Lee’s Second Life - “Finding the key”

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I eventually found Shelville’s FIR booth on Podcaster’s Island on Second Life.
This is what their booth looks like — that’s me [...]

Okay. I believed Shel and Neville when they said podcasting was the next thing. They were right. So when Shelville say that Getta Second Life is something more than just a curiosity, I have to have faith in their track record so far.
So I have cancelled my ‘free, trial and error, let’s see what this [...]

Okay, so I’ve just spent the better part of four hours mucking about in Second Life.
I can only call it ‘mucking about’ because so much of it is about finding my way around, finding help, finding mentors, and very little about meeting the objectives I had in the first place.
I still can’t find the help [...]

Okay, I’ve had another crack at Second Life. I’ve taken the plunge and left Help Island, never to be able to return again (of course, there is the ubiquitous F1 key).
What has impressed me so far is the amount of ‘live’ assistance I saw on Help Island — no shortage of mentors there hanging out [...]

I’ve spent a few hours getting into Second Life: creating a persona, designing my avatar (graphical body, face, hair, clothing, etc.), and learning how to move around. (There’s a useful overview article on Second Life by Business Week here)
I still haven’t left the Help Island — and to which I cannot return, apparently — as [...]