Posted on July 16, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
I’m a SL Mentor in Second Life and I love mentoring new residents at HI’s, OI’s and at help points around SL. I first applied for the mentoring program back in 2007 and since then it’s been great and still is. Over the past year or so many residents have been asking about when LL will open up the volunteer applications for new SL Mentors again and I have linked them to the volunteer section on the Second Life website. In recent months the same message was shown (July 2008 info) untill June/July 2009 where there seems to be hope for new mentors, as there will be new info coming out on the SL blog very soon. Earlier this year LL shut down the TSL Mentoring program and their TSL Volunteer Island was removed. Here are some recent statistics on members in the SL Mentors group and it shows a big decrease since late 2008.
SL Mentoring Stats 2009
26th October 2008
Starting with approximately 3,700 mentors, roughly 1,700 went through the renewal process. This far exceeded Linden Lab’s expectations for renewals, which were anticipated to only range from about 350 to a little under a thousand, based on observations of volunteer activity. From SL Massively
2nd February 2009
1, 733 Members
25th April 2009
1, 687 Members
5th May 2009
1, 682 Members
22nd May 2009
1, 679 Members
16th July 2009
1, 653 members
July 2008
Volunteer Info
In our continuing effort to make the Second Life Volunteer program the finest in Second Life, we have adopted new processing steps for Apprentice mentors to advance from Apprentice to full Mentor. Recently, our application processing rate has dropped to accommodate these changes. Rather than let the application list grow at its present pace and force residents who desire to participate in the Volunteer program to wait weeks if not months to hear from us, we have decided to stop accepting applications until we have processed the list of residents currently in the pipeline. Thank you for your patience.
The Second Life Volunteer Team
As of 15th July 2009 – Latest Update!
Thanks for your interest! We are currently not accepting new applications for the Second Life Mentor group. Please watch the Second Life blog for updates and more information.
- The Second Life Volunteer Team
Sounds like VTeam or someone at Linden Lab will be making announcement’s soon on the SL Blog and VTeam blog for SL Mentors in the coming weeks or even months. Hopefully the announcement will include details about accepting new mentors into the SL Mentor groups or related. Hopefully this will jump start the group again into a successfull future.
The recent update by the VTeam was this Volunteers are staying busy! by Lexie Linden.
Second Life’s 6th Birthday event is a prime example of volunteers in action. 80-90 Mentors volunteered their time and skills for this very popular event.
In the coming months, we will be looking into additional ways that volunteers can come together to help and inspire new Residents as well as seasoned members of the Second Life community. We will update you after these ideas become better defined. Stay tuned…
When there are new updates I’ll post them here.
If you have any feedback on this recent update to volunteer info, feel free to comment.
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Posted on July 15, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
Check out my latest SL map uploads for July 2009 here
Feel free to comment on the SL Maps set and on my flickr stream too. (^_^)
Capturing cool region designs and more!
Enjoy!
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Posted on July 9, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
Posted on July 8, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
It’s been 200 days since I first transfered over to the Main Grid and celebrated my 18th birthday. 201 days ago was my last day on the Teen Gridwhen I took my final tour around cool places in Teen Second Life. I remember doing a TG Transfer countdown on my blog, counting down the remaining days I had left hehehe. On my birthday date I didn’t log into TSL as such and in the afternoon I was successfully moved across and my main grid experience started. I really do miss my friends and life on the Teen Grid and the fun times will never be forgotten. It was great to meet up with my Ex-TGer friends that transfered before me.
When I first arrived on the MG I was taken to the Teen Grid Transfer Station located in Baffin where Kate Linden spent time with me and invited me into many awesome SL groups and things I should know on the Main Grid. I remember saying OMG OMG OMG to myself when I looked at the Map, Events Tab and Showcase/popular landmarks because there was hundreds of regions, events and things to do. On the Teen Grid the showcase places were broken, a smaller grid and only a few events actually happened every day.
I remember being teleported over to Grasmere which is Linden Village region where I met many new friends, Lindens and SL Mentors. I was given tons of landmarks, notecards and SL guides which was really nice of them all to do that. I then went on a grand tour for a few hours visiting great places in Second Life including The Shelter, The Corn Field, AM Radio regions, Here island, Greenies SL and many more. I’m looking forward to my 3rd Rezz Day (3 years milestone) which is October 31st 2009. 164 days left until my next birthday and then that will mark my first full year on the MG. WoooT
Since December 2008 I’ve seen a high peak in traffic (visitors and new records) set my blog, flickr stream, twitter page, plurk page and even on facebook which is great. I’ve been in the news headlines alot since my transfer date and even before that. Earlier this year I created a SL feeds portal, SL Historical Locations and my Linden Hunting sets have been very popular indeed. Check out my SL collection for more awesome adventures in SL. This year I’ve created my own new residents guide page on my blog, created a SL Metrics page and created a ton of new SL resources on my SL Tutorial page.
