Blue Hair

Blue Hair #15 - Tracking Visitors

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:56:34 -0800

I talk about different visitor counters that can be found within virtual world of Second Life. I gave a comparison at the end between counters offered by Linden Lab, Maya Realities, Metaverse Business, SL Buzz, MetaXpand, Rabbit Glen Software, SLsensor.com, Mechanized Life, and Second Labs.

Power Point slides have been published on Google Docs as Blue Hair Podcast 15 - Tracking Visitors.

Linden Lab – Leda <197, 12, 52> (YadNi’s Junkyard)
Maya Realities – Jingbo <66, 35, 30>, OnRez, Samples
Metaverse Business – Rutz <53, 147, 176>, SLX Free, SLX Pro, OnRez Free, OnRez Pro
SL Buzz – Dirty <171, 117, 26>, Sample
MetaXpand – maya <31, 72, 27>, SLX, OnRez
Rabbit Glen Software – Amiaguas Binei <77, 48, 22>, Sample (guest/guest)
Slsensor.com – Terra Tetris <189, 234, 25>, SLX, Sample
Mechanized Life – Skyridge <113, 222, 22>, SLX, OnRez, Sample
Second Labs – liventura island <177, 110, 26>, Sample

Marketing in Second Life

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:12:20 -0800

Broadcasted Live in SL on the Woodbridge sim . Follow along with the Power Point Presentation Slides . I talk about Machinima as one possible avenue of advertising in SL. One participant mentions draxtror depress SL journalist in youtube for Life 4-U TV . I talk about having a website for support, news and a product catalog and give my own wiki as an example.

I covered many keyword suggestion tools such as Overture , Google Adwords , Keyword Discovery Tool , and a thesaurus .

Blogs such as one by Prokofy Neva give you the ability to network on the web. Prokofy mentioned one of my snapshots on sl buzz that I took the day before news of Cory Linden resigning for Linden Lab .

I continue on about social networking with comments on SL Universe and Facebook . You can see a list of different networks that I am using by looking at my On-X-I-Am profile .

I play a few tunes on this discussion starting out with my blue hair jingle created for me by Geoff Smith . I play Mine Alone by REC ( Website ) and Motherless Child - MoShang No Place Like Home Mix - Asian Variations 2007 by Lovespirals ( Website ) who provide podsafe music on the podshow network .

PodCamp, SL Woodstock, Burning Life and SLCC

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:22:09 -0700

00:05 Blue Hair Extended Mix Preview - Geoff Smith

00:49 Pinky and the Brain - Better than DuckTales

I'll be attending Podcamp Philly on September 7 - 9, 2007 at Drexel University.

02:20 AM - Stepping Stone (website)

William Pitre the Traveling Avatar has his first Rez-Day on August 15 and celebrates with a large party called SL Woodstock from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 hosted at Nowhereville, Los Arboles, Edloe, and Pitt Island.

Artists Playing

Mixes between acts by Doubledown Tandino

09:01 Guilt By Association - Petra Haden - Don't Stop Believin - (website)

Burning Life announced for it's 5th year on the Second Life Blog. Burning Life is about collaborative art and expression - no commerce, no advertising. Use of the land is free of charge and won’t count against your land tier.

16:22 girls stuff - Its You - (website)

SLCC (Second Life Community Convention) is being hosted this year in Chicago Illinoise from August 24-26. I'll be arriving a day early and have my eyes on the Business and Machinima tracks. There are also Social and Education tracks.

22:43 Moshe Chouraki - Singer In The Night - (website)

I had a chat with SignpostMarv Martin about the SLOpenID service based on OpenID. He introduced me to the onXiam service that allows you to list all the services that you use for people to find you easier.

30:05 Gore Gore Girls - All Grown Up - (website)

Second Life Wildlife Nature Reserve has a lot of nice critters such as Squirrels, crickets, spiders and rats created by Cloud Insoo.

35:54 Blue Hair End Tag Preview - Geof Smith

Catching Up

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:22:51 -0700

00:01 Blue Hair Jingle - Geoff Smith

00:44 Space Balls: The everlasting know it all

Castblaster recommended by Gomem Desoto. I had problems with Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Beta 0.81 available for fix. I got a new computer - HP Entertainment PC Laptop dv9260nr.

