is the harm simple the transcripts kill the google search or at least maim it here are some of the search results for iyan writer is it really helpful to someone searching for me even worse as google usually displays the first occurrence or two you re very likely to seem like some weird hello saying and madly wawing maniac heaven forbid that the search would show a cutting question you posed at the end of the event so what are the event organizers to do again it s simple provide actual value don t do the easiest thing and just slap the transcript online take the time to go through the transcript identify a few key issues raised at the event and write a paragraph on each one of them some metanomics event recaps are stellar examples of it if you re taking the time to remove the xx has signed off lines already chances are that this will not take much more time event visitors readers and the hamsters powering the google servers will be grateful to you ps why the title hint for non cs grads posted by iyan writer at 12 50 pm 8 comments labels events rant second life transcripts wednesday april 23 2008 virtual africa opening in second life my dear friend alanagh recreant s virtual africa project is finally opening tomorrow join us at the opening i m attaching the official invite below opening day event april 24 please come and join us on thursday 24 april for an exiting programme on the first annual africa day in second life hosted by uthango with support of orange from their island virtual africa and the adjacent robben island with its african rain club will be launched on the same day the popular dj doubledown will conclude the day at 16 30 slt with a party for our guests at the new spectacular african rain a club for virtual africa designed partly pro bono by eshi otawara this is the sl africa club slurl http slurl com secondlife robben 20island 120 161 635 virtual africa is an initiative of uthango social investments a registered ngo based in cape town south africa you are welcome to check cipro the offical sa registrar of companies for our details or contact us via our company s co founder and director in world alanagh recreant virtual africa is currently in development and will become a unique orientation gateway that may add value to the sl experience for old and new residents in the metaverse uthango drives the project together with a small team of volunteers and soon professional developers and welcomes you to collaborate and discuss possibilities we were delighted to hear philip rosedale ceo of ll speaking about the importance of these gateways and look forward to bring you a special african immersive environment together with virtual africa we plan the bottom of the pyramic innovation centre that will showcase ingenuity in africa and for africa specifically in relation to the strategies of companies and social entrepreneurs to make the world a better place this is one of our main reasons for being in sl to connect with creative lateral thinking people that could solve complex problems like the ones we face daily in our first world in this context we are also busy with the pototype of the uthango african roundtable aimed at educational institutions that would like to spend time researching the views of people in africa hopefully we will soon be able to bring in the voices of african residents as well as sl is currently a bit skew in its global diversity you are welcome to join our group second life africa to keep track of our developments or the following blog http slafrica wordpress com uthango has been extremely fortunate to be in the media the past few months which has hightened the sl profile in africa and globally here are a few links ugotrade http www ugotrade com 2007 06 25 uthango social investments leads the way to virtual africa slnn http www slnn com article africa second life weekend argus http www slnn com article africa second life africa news http www africanews com site list_messages 10271 your financial support is appreciated but more than this we really treasure the interest in our work and your own social network please feel free to tell others about our projects and visit our website http uthango org we can only be here with integrity if we find specific ways to harness the power of virtual worlds for africa and our 18 461 real life clients that are not here today please assist us in doing so we need all the help we can get thank you very much see you soon posted by iyan writer at 11 47 pm 1 comments labels africa robben island second life tuesday april 15 2008 we apologize for the momentary interruption of service this blog will not update until 18 4 2008 to be honest did my blog drive traffic to linden lab and help popularize second life no i only started it a few months ago would i have posted something in the next few days probably not still searching for the topic for my next post do new trademark rules directly impact me not really i added the legalese and i doubt they will come after me will the protest make linden lab think no so why am i doing it because the issue is important because linden lab s community mishandling is reaching new heights and because i was always partial to symbolic gestures more explanation in my blog post on the nature of protests come protest with us next sunday shakes pitchfork posted by iyan writer at 6 38 pm 0 comments friday april 11 2008 a zebra and its stripes marty the zebra i m ten years old my life is half over and i don t even know if i m black with white stripes or white with black stripes i ve followed clever zebra with interest since they launched but after some four months i believe they have the same problem as marty their value proposition is sl entry made simple and they promise to achieve it with a pack of business oriented builds and utilities from an amphitheater to a slide show presenter their offering is rl company friendly a stated up front price of 4 950 and 395 per month enables companies simple cost calculation and moves them from perilous and possibly expensive project territory into the safe product zone they will definitely get some customers and expand their presence however after some 6 months i think they will have to reconsider the nature of their stripes clever zebra s basic fallacy is in their value proposition is the price and complexity of creating a second life presence really the major hurdle the real world companies must overcome i believe not the major problems are the unwillingness to invest human resources in sl the complexity and immaturity of second life as a business platform and the biggest one of all the difficulty of forging lasting and valuable relationships with second life community how does clever zebra help companies overcome these difficulties their corporate product page is quite devoid of information it s hard to discern exactly what services the list price includes if it s consulting there can t be much of it let s say 30 hours at 100 is 30 hours enough to get company personnel to grasp the ui complexity and get to know second life so well that they can begin to use it productively i sincerely doubt it the kind of company that goes for as low as deals is not the kind of company that is willing to heavily invest resources in getting to know second life and extracting value from it and is also most probably not a company that could use second life to save thousands of dollars on travel only a few real companies are cisco systems ibm and dell to name a few all of them understand that they are in virtual worlds for the long haul there is simply no roi to be made in short term does clever zebra tell that to their potential customers i hope they do so what does the future hold for clever zebra they will definitely sell a few packs in the upcoming months but to keep customers from leaving second life in disgust after 6 12 months exclaiming second life is totally unsuitable for business they will have to start accurately representing both the challenges and the maturity of second life they will have to admit that they are not providing a solution for real companies wishing to enter second life they are only making the first step of many much simpler it s time to decide black with white stripes or white with black stripes posted by iyan writer at 11 04 am 17 comments labels business clever zebra second life older posts home subscribe to posts atom blog archive 2009 1 january 1 a new beginning 2008 13 july 2 may 1 april 5 march 2 february 1 january 2 2007 5 december 5 about me iyan writer thirty something extroverted technology geek with a passion for virtual communications view my complete profile favorites ialja s blog phasing grace metanomics crap mariner botgirl lives eshi otawara t i n y d a n c i n g mature metaworld tv channel sl africa uthango ambling in second life second thoughts psyblog view my page on second life bloggers recently shared disclaimers second life grid sl linden lindex eye in hand logo hexagon logo insl cube logo linden lab hexagon logo second life second life eye in hand logo second life grid logo sl grid slurl tsl windlight and linden lab are trademarks or registered trademarks of linden research inc all rights reserved no infringement is intended in other words don t 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