This piece of artwork was one of the first things that caught my eye when I visited a Columbus Day exhibit that Parhelion Palou, an associate from NonProfit commons told me about.
It was put together by Nany Kayo of Virtual Native Lands and focuses on the Taino people who - the note said "discovered Columbus."
What does that mean? You'll have to find out by dropping by and reading all about it.
Also see some lovely art pieces in an unusual open air gallery format on a lovely tropical beach with lovely waves and a surprise or two.
Most of the exhibit is around the landmark link to Commonwealth Island, and if you walk to your right down the beach toward the sunken ship you'll see artwork on your right, along the tree line
There's a learning curve in Second Life for sure. The evolution of how we look, what we think is cool, and what our activities are over our first weeks and months are virtually uniformly topics of much amusement later on.
So one of the first things I'd do if I were exploring Second Life as a total newcomer is to order Sarah Robbins' book Second Life for Dummies. Beyond doing a superb job covering the basics, this is a book you'll not just use to help you get up to speed and understand the idea of Second Life and the techniques you'll need to participate in the world. It's one of those books you'll grab repeatedly over time to remind yourself of something you thought you knew!
"four fun and interactive sessions that will assist you with Second Life Basics, acquaint you with educational and other great places to go, teach you how to design an avatar - virtual persona - and give you the skills you need to enjoy Second Life."
The real issue I'd have is that unless one is using Second Life as a requirement for employment or education, there are few beginners who will see the value in spending $125 for four classes on the very basic parts of the new resident experience.
To be honest, even in hindsight many of us might say that we could have had closets full of SL clothing, the very best hair, lots of techie toys, and even land for an $125 initial outlay.
Instead, there are other no cost / low cost options I'd suggest every new resident could take advantage of.
One is New Citizens Incorporated which provides classes and other free events in Second Life as well as a blog with tips and updates. There is a free New Citizens Inc. group in-world and five campuses where you can get help, information, education and even freebies. Find them at
NCI Kuula, the original NCI location - Kuula (71, 173, 28)
NCI South, adjacent to the South Welcome Area - Hamnida (227, 65, 112)
NCI classes include basic and advanced courses in building and
texturing, clothing and accessory creation, scripting, and land
ownership. Examples of other basic SL classes include Second Life 101,
Using the Search Menu, Avatar Makeover, SL Consumer Skills, and New Resident Q&A.
If you're more a video type and want to get some insight about what SL is all about Studio Dell has produced a number of videos such as the one embeded below, or look for the longer form interview demonstration from a writer, long embeded in Second Life, in Robert Scoble's series of four videos with Wagner James Au who has also authored books included in my picks shown above.
From inside Linden Lab, and for information on everything from how to change your body shape to how to make a flexible flag, Torley Linden's never ending stream of videos are informative, Though sometimes overwhelming to newcomers, Torley's videos are available on both YouTube and his website.
As explained this afternoon at a presentation in Second Life, most of us would not know what to do if someone we loved went missing. In fact, in a time of emotional angst most of us would find it impossible to produce the critical information needed by law enforcement.
Since every minute counts we need to all be prepared.
A free downloadable Personal ID Kit provided by Project Jason contains a list of the first steps to take in the event your loved one is missing, plus valuable information that law enforcement will need.
It is important that we should have a kit filled out and ready to go for each member of the family, from infants to grandparents. You are never too old for a Personal id kit. The tragedy of the missing knows no age boundaries.
Ronnie Rhode, a colleague at Nonprofit Commons has let me know that NCI, Garden for the Missing & Project Jason a nonprofit
organization which assists families of the missing will be holding a
special event to provide you with information we hope you never need.
"Kelly Jolkowski from Project Jason will share information about her
experiences when her son Jason disappeared, & her organization's
activities in SL. We will do questions & answers on what to do
should someone go missing."
Personal ID Kits usefull in RL life will be available to all.
The event will be held at 5PM eastern, today Sept 28. That's 2 PM Pacific, aka Second Life Time.
The location will be in the beautiful Duchy of Caledon which is not to be missed when learning about and exploring Second Life.
Many times as part of our weekly meeting we get to learn something. Today it was some basics on "sculpted prims" known commonly as sculpties.
As part of the show and tell adventure we got to play around with putting together our own sofas out of parts provided in a super goodie bag from Mel Schaller, our instructor for the session,
Since they are not the dreaded spoilers of the Big Ten, those scary
Illini, I could manage a campus visit. Very nice recreations of
buildings on their physical world campus at Northern Illinois
University, Glidden Campus - slurl.com/secondlife/Glidden/88/166/30/
It was put together by Nany Kayo of Virtual Native Lands and focuses on the Taino people who - the note said "discovered Columbus."
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