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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Learning something new every day...

So this morning I participated in my first meeting for the Second Life Pilot program that I'm involved in at work. One our members is a guru and gave our group quite a show. We all met at a specified location in second life. As we are all getting accliminated, he pronounced "Avada Kedavra" which in harry potter is the "unforgiveable" spell, which in the books and movies, kills whoever the spell is cast at. Suddenly my avatar was laying face down! he chuckled and told me how to stop the script that was forcing my avatar to play dead. I was amazed, no only did he know harry potter, but he scripted himself a wand and figured out how to use it in second life. Amazing. The sky is truely the limit.

I also learned how to create objects and manipulate objects. I've also noticed that the Window's Second Life application is easier for me to use than my mac's Second Life application. I explored Cisco's presense (which was empty) and IBM's which had a few stragglers, but at 8:00 am EST I didn't expect a crowd.

Overall, the more you venture In Life, the more you want to learn. Until next time...
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Day 1 in Second Life

Technically, this isn't Day 1 since i've used Second Life before. For the purposes of IN SC 539, however this is Day 1. My Avatar, "ilike kungfu" took her maiden journey into Second Life. I, or rather ilike, embarked on a mission to complete all the tutorials, learning how to chat, use inventory, fly, and move. Initially, I presumed this would be a quick trip, however I ran across someone who wanted to chat, Recon2 (last name protected). Recon2 had been here before as a different avatar. Clad in a Birthday hat and carrying an Ax, I didn't believe Recon2 was a "friendly" avatar, but i was mistaken. He (I'm presuming the person behind the avatar is a male) took me on a hike though orientation island, meeting all the gods. Insightful indeed, leaving second life for the "first" time was hard, no idea what Day 2 and beyond has in store for me!