Wednesday, March 5 at 8pm sl at the Benicia Hill Community Center:
‘Love in the Metaverse: SL Relationships — Second Life author Ansel Gasparini is looking for any and all opinions to help new residents with this sometimes thorny, always facinating topic.
We’ll be discussing such questions as: “1) How are SL relationshps different than RL relationships 2) How is partnering different in SL than in RL? How does partnering add/detract from your SL experience? 3) Why does it seem relationships in SL are so accelerated? 4) Advice for new residents on forming relationships? 5) SL Sex, to do it or not, how does it work, what to avoid, try?”‘
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I’ve still yet to find the magic formula for acheiving optimal attendence at discussion events. I think it’s a combination of various factors plus a little random luck. Perhaps someday I’ll explore the factors here in this medium, but for the moment, I will say that in general it’s better to post your event earlier rather than later. As in: days in advance. And now there’s more reason to do so, apparently. Today the Lindens added a little note to the event listing page that reads: “[PLEASE NOTE: Posts should be made 24-48 hours in advance to help assure listing in-world]” Strikes me as bizarre that a post could take up to 48 hours to propagate in-world, but that’s okay. Doesn’t hurt to be early anyway. I guess this would explain why my event last week didn’t appear in in-world search! Happy listing, my fellow discussion nerds.
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The following blurb was forward to me today by a SLake reader. (Thanks!)
“Please come and join in the discussion at the first meeting of the newly formed ‘Language and Culture Exchange’ group in Second Life. This group was established to promote language and culture exchange through the creation of a dynamic language and culture lesson database and a coordinated learning and exchange program in Second Life.
Event to be held at 15.30 SL time at imagiLEARNING
Join the Skypecast here: http://tinyurl.com/2rn7gt
We’ll also be streaming at WorldBridges (Sandbox B)”
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You’re a creative person, so pop on by the Bakery of the Poets tonight to chat about creativity. From the blurb: “Come on by Bakery of the Poets. Set your region to midnight and let’s talk about art, creativity and inspiration. Question of the night: To be decided.”
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I’m back from my vacation/business trip, and I’ve scheduled tomorrow’s BHCC chat. It’s at 8:00pm slt. Here’s the blurbage:
The topic: “YouTube Link Fiesta! Come share and enjoy the best (or worst) of YouTube. Tell people about your favorite clips. Find out about new ones you haven’t seen. It’s stupid – It’s fun – Get over here. IM Bieneff Bruder for tp.”
* Update * Here’s the YouTube playlist of the clips mentioned during the discussion: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6484F4B16E0C68E4 (Thanks, Stephen!)
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Soren Ferlinghetti has IMed to let me know that they’re having another great event at the Virtual Temple: 5 p.m. slt on Feb 1. I’d love to post more details here, but the SL events web page isn’t showing the event, and, given the wednesdayness of this morning, I can’t duck in world to have a look. Rest assured it’ll be a good one; just go. 🙂
Also, there’s an open chat tonight at the Benicia Hill Community Center at 8 p.m. slt. I won’t be available to host, so we have a special guest moderator: Stephen Sabena. Enjoy!
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