Tuesday, May 24, 2016

2016 NEW Bringing new people into virtual worlds? Bring them in via Cookie II or use the NMA method on your own site.

Bringing new people into virtual worlds?   
Bring them in via Cookie II,
or use the NMA method on your own site.
NMA has begun development on a community-based entry path into opensim grids.  The objective is to get new users started in the community as quickly and as easily as possible.  Toward that end, the current entry path (1) gives some initial instruction on the web, before entry; (2) brings people into the NMA welcome site, not the generic grid welcome site; (3) invites newcomers to join the main community inworld group so that they can quickly get acquainted with active community members.
Join panel for Communication Arts

From the NMA Mission statement


Cookie II is a virtual world where we hold events ranging from theatrical performances to discussions and demonstrations of creative uses of virtual world technology. We also use this platform to introduce people new to virtual worlds, to teach the skill sets they need to participate in virtual world arts and to support and develop new media arts and artists
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  • (More after the break)
  • Where is Arcadia?
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Cento Short Poetry Workshop-Tue, 5/24, 7pm SLT

This week the Short Poetry Workshop revisits the Cento, which is “found poetry.” By taking individual lines from poems, famous speeches, quotes or even bible verses, you create a new poem.

Metaverse events, current and upcoming


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Invitation to other virtual world communities

Use the Cookie II part of the entry path

  • Start people on your own website.
  • Give them your own web-based instructions.
  • Send them to Cookie II for inworld instruction and practice.
  • Join the Communication Arts group and announce your plan to the group.
  • NMA will try to arrange a simple way to send your new people 
  • to your community welcome site: landmark givers or walkin TPs
  • Get some of your active community members to join Communication Arts,
  • so they can respond when your newcomers post to Communication Arts.  

Model your own entry path after the NMA version


  • Feel free to use any or all of the NMA path as a model for your own version.
  • Send Selby Evans a note about it so we can promote it.

Wish list

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News and Notes

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    The Hypergrid WIP Show

    The Hypergrid WIP is a one hour "show & tell" of works in progress or recently completed. All builders from beginner to pro are invited.  Presentations are in voice and text.  For text presentations, best bring the text in a notecard and paste it into chat.  Voice presentations may be captured in video.  Stills and videos from the show may appear in this blog and elsewhere.

    Next WIP show 

    • Next WIP show: Sun. June 12, Noon SLT 
    • Narasnook  location (second Sunday of the month)
    • Pandora allows presenters to run high threat OSSL functions.
    • world.narasnook.com:8900
    • Put the line above in your World Map next to Find.  Click Find. TP
    • At Narasnook, use World Map to search for Pandora
    • Narasnook  location (second Sunday of the month)
    • Pandora allows presenters to run high threat OSSL functions.
    • world.narasnook.com:8900
    • Put the line above in your World Map next to Find.  Click Find. TP
    • At Narasnook, use World Map to search for Pandora
    • Cookie II location (fourth Sunday of the month)
    • HG address below: paste into the World Map next to Find. Click Find, TP
    • grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II 
    • in Kitely: paste into Nav (top) bar of Firestorm, Enter.
    • hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/68/369/22

      Previous Articles from the WIP show 

      HG links-- depending on your interests 

      Metaverse beginner help

      Schools in virtual worlds

      • I publish 5 or 6 days a week, skipping 1 or 2 days in midweek
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