Had a wonderful experience today getting a good friend onto Second Life. We had talked a lot about Second Life in the past few month and he'd expressed a great interest in it. He's even joined the South Florida Second Life Group. But he was battling that ever so common syndrome of "I signed up once, but didn't do much since then". I guess now I've been in Second Life long enough that I forget how hard it is to take the first steps. After logging a few hours I think people do well. But those first few hours are oh so painful.
But it was a wonderful experience because it showed me what a difference even a casual tutor makes for this process. This was not a formal class. We just carted the laptop over to lunch. Over some great (and I'm sure fattening) Nicaraguan treats, we were able to create the account and go through several of the basic stuff like Inventory, walking, buying (freebies), and creating landmarks. Was really awesome to have him finally visit my place and see my art rather than just seeing picture of it.
I've been thinking of giving beginner classes to people as a way to make contact with future SLers. This has really made me feel even more like doing it. I look forward to the first building class!
--DrawDweeb Latte-
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
So I look behind my building one day and notice that the big weird roller coaster amusement park thingee is gone. Now there's just a huge expanse of land behind me and I can see the original mountain.
I fly over for a look. An I find the land is actually quite cheap. Of course it is. It's not waterfront. Anyone can build something in front of it.
BUT....
I own the two waterfront lots in front of it. So that means that for my purposes it IS waterfront. I have a good shot at keeping this view. Took some thinking, but not much, to make me buy the two lots behind the two I already own.
One of the first things I did was to climb up to the top of the mountain and sit to take a good look. Its a wonderful view!
I quickly started a project to replace the building I already had. It was a fun build, but in many way shows my inexperience. I loved the idea of having a shot from scratch.
My first attempt pretty much looked like a large fish tank...
Ah...but a fish tank with great views. I really like how the inside took advantage of the view down the mountain and out to the sea.
So the layout was cool with me. But I stated working on giving the building just a bit more character. Slope part of the roof down. Add some color on the walls. Stairs inside. A veranda leading to an outside deck.
May still be somewhat boxy, but feels much better to me now.
Can't wait to do more. My wish for my birthday is unlimited time!
-- Drawdweeb-
I fly over for a look. An I find the land is actually quite cheap. Of course it is. It's not waterfront. Anyone can build something in front of it.
BUT....
I own the two waterfront lots in front of it. So that means that for my purposes it IS waterfront. I have a good shot at keeping this view. Took some thinking, but not much, to make me buy the two lots behind the two I already own.
One of the first things I did was to climb up to the top of the mountain and sit to take a good look. Its a wonderful view!
I quickly started a project to replace the building I already had. It was a fun build, but in many way shows my inexperience. I loved the idea of having a shot from scratch.
My first attempt pretty much looked like a large fish tank...
Ah...but a fish tank with great views. I really like how the inside took advantage of the view down the mountain and out to the sea.
So the layout was cool with me. But I stated working on giving the building just a bit more character. Slope part of the roof down. Add some color on the walls. Stairs inside. A veranda leading to an outside deck.
May still be somewhat boxy, but feels much better to me now.
Can't wait to do more. My wish for my birthday is unlimited time!
-- Drawdweeb-
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