Life at the Feeding Edge » second life http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog Taking a bite on new technology so you don't have to Tue, 27 Jul 2010 10:01:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Trying a different presentation style in SL http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2009/06/13/trying-a-different-presentation-style-in-sl/ http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2009/06/13/trying-a-different-presentation-style-in-sl/#comments Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:27:23 +0000 epredator http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/?p=168 Before going to present at Ander’s Train for success the other day I thought I better have some material ready as a backup in case voice broke, or the needs of the gathering changed. I used to carry a showreel object around that if I had rez permissions created the various pieces of work from tennis [...]]]> Before going to present at Ander’s Train for success the other day I thought I better have some material ready as a backup in case voice broke, or the needs of the gathering changed. I used to carry a showreel object around that if I had rez permissions created the various pieces of work from tennis courts to twisted prim builds. However, as I had the presentation I do in RL usually and had laid that out in SL I wondered what would happen if I adjust the slide, made them more 3d and also used them as clothing. So I wear the presentation. That way I need no rezz permissions and can easily present. Extending the avatar past the look and the gestures and making me part of the scene I present.
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Of course this goes with the explanations and what a presenter has to say, but it seemed a good step towards helping people get past pure powerpoint and see the potential.

]]> http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2009/06/13/trying-a-different-presentation-style-in-sl/feed/ 3 Inworld conference today- Train for Success http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2009/06/11/inworld-conference-today-train-for-success/ http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/2009/06/11/inworld-conference-today-train-for-success/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:41:25 +0000 epredator http://www.feedingedge.co.uk/blog/?p=165 In Washington I met up with Anders Gronstedt of the Gronstedt group and he asked if I would willing to come along and talk at his “Train for Success” in Second Life. So today is the day. I will be attending and speaking at the session here at 9am SLT or 5pm UK time. Previous sessions are [...]]]> In Washington I met up with Anders Gronstedt of the Gronstedt group and he asked if I would willing to come along and talk at his “Train for Success” in Second Life. So today is the day. I will be attending and speaking at the session here at 9am SLT or 5pm UK time.
Previous sessions are recorded and available here and I guess I will pass into the archives if you are reading this after today.
As usual whilst I do have a subject I have a fair few anecdotes from the past few years to draw upon, and some ideas about the future direction of the industry. So we will have to see where the conversation goes and where questions take us.

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