200 days is a big milestone for me!
My most interesting and favourite moments so far
I can’t wait for whatever comes next. I will continue to share helpful things with the SL community, take part in projects, mentor, explore and having fun with my friends. Thanks for reading my diary of the past 200 days and stay tuned for new blog posts.
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Posted on July 7, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
Do you have any SL Login screen snapshots anywhere ?
If you do then please send them to the Second Life Login Screen Flickr group today!!!!
Link - check out the login screen pictures here
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Posted on July 5, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
July 2009 Update: Historical information about previous popular Linden depatures so far!
- Cory Linden – CTO : 2000 – 2007 > Left in December 2007
- Philip Linden steps down as CEO > March 2008
- M Linden the new CEO of Linden Lab announced in April 2008
- Kathleen Craig (Katt Linden), Linden Lab’s Communications Manager – Left in January 2009
- Robin Linden – VP / Marketting & Community developer. : 2000 – 2009 > Left in February 2009
- Linden Lab’s Chief Financial Officer John Zdanowski (known as Zee Linden in-world) – Left in March 2009
- Prospero Linden – server team – Left in May 2009
Know of any others ?, feel free to add your comments!
- It’s sad to see Lindens go in Second Life and we will wish them the best of luck for the future!
Linden Lab Employees
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Posted on July 3, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
The Second Life Community Convention 2009 (SLCC09) will happen in San Francisco between August 13th – 16th, 2009 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. Registration for the event is now open and attendees can register at the convention’s Web-site.
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Posted on July 2, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
Posted on July 2, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
Linden Lab published this years SL6B birthday stats up and here they are:
Resident Staff: 50+
Mentor/Greeters: 68
Exhibitors: 300+
People who helped build those exhibits: 899
Futurist & Android Stage DJs: 103
Main Stage Live Musicians: 100+
Regions: 20 (plus one from the Teen Grid)
Scheduled Events: 815
Unscheduled Events: LOL
Unique visitors: 17,712
Hours spent: 23,662
Countries represented: 140
Advertising kiosks placed: 698
Event Calendar page views: 23, 260
People who caught Alien Gift Thieves: Only 94!
Most Aliens caught by one person: 139
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Posted on July 2, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
Linden Lab official statement
“Linden Lab has received no indications from the Australian government that it plans to block Second Life and will keep our community apprised of any developments on that front. In the meantime, we want to assure Australian Residents that Second Life remains accessible and functioning in your region.
Australia has and will continue to be an important market for Linden Lab, and we’re committed to providing the best possible Second Life experience for the users in that market. Some of the most exciting uses of Second Life have come out of Australia, a diverse community of Residents that includes major universities, large enterprises and many thousands of consumers, who spend hundreds of thousands of hours inworld each month.”
New World Notes
What is surprising (and disappointing) is how quickly and how far this rumor has spread already. Roughly translated (according to this Australian slang dictionary): “I am quite surprised to learn the information about Second Life censorship is cursed nonsense.
There’s a number of Australian organizations, including several universities, with an official presence in Second Life, there’s been several SL-based fundraisers to benefit various Australian non-profit causes… and coming soon, a feature film starring several of Australia’s top actors which depicts Second Life in a positive/neutral manner…
virtualworldsnews
The statement was issued is response to rumors that Second Life, an online virtual world which lies outside the country’s MA-15+ rating, was in the cross hairs of politicians intent on shutting the game down.
From Linden Lab’s perspective, there’s no trouble in paradise.
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Posted on June 29, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
UPDATE
SL6B Stats update 1
SL6B stats announced by Philip Linden today during the Closing Keynotes speech at the birthday mainstage just after 11:10am SLT.
- Over 17, 712+ vistors have visited the SL6B regions since the gates opened on 23rd of June 2009.
- Since opening there have been over 23, 662+ hours spent by residents exploring the SL6B regions.
- Over 800 SL6B events have been created so far.
- Residents from 140 different countries have visited SL6B.
- There were 20 regions this years birthday celebrations for SL6B.
- SL6B Teen birthday sim from the Teen Grid will be moved over to the Main Grid attrached to the SL6B birthday regions shortly.
- SL6B gates are still opened for another week.
