DISQUS

I appreciates ya sharing your experiences across virtual worlds, Cuppy. Dayum, "Cyberstar" is a nice last name. :D

Also on an official note, don't forget to visit the Support Portal — you can visit the Second Life Knowledge Base @ http://secondlife.com/kb , and there's also fun video tutorials some multiple-personalities-at-the-same-time avatar did @ http://secondlife.com/video =)

Should you ever feel a burning need to chat with Linden Lab's Documentation Team in-avatar, we hold office hour chat sessions. Details @ http://tr.im/docteam

HAVE AWESOME TRAVELS!

It's very intriguing to observe cultural-based aesthetics and how they transfer into Second Life, including how the furniture in a room is positioned, or how certain tools act as gravity for focused groups to create some really badass sights.

For a long time, I've been watching the Japanese excellence in Second Life — and others around the world that have adopted that excellence, not by birth or home location but by friendship. Amazing!

@Cuppycake , I'm sure the Drowsy masterminds will be thrilled you blogged about them. I know you're on Flickr and if you haven't seen it yet, http://www.flickr.com/groups/1093864@N25/

Mine has fun with the frequent complaints of "It's too wide and gets blocked" and "I can't click on those links!" Have a look and laugh, LOTS: http://twitter.com/torley

Thank-you for compiling these resources.

Also key to remember that for each of these (very good) points, there're a lot of fakers out there who use the same words but play a different (lame) game. For instance, the companies that pay bloggers to post positive reviews, or ones who have a faux personality which doesn't work out in the long run. Also beware of "buzzword bingo", when useful terms like "synergy" and "thoughtful communication" are sullied by ineffective, in-practice usage.

Zappos has a self-perpetuating personality effect now. They get cited so often, and with good reason. I'd like to see other rising companies get more visibility here — the more we can celebrate, the so-called merrier. I blog for the Tips & Tricks section of the Second Life blogs @ http://tr.im/sltnt and fellow Linden Lab employees have been showing personality in posts like this: https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/communit... It also helps we have virtual world avatars, which are lovely for expressing personality.

And often, it's not just "creativity" but "novelty" too. You need to be keen on mixing longterm viability with sudden surprises, viral videos, and other "hooks".

Basics, true. But ones that will continue to be true.

Hey, at least Flickr is still helpful about pointing you to certain words: http://www.flickr.com/photos/torley/3297767628/

I like this line, it glistens: "2010 Chevy CamaroThis car is confident. Not arrogant."

The Heroes webcomic has been doing this sort of thing since near the beginning — as long as the products serve the story and don't mutilate it, I enjoy.

For a sec I thought you were coming into Second Life!

Daniel, not just beautifully-written — an aesthetically-pleasing presentation, aside from the small serif font I'm experiencing in this comment editor.

Anger is reflective of your internal control; if you can't control yourself, how can you expect to control the situation around you?

Also re: humanity, it helps to find common ground and rapport with the person on the other end of the line — listen to their story too if they get emotional, like if they're having a bad day at work and you're the first person to treat them nicely... that can make a SUBSTANTIAL difference.

I found this article via Reddit!

Tim, what'd you use to record these? They look good when viewed in true HD.

[13:41] Marianne McCann: Hiro - you know, maybe this explains why Torley got a Mini the other day... it's an actual at home SL server!

Also, http://www.macminicolo.net/ ;D

I grew up in a household of chopstick-wielding experts — well, my Dad and Mom. But I could never quite grasp their advantage over a fork or even a pointy stick. So to this day, whenever I go out for sushi or Chinese food, I always ask for a fork.

I've loved doing #1 in front of relatives and debunking stupid superstition. My Grandma used to bemoan people leaving food for the dead when there are poor people (this was in Bangkok, where the rich/poor divide on the same street is STARTLING!) who are so hungry, that food shouldn't go to waste.

Definitely helpful to have videos for this; spatial movement can't easily be understood by most in text alone.

I didn't know Ramit was responsible for PBWiki too! Great connection.

Still going!

Fast forward even further in the future, where we find Facebook in the middle of another major redesign, and people press to keep the current (today's *new*) design.

Cute headcrab cap!

Very surprised I don't see that little dino eating Jar Jar Binks, or other insults specific to the Star Wars universe.

Now we know what Perez Hilton would do if unleashed on Chewbacca, however.

@Ener & Lucian: Thank youuuu!

@skribe & Ghosty: I definitely have to disagree there, because your points are about validity in a different direction. A key question you didn't bring up was: "Who are we marketing to here?" and that's what I deliberately left unanswered, to see who'd bring that up. :) Two hints:

(1) It isn't "WTF" to emerging "blue oceans".
(2) The word "demoSLene" was chosen for a reason(s).

Re: #3, I'm glad that sparked your curiosity. They're not in the main viewer, but available in experimental viewers.

Thanx for watching!

Gwyn(gwyngwyn) :) Glad to see you did a video too! This is one of those features which is best seen as-is, in-action!

I look forward to some hella awesome gadgets made with this new feature. It will be touching indeed.

@Torrid: Superb Hendrix example, I am going to check your post out now, and thanks for pointing it out!

@charles: Will watch your vid soon, thx for sharing!

@Dedric: That makes you an early pioneer!

@Sougent: Control like that almost makes SL sound like an aircraft or submarine. :)

@Dedric: Some Resident viewers have the shadow code too, so if you have a supported graphics card (currently only guaranteed to work on upper GeForce 8xxx) you can see it. But indeed, it's like.

@Kevin: Aw that sux! Can you view YouTube videos fine? Let me know what format works best for you, I've had problems uploading vids to Flickr.

@Sahoni: Yeah, mouselook can be so intimate.

@Ghosty: Best of hope with it! As mentioned, you'll need an experimental viewer that supports shadows. While I can't distro the internal Linden one, there are some Resident viewers like http://kirstenleecinquetti.blogspot.com/ worth looking into.

@Al: Ha, not good news for vampires either. Oh wait, that's mirrors!

@Dizzy: Yes! By all means, esp. since you have a wealth of empirical installation in designing sonic installations in SL, if you make a vidtut I will share it!

@Sahona: Thanx! My new griffin is such a fun gift.

@Gigs: llCollisionSprite was so fun for cartoon effects and beyond. Ugh, broken for so long, I'll ping the internal engineering queue about it.

@Sunn: Oh I <3 seeing, and hearing cool stuff to come out of my videos! Glad you shared this, and hope to visit soon. "Primageddon", ha-ha!

@Eleonora: Direct MP3 uploads aren't supported, that's why I used WAV. And, by "near", what sort of range did you have in mind? In the Preferences, there are sliders to adjust the distance/attentuation at which you hear sounds, and you can restrict sounds to a parcel in About Land. But, you can't simply say "I want this sound to be heard up to 5 m away for everyone". Does this help clarify things?

@Ghosty: Yes, and watch the reactions... prankalicious!

@Henrik: Fixed! Sorry about that!

@Colin: Drugs are but a mere shadow (heh) of living one's dreams!

@Porsupah: Agree, bunnies should be better represented in the next round. Some Resident-compiled viewers like http://kirstenleecinquetti.blogspot.com/ have shown off shadowing.

@Jo: I haven't experienced problems with running fans constantly for a long duration — the bigger potential problem here is your machine overheating, which the fans are counteracting. And hopefully the ambient room temperature is also relatively cool. I haven't run SL on my MacBook Pro a lot recently, tho. You're welcome! :)