Comments on: Second Life – My avatar has descended… http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/08/20/second-life-my-avatar-has-descended/ "...a new favorite blog for professional excellence in public speaking, speech-writing, and executive communications." - The Register, May 24, 2008 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steven Groves http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/2007/08/20/second-life-my-avatar-has-descended/comment-page-1/#comment-51754 Steven Groves Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:07:05 +0000 http://www.exec-comms.com/blog/business-communication/second-life-my-avatar-has-descended/#comment-51754 Welcome to the metaverse Ian - I see you've ventured in deeply already and now, may be ready for more. It's a great environment for networking of all types, but most of all it is a community. Like any community, if you do not get, you may find little satisfaction in participation. I encourage you, and anyone else, to find <i>your</i> reason to be in SL - a favorite charity, research topic or at least a short list of places to visit, expecting it to take more than one session to make the tour. Look for me online if you wish - <b>Estaban Graves</b> - I may have already friend-ed you! Welcome to the metaverse Ian – I see you’ve ventured in deeply already and now, may be ready for more.

It’s a great environment for networking of all types, but most of all it is a community. Like any community, if you do not get, you may find little satisfaction in participation.

I encourage you, and anyone else, to find your reason to be in SL – a favorite charity, research topic or at least a short list of places to visit, expecting it to take more than one session to make the tour.

Look for me online if you wish – Estaban Graves – I may have already friend-ed you!

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One of Linden Labs’ greatest failings is the absence of genuinely useful search function to find Second Life locations that would be of interest – so having a presentation or music event or other gathering to attend allows one to find others with similar interests, and also lets you see what people have done to upgrade their avatars.

Amazing what spending a few dollars for un-Barbie/Ken skin and non-molded hair can do for someone :-)

See the 2nd Life / Metaverse topic in my blog for links and hopefully other helpful stuff. And feel free to IM me via Tynan Clary in SL. I really do believe that SL has a lot of potential for speakers and others doing presentations.

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