- 16 sims back in SL beta (t-shaped island)
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Posted on June 28, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
My Blog Metrics – 28th June 2009
- Views this month: 2, 017
- New visitors per day: 73
- Busiest day this month: June 20th 2009 = 136 views
Total
- Total hits: 22, 051
- Total comments: 145
- Total posts: 446
- Busiest day ever recorded: Wednesday, 21st January, 2009 with 328 views
- Spam comments: 25,125
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- 10, 859 snapshots taken so far
- 23, 157 total views so far
- 882 flickr friends so far
- 45+ views per day on average
- 1,203 comments so far
- 9,356 snapshots with views
- 1,502 snapshots without any views
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- 359 Following
- 303 followers
- 245 tweets in total back in June 2008 – This month = 240 tweets so far
- is ranked 119,489th on twitterholic!
- is ranked 156th in the UK
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- Karma: 93.11
- Friends: 329
- Fans: 113
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Other Stats – 28th June 2009
- Visit my Add Me blog page to connect up today.
- Click on SL Dans Metrics for previous metrics monthly updates.
- Next metrics will be released later next month for July 2009.
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Posted on June 23, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
- Today marks Second Life 6th birthday, since launched on June 23, 2003
- Congratulations to Linden Lab and SL6B volunteers
- The birthday theme for this year is “The Future of Virtual Worlds”
- 20-Regions to party and check out!
- Philip Linden will open up the 6th birthday celebrations at 10am SLT today at the main stage (SL6B Uplink). Closing speech will be on the 29th of June by Philip at 11 am SLT on the main stage.
- SL6B Exhibitor Directory
- SL6B Event Shedule
- Blog post about SL6B on the Official Second Life Blog
Six— a number flanked by 5 and 7.
Six— a breed of superhumans in a Philip K. Dick novel.
Six— a boundary shot in cricket.
Six— a fine excuse for a party.
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Posted on June 19, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
3 days left and counting
Important Links for SL6B
Important Dates for SL6B
- June 20- Wave one Exhibitors complete exhibition builds
- June 21- Tech Rehearsal, Infrastructure builds completed
- June 22- Wave 2 Exhibitors complete exhibition builds.
- June 22- 11:59pm SLT, regions close for maintenance in preparation for opening ceremonies.
- June 23- Gates open to the Public for the opening ceremonies at 10am SLT. Scripts and build disabled throughout estates for duration of ceremonies to discourage instances of lag and disruption. They will be turned back on after the opening speech.
- June 29- Official closing ceremony
- June 30- Final day of Entertainment
- July 6- Gates close
If you would like to keep informed, please join the group “Second Life Birthday” in-world. That will be our primary means of internal communication with the community. Externally, please keep watching the blog for news updates, and this wiki as an information repository.
- Just been confirmed that TSL will be taking part in this years birthday celebrations.
- I’m really looking forward to SL6B – first time to see birthday celebrations taking place on the MG
- I’m really looking forward to doing some greeting too when SL6B starts
- WoooT :D
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Posted on June 16, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
Yesterday LL published on the Official Second Life Blog that Zindra (new adult content regions) are now officially opened.
Starting 29th of June 2009 there will be a ticket submission to process land requests for parcels.
Today, Monday, June 15th, Zindra will be officially opened for the Residents of Second Life. For those of you who have been following this topic since it was first announced back in March, the lack of a solid timeline for implementation may have been frustrating. The final release of 1.23 however, has allowed us the ability to specify certain key dates in the process of moving adult content. Zindra will be open for two weeks, allowing Residents the convenience to explore as their personal schedules permit.
Bring pen and paper with you on your journey as once the two weeks are up on the 29th of June, the ticket submission process will begin and those applying for the land swap will be asked which parcels they prefer.
MORE INFO
SLURLS to get started!
The outer end of Cinyris Island, a premier vacation spot!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pimuenti/64/247/27
Welcome to Kama City!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Mosh/125/21/24
One of the hydroelectric dams on the River.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Oritz/230/136/38
Another mighty dam!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Pengallen%20Bridge/200/240/38
The third dam.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ursula%20177/223/197/38
Greetings from Shell Beach!
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Shell%20Beach/221/23/36
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Posted on June 15, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
Tyche Shepherd last year on SLUniverse Forums launched a new service called New Sims in the past week which will keep residents updated on new sims, snapshots of new sims, sims that are no longer on the grid along with grid wide statistics. I’m still amazed to see it running today and the stats are very interesting indeed.
Latest Stats - check it out!
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Posted on June 14, 2009 by Daniel Voyager
@35 – Visit my Tutorials page for more! (special tutorial)
Quick tutorial for new residents in Second Life. Spread the word by telling others about this! :D
- Go to http://secondlife.com/
- Click Login.
- Enter your Second Life name and Second Life last name followed by your password.
- On the left hand side pane under My Account (blue menu) scroll down and click on Friends Online.
- You can view all of your SL buddies online right now and find out how many are on too.
- Refesh the page to update the online friends list.
- You can View your friend profiles pictures by clicking on View Photos.
- To find your SL contacts in-world, click on Communicate > Contacts
Extra
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