2016 TKR: BIZ: 7 Habits of Lucky Entrepreneurs. Some choices bring good luck.

Serendipitous Success: 

7 Habits of Lucky Entrepreneurs

Seven things successful entrepreneurs do that makes them "Lucky."  None of them involve depend on luck.  But some choices bring good luck.  

• Watch on YouTube

Darren Rowse is the founder of ProBlogger, Digital Photography School and various other blogs and online businesses including b5media and The Third Tribe. He co-authored ProBlogger the Book (Wiley), founded ProBlogger Training Events in Australia and has published over 30 eBooks including the best selling 31 Days to Build a Better Blog. Part of our BoldTalks speaker series at INBOUND 2015.

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• Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity-- Lucius Seneca

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 PEOPLE: PLACES: Metaverse tours: Australian Home Lands, Kitely: video

Metaverse tours: Australian Home Lands, Kitely: video

Experimental video taken initially as live stream on a metaverse tour, then edited to show the most interesting parts.

• Watch on YouTube

Go there 

• Be sure your sound volume is up.  Listen to the ambient sounds
• HG Address: grid.kitely.com:8002:Australian Home Lands
• Put the HG address into the Find bar of World Map.  Click Find, TP
• In KItely, put the Firestorm hop into the nav bar of the viewer, enter: 
• hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Australian Home Lands/765/197/22

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 NEW: NMA: PEOPLE: HG: If I bring new people into Cookie II, how do I get them to my place?

If I bring new people into Cookie II, 
how do I get them to my place?

Community entry plans could lead a few communities to take responsibility for managing an entry path for newcomers in cooperation with other communities.  If newcomers arrive at a single location, it is easier to have welcomers onsite but the site needs to provide easy access to the other community sites.  Here I provide suggestions as to how to do that.

Bring them in 

• Bringing new people into virtual worlds?  Bring them in via Cookie II or use the NMA method on your own site   
• NMA low tech entry path for starting in Hypergrid. HGProject

Get them to your place

• Give people the address of your welcome center on your website.
• Give both the Firestorm Hop and the web address.
• Firestorm Hop:  hop://grid.kitely.com:8002/Cookie II/125/129/25 
• Web address: grid.kitely.com:8002:Cookie II
• Put a welcome kiosk where you expect new people to arrive.
• Welcome kiosk for community collaboration 0.4
• You may not be able to put a walkin TP there.
• To work, a walkin TP may need to be placed by someone with land authority there.
• OSSL adds functions to LSL: threat levels control misuse
• Put your the landmark to your welcome center in the kiosk box 
• Give landmarks in the welcome folder.
• Give people a reason to come to your place: Free community-related things:
• avatars, clothes, landmarks, calendar, events, contacts, groups, sandbox.
• Tell them how to join your community group and send IMs to the community.

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Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

2016 HG: NEW: BIZ: Starting in a virtual world need not be a puzzle game. Imaginary grid-starter viewer. HGProjects

Starting in a virtual world need not be a puzzle game.    
Imaginary grid-starter viewer.   HGProjects  

A grid-level starter viewer offered by a grid could make it easier for newcomers to get started in virtual worlds by providing needed or useful defaults.  It would also give grid operators a special feature that would work in their interest. Here are some suggestions for designing a HG friendly viewer based on Firestorm.  

Who would care about making it easier for newcomers to start in virtual worlds?

• Grid owners
• Content creators 
• Entertainers
• Event producers
• Educators
• Many communities

Does it really have to be complicated?

• Can't we have a Firestorm APP? Apps work with the mass market

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Fold It Short Poetry Workshop-Tue 7/12, 7pm SLT

This week the Short Poetry Workshop will be doing a fun group poem called Fold-It. Each person participates in creating a poem by writing one verse and passing it to their neighbor. Except- you only get to see the one line written prior to yours. You won’t know what the poem is about until it’s done! So join us to learn, write and share the Fold-It poem.

• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/160/134/21/ 

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 HG PEOPLE: Every grid needs a G+ commuity: G+ communities grow in the Hypergrid

Every grid needs a G+ community.  
G+ communities grow in the Hypergrid

Many grids on the hypergrid have G+ communities.  A grid community serves as a marketing tool and can keep grid users informed about what is happening or is going to happen on the the grid.  It helps build communities in the grid.  It provides a valuable communication route when the grid is unexpectedly down.  It provides a convenient way to make promotional content available to bloggers and potential customers.  

On the hypergrid

• Maria's list of Useful OpenSim and hypergrid-related Google Plus communities
• Maria's list of new grid communities, March, 2016

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• Q: What happened to the Friday event notices you were carrying twice a month?
• A: They weren't drawing enough interest and alternative sources came online.  I am now running a short  form daily near the top of this blog. A more comprehensive collection is in  Selby's daily news collection.

