avad | Better World Island Launch Party on SL

Finally went onto SecondLife last night to meet up with

elektrix and go to the Better World Island Launch Party. O-net member Sue Braiden created the whole Island in secret over the last 2 months, we are all amazed, though we had discussed it a long while. There's a PeaceTiles Center gallery for Lars and so much more. I've got to go back and really do a full tour. ElektriX took a bunch of great snapshots which I get to share with you here:

MY what beautiful wings you have, ElektriX!

stop staring...;)

You can see more pictures of other visits to Second Life on ElektriX's flickr album here

Here's more about the Island from the invite:

"While the island isn't finished, it's far enough along to invite you in to make it your own, and to imagine how we might enrich our work together by using these new shared spaces.
Things that are there now as appetizers:

*The Peace Tiles center, complete with virtual tiles that people will be able to claim and decorate, with the final murals being auctioned off to fund real-world projects

*a drive-in theatre, featuring the full-length feature film "Hotel Rwanda" (also playing in the Peace Tiles center upstairs) for virtual viewing parties

*the Welcome Center (the big yellow house on the hill) where you can drop in and check the bulletin board for events listings, drop a note in the "Great Big Idea Box", or just hang out with other scouts
the South Shore Pavilion where Food Chain group projects will be highlighted (e.g., click on a coffee cup, you get info on Luke Martin's Orijiro project, Coffee Kids, fair trade coffee, etc.)

*the Serendipity Retreat Center set up with two meeting rooms, easels for your presentation slides, workshop and meeting registration gear, and even a working pool table on the roof for a little playtime between classes

*an Arts and Artists Studio where you'll be able to join me for classes, learning how to build things in SL, automate them with scripts, and start your own virtual social enterprise

*a marketplace where you'll be able to sell your wares for real U.S. dollars

*a Center for the Performing Arts, where you'll be able to collaborate on benefit CDs
an amphitheater for live, inworld performances

*a Center for Water Studies (the red Salt Box house) where you'll be invited to innovate around world water issues

*lots of decks and docks, where you can sit in deck chairs and visit, swim in Peace Lake, play on a jetski in the ocean, and grab a virtual fishing pole and have at it just for fun

*and of course, Quixote's -- a hideaway for Tom's windmill tilters, complete with Don Quixote's windmill next door (blackmail pictures of Pierre O. and Timothy M. to follow )

There are lots and lots of things to click on. Some (like the event journals you'll find laying around on tables and decks in different places) contain challenge questions and link back here to invite people to join in on the discourse around them. Click on everything and anything. There are lots of fun things to do when you're there.
Tom Munnecke ... you are the Ambassador of Kwan when it comes to scouting. Consider this island a tribute to your dreaming out loud, and an invitation to the rest of us to have a bit of fun kicking it up a notch ;^)
If you aren't a member of Second Life yet, you can now join completely free of charge.
You will find that it does require a fairly healthy computer system and graphics card (which is why I'm starting a microfinance fund through the island to help people upgrade to take advantage of this project wherever possible).
If you are already a member, the link above will open up your Second Life client and take you to the island. It's an entire SIM all by itself, so it may take awhile for things to rez into view. Come out and explore when you're able, and by all means join us for the launch party at 7pm tonight."

Twas fun. A little zany, but it always is on SL. I'm looking forward to having some more serious project meetings there utilizing the beautiful tables and meeting spaces she made. Met some good folks for the first time, some that I knew from omidyar.net, some completely new. This seems to be pushing everything forward quickly. I really need to get myself a computer that can handle it.

Here's to the blending waking life.
Now Back to my real-life avatar....or..?;)

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Of course, we meet all kind of people, but overall we had good exchanges and I really had this party feeling. :) Those good parties where you meet interesting people to chat with about action and projects. A network meeting, in fact, on this most beautiful paradise island in SL! Afterward I thought that I should have left the gathering by walking and then start to fly, until I disappear in the high sky.

Thanks for sharing as always,

Julie

:)I agree.
Hey, you should post these snapshots on that omidyar.net thread of Sue's, they're really good ones to share!

O.K. let's do it! :)

Maybe I should blurr the text in the boxes, what do you think?

oh I don't think it's necessary, nothing crazily private on there- I actually love being able to see a snaphot of the text like that- it's like rereading a story- i remember when Kitto was about to smash into me- some big spaceship looming and I thought I was about to get abducted...haha it's all on there...

and then you and I talking about Cloudpad and Pier10...I really like it.
If anyone says anything on the ON thread you can blur it but i think it's probably fine.:)

Yes, I remember the spaceship, it really made me laugh!! And then it was not there. People were coming and leaving, it was very "alive".

O.K. I'll keep it as is.

Where have you seen info and snapshots about the launch party? I can't find anything on Omidyar...:)

on sue's thread :
I'm Back ... with a little gift in hand ;^) (http://www.omidyar.net/user/u954082727/news/102/)

I just found a few more snapshots taken during the launch party on which we see Sue. Those snapshots we are posting are nice but it was a little later in the evening and Sue and a lot of people were gone.

nice.
ok I think since you are on flickr you can just tag them all into this pool that she set up?
she wrote:
"For people who'd like to share the pictures they've taken while visiting the island, I've set up a new group at Flickr where you can post them (instead of filling up the limited file spaces in omidyar.net groups):
Better World Island (Second Life)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/41571213@N00/"

I don't know if you get to write text for them or she does that?

Thank you for the link! There are nice snapshots there too!

I just happened to post the article on Simulatrix news: http://www.simulatrix.com/sx/index.php?module=article&view=6

very nice article- the site looks so good!:)

the Flickr link is so everyone can share their pictures in one 'Pool' group about Better World Island, so be sure to include all of yours there too! It's a good idea because the pages of the thread will get buried in time but the Flickr group of photos can always be seen as a whole.:)

Yes :) I left you a message in SL yesterday (an a few info gifts) about the possibility of buying the Librarium, but I misread. But anyway we can use the space and propose changes. I intend to sell ebooks from there.

I could afford to pay 35 per month... but the problem is the basic fee to pay. I still have more to understand about how it works to build in SL.

Darlene, I'm preparing an article to post on SimulatriX news page, but I want to have your approval because I'm quoting your journal. I will also advise people of Better World/Omydiar. I'll send you a .txt file by email.

Tell me how to play this game. I want to cre ate a pancake meow girl! :D

wheee I was actually hoping you'd say that!!
Can't wait to see what you come up with for a PancakeMeow girl! AAAANNNND eventually you can create a virtual shop just like you want to have in real life!! SL is in need of serious yummy fruitsy japan fun. Oh it will be nice to visit your shop- I can almost see it already.:)Did you know you can sell virtual goods to make real money? Also, you can advertise your real life goods through there. some people do really well that way.

OK, the first thing is to make sure that your computer system will be able to handle it because it is a very large program/file.
Mine can't at all, and Brent's can barely run it. So slow.I don't go on much because of that. We are waiting to afford a new computer.

Here is a page with the system requirements (http://secondlife.com/whatis/sysreqs.php)

It is free to join up now, so if you can, check it out! You will land in an orientation area where there are instructions to create your avatar to your liking. It will take a while to figure everything out so do it when you have a chunk of time and patience. There are tutorials for everything- navigation and building if you want to try that.
Play around with all the buttons on the screen and see what they do...check out the map to see how many people are online and where, use the 'find' button to browse through destinations, etc. Ask me anything, I may not know the answer but i'll try to help!

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