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The Virtual Whirl: Vox virtualis
A change is as good as a holiday, they say. Seriously, I don't actually know anyone who says this other than myself; though I'm assured that there are some folks out there who do. With that tragically underutilized platitude in mind, then, last week I posed a question to a spread of well-known virtual environment users (at least to those that I felt would actually respond) and collected the responses. The question put to the respondents was "What's the single thing that the operators/developers could do to make you feel more satisfied with their virtual environment offering; what thing would help an operator keep you as a customer, or that would make some other operator more appealing than the one or ones you already have?"
How does the grid really work?
Ordinal Malaprop, Second Life's foremost scientific intellect has been hard at work for many weeks analyzing and cataloging Second Life's most intimate workings. In a special report, she has divulged the fruits of her diverse and manifold investigations into the very heart of the grid, so that all her fellows may learn and profit from from these revelations. Every user should familiarize themselves with these cosmological mechanics, for the value of such learning can in no way be underestimated. "Knowledge is power" -- Sir Francis Bacon
Second Life tool suspended, author blames Linden Lab's DMCA procedures, mentor piracy
Cel Edman (aka Elout de Kok outside of Second Life) has withdrawn his popular, and free displacement map creation tool Sculptypaint for several days citing piracy of the packs of textures that he sells as the root cause, as well as slow and half-hearted response to DMCA notices by Linden Lab. While Edman doesn't name specific names of those stealing the texture packs that he sells to fund development and distribution of the popular tool, he does finger one specific group for distributing his commercial products, a group called the Mental Mentors.
The Second Life/Orange Island Identity Summit
Orange Island, previously reported upon here, will be holding a day-long summit this Friday, November 16, on the nature of identity and how it relates to one's avatar in Second Life. It's a packed event, with a host of SL luminaries presenting, including Ordinal Malaprop, Torley Linden, Celebrity Trollop, Michi Lumin, and Forseti Svarog.The day's line-up looks like this: 9am – 10am – Avatar as a Personal Brand Speakers: Torley Linden, Celebrity Trollop, and Saeya Nyanda Moderator: Haver Cole 10am – 11am – Open Discussion on Avatar and Brand Identity 11am – 12pm – Persona and Identity Transparency in Business Speakers: Ordinal Malaprop, Forseti Svarog 12pm – 1pm – Open Discussion and Gallery Showing of Avatar Showcase Winners 1pm – 2pm – Non-Human Avatars Speakers: NeoBokrug Elytis, Kumi Kuhr, Michi Lumin Moderator: Adri Saarinen 2pm – 3pm – Open Discussion and Gallery Showing of You and Your Avatar photos 3pm – 5pm – Wind Down Mixer and Discussions Music and entertainment by DJ Doubledown Tandino Finally, leading up to the event, the preceding Thursday will witness the Avatar Showcase, where "Residents are invited to present their most unique and interesting avatar in this two hour event. The top three avatars will have their portraits made and displayed during one of the gallery exhibitions during the following day's discussions." Full information on Orange Island's website. I plan to be there on either day; if you've an SL account, come enjoy the festivities![Thanks, Adri!]