03:51 Aaron: Looking Good - website

I am working on creating a skin for myself from pictures in real life. I found that Morpheus Photo Morpher v3.01 Industrial works well for this task. I recommend Robin Wood's avatar UV templates. I was inspired by pictures of people and avatars put side-by-side next to each other. I opened a feature request to allow people to move there avatars eyes up and down.

13:00 Christopher Dale: Ice Cream - website

I go over the Relay for Life events where many musicians played for 3 days. Many musicians in-world participated with sound-clips for the groovy scavenger hunt. We raised over 120,000 US$ for the American Cancer Society this year. My friend, DrFran Babcock got the most laps this year.

23:15 Lovebugs: Dream street No5 (Norwegian) - website

Voice comes to SL and not many people are actually using it. Infohubs such as Ahern are becomming popular destinations for people who would like to speak.

Sculpties are in SL as well with a lot of software provided solely for SL. Snurb O'Matic is an in-world sculpty editor offered by SkyHighatry. Tokoroten and Rokuro are made to extrude and spin patterns and very easy to use. SculptyPaint is a technical tool available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

38:21 Synthetic Movements: Reverse Musicology (News to me) - website

I got a wiki for myself lately after hearing about them being used by Beth Ritter-Guth. I've been writing out all of my product descriptions that I sell and trying to make them more professional. I've posted a job listing on SLTaskForce.com to hire someone to help me out. I've also noticed that SL Boutique is now known as Shop On-Rez.

49:26 Blue Hair End Tag Preview - Geoff Smith

49:41 Arno Lubbinge - Produced with CastBlaster

Blue Hair 11 - FBI Forces SecondLife Upgrade

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:50:11 -0700

I mainly ramble today about an article stating that Linden Labs will allow casino operators within Second Life to access personal information such as age and location. ... and my tooth aches.

Online Casino News: FBI Online Casino Probe Forces Second Life Upgrade

I also talk a little about the upcomming my.secondlife.com service.

Blue Hair 10 - http://search.sheeplabs.com

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:45:29 -0700

I talk about a new beta search engine being created by Second Life and my experiences with it. The site has a list of every object set for sale in Second Life.

Blue Hair 9 - Woodbridge Sim, Waterfalls, Bridges, Relay for Life

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:50:44 -0700

Been a long time. Things have been busy. I just got a sim and have been working hard on it. My wife is interested in building up some waterfalls leading to a grist mill that I made. Also some information about Relay for Life and a friend that had recently died of cancer.

Blue Hair 8 - Photos THiNC Paradise Blanket RFL Grace McDunnough Hobo Emotional Face Doors Directory Matzohenge

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:03:26 -0800

Photography with Acedia.
Making books with THiNC Printing Press.
Using Paradise Blanket to rez different scenery.
Relay for Life Benefit Concert in Second Life at Mill Pond with Grace McDunnough - March 11, 2007 5PM.
A Hobo begs for a coin and predicts good karma to head my way.
I start playing with my emotions and animate my face to do different things.
I script some doors to be easier to setup for people who don't often script.
I talk about an old Region Directory as the predecessor of the Sim Land Owner Scanner. Crap Mariner shows off his Matzohenge made of matzohs, hummus, and jelly on SoHo island.

Blue Hair 7 - Codestation Microphone Servers SLX SLB AubreTEC giftSERV JEVN Subway RFL Promo

Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:32:44 -0800

IBM Sim - Codestation maze with little robots to drive through a maze and catch bots. program against an api to automate the process.

Microphone is packaged up and going on sale.

Selling Stuff - Explaining systems

SLExchange.com (SLX) - search buy sell products through website
SLBoutique.com (SLB) - search buy sell products through website
Apez.biz

Renting/Leasing
Product selling - usually in-world but direct web sales are possible.
Banking
Message residents in-world

SLQuery.com - search products in-world via hud
Second411.com - search products in-world via hud
AubreTEC giftSERV to sell no-transfer products as vouchers so they can be given as gifts.
JEVN - In-World networked vendors

Subway system - make sure to sit down before the subway takes off. New law not to listen to iPods in SL.

