Monday, August 13, 2018

2017 LIBR: This blog is curated: How to use search to find things. Digital smarts


This blog is curated: 
How to use search 
to find things

Digital smarts include knowing how to find things easily and knowing how to make it easy for others to find things in your publications (blogs or scholarly articles).  Here are some tips.
Key word list 


Note search-in-site bar, upper left
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  • Some of these features may not be offered except in Blogger
  • Search on page:  Ctrl f,  put search term in bar, upper middle.
  • Works in Chrome, may work in other browsers.
  • List important terms at the top of an article to show readers what to search for.

Help your readers search your blog

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Sunday, August 12, 2018

2018 EDU: WW: PEOPLE: Social 3D and all that other stuff (VR, Virtual Worlds, etc)


Social 3D and 
all that other stuff 
(VR, Virtual Worlds, etc.)

Updated 8/17/2018
Computer simulated virtual environments are becoming easily available at low cost. They have long been available in computer games, but those are of interest only to gamers, mostly young.  Adults are more interested in social activities, either directly productive (business, education), or for entertainment (music, stage performances, travel).

Another sample of social 3D

  • Visit a virtual train station (on your desktop).
  • Click on the screen to go 3D.  
  • The little half-circle at the bottom of your screen represents you. 
  • If there are other people there, they may appear as a box with a picture.
  • In social 3D people are usually represented as avatars.
  • (Registered users can provide a picture.) 
  • Move your cursor sideways to look around
  • Press the keyboard up-arrow to move forward
  • If you see something interesting, hover the little red circle on it.
  • It may do something if it sees you looking at it.
  • Press Esc to get back to old 2D controls.
  • 3D WEBSITES A2Z

VR: virtual reality

Virtual reality (VR) is an interactive computer-generated experience taking place within a simulated environment, that incorporates mainly auditory and visual, but also other types of sensory feedback like haptic. -- Wikipedia
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Saturday, August 11, 2018

2018 WW: EDU: WRITE: Tutorial: Building in 3DWebworldz: Leaving notes around. Writer's workshop



Tutorials: Building in 3DWW
Leaving notes around
Writer's workshop


The story seeds plan for the writer's workshop requires leaving notes around. This tutorial shows how to do that.
Interaction object 
and how to trigger it
  • The i Is a library texture.  It suggests a box of information 
  • I had to make the box and put on the texture.
  • I had to create the function and attach it to the box.
  • Thought question:  Why is a little box easier for the user?

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018

2018 ART: Arcadia-Aley Library created by New Media Arts


Arcadia-Aley Library 
created by New Media Arts

Works by Arcadia Asylum, Aley Arai, and other names have been gathered by Ada Radius into an archive now being maintained by New Media Arts in Kitely grid.   They are accessibe to the Hypergrid and should be full perm and free to copy.
Bodega supermarket

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The New Media Arts board of directors agreed to add my collection of Arcadia/Aley builds to their libraries, and host it at Kitely grid. I've been collecting for years from my own imports, all the stuff +virtual christine had at Sanctuary grid, and whatever else I could scarf up around the HG before it disappears. I wanted to donate it to an organization that should be around for a while. -- Ada Radius

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Monday, August 6, 2018

2018 WW: PEOPLE: 3DWebWorldz goes for social media with contact groups: Video tutorial


3DWebWorldz goes for social media 
with contact groups:  Video tutorial


Virtual worlds are made of people.  People collaborating on things they want to do.  Here we show how 3DWebWorldz helps people to get together in groups, sharing a common interest.  That starts to form communities of interest.


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Sunday, August 5, 2018

2018 EDU: TKR: ADHD Tools for Adults & Kids: Mind Mapping to Success


ADHD Tools for Adults & Kids: 
Mind Mapping to Success

Remembering my own school experiences, I think that ADHD is often just intolerance for boredom.  But there are recognized differences in the way people learn, so another problem may be the attempt to force everyone into the same learning mold.  Here is a different learning method that may be more suited to some people and to some tasks.  

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 "ADHD seems like a curse in the beginning. And many times during our lives we will see it this way. What I can promise you is, that once you learn how to use it, it will be your most unfair advantage." - Frank Stahl


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Saturday, August 4, 2018

2018 WW: Cyba Tutorial: Flying, Collision off, Free-Switch voice


Cyba Tutorial: 
Flying, Collision off, 
Free-Switch voice


Avatar flying

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Friday, August 3, 2018

2018 HG: PEOPLE: Avatarfest: Oct. 6 to Nov. 30. Applications invited till Aug 17


Avatarfest:  Oct. 6 to Nov. 30. 
Applications invited till Aug 17

Avatarfest is the yearly end-user focused festival which includes non-commercial exhibits from users around the hypergrid, focusing on how they use the regions that they own. Applications are being accepted from July 23 to August 17th (with exceptions accepted until Sept 8th).
Avatarfest:  Oct. 6 to Nov. 30

For exhibitors and performers

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