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-
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