Redesigning shop in Higgins. Trying to let people see everything without moving.

Relay for Life promo contest on SecondCast

http://www.reznation.com/?p=95

Blue Hair 6 - RFL Cisco Money Clock Sewer SLideViewer

Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:52:32 -0800

My team prepares for Relay for Life 2007, "Quest for a Cure", by coming up with a name. We are known as Groovy Kinda Quest. I script a custom microphone setup for Banana Stein for the Cisco Folks. I start developing my new laggy land as a "How to earn money" information center. Alic White has a request for a Sewer drain with restricted access. I work on a SLideViewer to display my pictures from Flickr on my parcel through its media stream.

Promo for That Tickles and Bucket podcasts.

Blue Hair 5 - Raffletron Dead Alive Meta Mart Turkey

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:30:21 -0800

Geoff Smith creats a jingle for my show ... woohoo!

A bit about a new product called RaffleTron with a networked lottery. I pose for a Dead or Alive mugshot (illegal moonshine) and talk about a Sadie Hawkins day dance at Los Arboles. I dig into a new service called Meta Mart that allows you to search and buy products in-world through a HUD, and sell your own products too. Then I talk about turkeys.

Bucket promo at the end.

Blue Hair 4

Mon, 12 Feb 2007 01:50:42 -0800

Trade Show Holodeck Scripting Slollywood Tea Party

Blue Hair 3 - Client Features

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:03:26 -0800

I created a stage that looks like an RSS icon on the world map in Higgins. I made over 1000 US$ in Second Life. I talk about hiding things. The AvaStar asks me to build a few branded items. I talk about the Mc Dunnough Gadget Trade Show. A new Second Life podcast on the scene - The Traveling Avatar's Quick and Dirty Tips for a Better Second Life.

Blue Hair 2 - Bad Audio Today

Fri, 02 Feb 2007 01:25:06 -0800

Sorry folks, my mic isn/'t being nice to me and my voice seems chopped up and fast. Any how, the show must go on, eh?

PodCamp SL causes gender changing for Lynette Radio/'s pleasure. Tom Shad from ShadSongs.com with jingles and musical beds. Geoff Smith ( thegeoffsmith.com ) is popular for jingles. PodPoet Clinquant speaks about caused based podcasting and his website, hellicane.blogspot.com .
When worlds collide announced on Mysticalla group. Cypress Rosewood interviews the author of LoveIsThere.com . Cypress plays his own music as well and I purchase a CD. Cypress is sponsored by RadionFreeNashville.org , and SpaceForMusic.com .
Guns save second lives. Noob comes asking for lindens. I talk about money tree and survey at the shop. I turn around and try to find what he is good at. Turns out he can build guns, and the scripts he needs are in our inventorys library in /"PopGun/". A little reference to my dunking booth made for caledons Jail n Bail event to raise money for Relay for Life.
Micro-Dividend Distributor. Scheme? Legit? Walk up and pay to register. Come back each day for your dividend. Payout increases as more people join. New people pay more to join. How much do you get a day based on users? Not scaling well either (non-responsive)
DrFran (again) with planet staff class . Helped her finish up some scripts and attended her first class. Full class of 36 people. A student gives her a planet hat where earth revolves around her head. Spins off an idea to make stars spin around my head. I get them setup and I contimplate on making a class.
Gadget Convention ... tune in next show for details.
Dedric Mauriac
http://bluehair.podshow.com/
http://dedricmauriac.wordpress.com/

Blue Hair 1 - Debut

Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:57:45 -0800

I puchase a pet dog, Odin, by Enrico Genosse from the Virtual Kennel Club in Caledon. You can teach it to do tricks.

I sponsor classes with DrFran Babcock. Someone drops by and purchases a Particle Lab and I end up giving a two hour overview of all the controls.

Social Autopoiesis is a Chatbot running with libsecondlife and AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language)

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Discordia/135/124/37

DrFran invites me over to Paris and we hang out in a Giant Elephant. I speak and understand French using a Multi Gadget with the /fish command.

PodCamp SL starts today and lasts through the weekend to help podcasters and listeners.