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 PEOPLE: What is the non-profit commons? Working for social good in the virtual worlds

What is the non-profit commons? 
Working for social good in the virtual worlds 

Over 60 international non-profit organizations with causes ranging from environmental awareness to LGBTQ activism, AIDS education and Parkinson's support, groups that fight to end homelessness or promote emotional healing with the help of horses, are gathered in the virtual world of Second Life to do everything from training to fundraising.

• Watch on YouTube

"The barrier to entry in Second Life is very low and for people in the non-profit sector who want to reach a global audience we can make it even simpler!" says Rhiannon Chatnoir aka Joyce Bettencourt in RL, community manager at Nonprofit Commons.
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• Q: What happened to the Friday event notices you were carrying twice a month?
• A: They weren't drawing enough interest and alternative sources came online.  I am now running a short  form daily near the top of this blog. A more comprehensive collection is in  Selby's daily news collection.

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 HELP: Scripting resources in virtual worlds, LSL and OSSL. summary

Scripting resources in virtual worlds, LSL and OSSL. Summary

LSL is the main scripting language used in the virtual worlds.  OpenSimulator also offers OSSL, which provides functions not available in LSL.  Several libraries, documentations and tutorials are available. Here is a collection of well-known resources, reviewed and reorganized from previous articles.  It is intended as an introduction for people with experience in other programming languages. 

Two scripting languages in virtual worlds

• LSL Linden Scripting Language.  The only language available in Second Life.
• OSSL Open Simulator Scripting Language.  Additional functions available in OpenSimulator.  OSSL is not a complete language but a set of functions.
• In scripts written for OpenSim, the OSSL functions can be used as part of the available function library.  The scripting language is still LSL.
• Many OSSL functions are limited so that objects using them can only run them if put out by people with authority in the parcel.

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• Q: What happened to the Friday event notices you were carrying twice a month?
• A: They weren't drawing enough interest and alternative sources came online.  I am now running a short  form daily near the top of this blog. A more comprehensive collection is in  Selby's daily news collection.

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 HELP: HG:Get people to the right destinations on opensim and hypergrid. HGProjects

Get people to the right destinations 

on opensim and hypergrid.  HGProjects

OpenSimulator and hypergrid offer lots of destinations.  We need to get people to the right destinations fast.  If they have trouble getting to a place they find interesting, we risk losing them.  This article describes some common transport methods.

• Information is based on my experience on Kitely and HG, using Firestorm 64bit
• This may not apply in some other grids on with some other viewers.
• Scripts you may need are in this kiosk:
• Welcome kiosk for community collaboration 0.4

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• Q: What happened to the Friday event notices you were carrying twice a month?
• A: They weren't drawing enough interest and alternative sources came online.  I am now running a short  form daily near the top of this blog. A more comprehensive collection is in  Selby's daily news collection.

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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2016 VIDEO: ART: Want to make an animated video? Try a virtual world. It is a live-in graphics engine.

Want to make an animated video?  Try a virtual world.  It is a live-in graphics engine.  

How to use a virtual world to make a low cost virtual video.  Practice the craft, see your writing come to life, make a pilot, build your portfolio, make a promo, make a tutorial, make whatever you want.   

• Watch on YouTube
• Video/Machinima in virtual worlds. Community, Market, Resources

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• Q: What happened to the Friday event notices you were carrying twice a month?
• A: They weren't drawing enough interest and alternative sources came online.  I am now running a short  form daily near the top of this blog. A more comprehensive collection is in  Selby's daily news collection.

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

2016 HELP: HG: Questions about Hypergrid or OpenSim? Live people resources

Questions about Hypergrid or OpenSim?  
Live people resources 

Communities on the internet have long offered living conversations that are ready to answer questions from anyone. You can always get questions answered.  You just have to know where to ask and how to use the answers.  

Where you can get your questions answered?

• Group chat for the group that might know the answer
• Community group chat for the local grid
• Forum on the local grid you are in.
• Forum for the viewer you are using.
• A Google+ community, either for the grid or for the relevant community
• To find a G+ community, search

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Genre-Inanimate Objects Short Poetry Workshop-Tue 7/5, 7pm SLT

This week the Short Poetry Workshop presents the Genre-Inanimate Objects. Arabella Nemeth is guest host where we’ll write poems speaking in the “voice” of an inanimate object. Select language and concepts appropriate to your object. Think about how a Victorian silver teapot would express itself differently from a modern video controller.

• http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cookie/160/134/21/ 

• Q: What happened to the Friday event notices you were carrying twice a month?
• A: They weren't drawing enough interest and alternative sources came online.  I am now running a short  form daily near the top of this blog. A more comprehensive collection is in  Selby's daily news collection.

Metaverse events, current and upcoming

• Kitely adds events calendar to login page
• Selby's daily news collection
• Events on the Hypergrid: HYPEvents
• Entertainment on the Hypergrid
• HYPERGRID EVENTS
• Destination guide: OpenSimWorld
• Opensim AAM Virtual Performers
• Sign of the Kite 
• WELCOME TO SEANCHAI LIBRARIES
• In a virtual world, your deodorant never fails.

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