Comments on: How Second Life Cured One Writer’s Allergy to Networking http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/ News & commentary about opportunities & resources for writers in virtual worlds such as Second Life Fri, 04 Mar 2011 04:13:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ravenelle has a new blog! | Torley Lives http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-44 Ravenelle has a new blog! | Torley Lives Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:09:08 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-44 [...] her content well, and her posts are effectively founded on trusty blogging tropes (e.g., lists and how-tos). For SL blogs, that's RARE! She's even got a Lijit Search going on — and if [...] [...] her content well, and her posts are effectively founded on trusty blogging tropes (e.g., lists and how-tos). For SL blogs, that's RARE! She's even got a Lijit Search going on — and if [...]

]]> By: Joan Kremer http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-40 Joan Kremer Fri, 12 Sep 2008 02:31:23 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-40 Hi Rich, Thanks so much for your comments. I'm glad to know other writers have had similar experiences. And i can't tell you how much I appreciate your kind words about this blog. That truly helps keep me motivated. Warmest wishes, Joan Hi Rich,

Thanks so much for your comments. I’m glad to know other writers have had similar experiences. And i can’t tell you how much I appreciate your kind words about this blog. That truly helps keep me motivated.

Warmest wishes,
Joan

]]> By: Rich http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-39 Rich Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:02:02 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-39 Joan, Fantastic post! You really captured what Second Life means to me as a writer emerging from decades of self-imposed writer's exile. The social networking in SL has given me both the confidence to explore my writing, and introduced me to people who are helping me expand my abilities. I look forward to post after post of yours. Not only are they informative and fun to read, but the resonate deeply with my own experiences. Keep up the great work! --rich Joan,
Fantastic post! You really captured what Second Life means to me as a writer emerging from decades of self-imposed writer’s exile. The social networking in SL has given me both the confidence to explore my writing, and introduced me to people who are helping me expand my abilities.

I look forward to post after post of yours. Not only are they informative and fun to read, but the resonate deeply with my own experiences. Keep up the great work!

–rich

]]> By: Joan Kremer http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-38 Joan Kremer Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:26:38 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-38 Hi Plaidearthworm! So good to hear from you again. I, too, wish there was a word other than "networking"! Maybe we should find one and start a movement! Isn't Book Island wonderful?!!! One of my first finds in SL, too. I'm so glad you are exploring in there -- hope to meet you inworld sometime! Joan <abbr><em>Joan Kremers last blog post..<a href="http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/2008/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/" rel="">How Second Life Cured One Writer’s Allergy to Networking</a></em></abbr> Hi Plaidearthworm!

So good to hear from you again. I, too, wish there was a word other than “networking”! Maybe we should find one and start a movement!

Isn’t Book Island wonderful?!!! One of my first finds in SL, too. I’m so glad you are exploring in there — hope to meet you inworld sometime!

Joan

Joan Kremers last blog post..How Second Life Cured One Writer’s Allergy to Networking

]]> By: Joan Kremer http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-37 Joan Kremer Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:23:45 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-37 Hi Lionel! It's nice to meet you AND your blog! I can't wait to explore it more -- lots of good info there, and I like your purpose a lot! I feel like I'm a lot earlier in the journey than you, but so many of my "21st Century" network buds (as opposed to that awful '80s stuff) have really helped tremendously! Best wishes to you in your SL adventures! Joan Hi Lionel!

It’s nice to meet you AND your blog! I can’t wait to explore it more — lots of good info there, and I like your purpose a lot!

I feel like I’m a lot earlier in the journey than you, but so many of my “21st Century” network buds (as opposed to that awful ’80s stuff) have really helped tremendously!

Best wishes to you in your SL adventures!

Joan

]]> By: Joan Kremer http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-36 Joan Kremer Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:15:03 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-36 Torley, Thanks so much for your very kind words and for your excellent comments! I like your approach to deciding which networks to stick with. I'm totally with you, hoping for interoperability; just keeping track of which networks to look at is a lot of work! I enjoyed hearing how you ended up working for Linden Lab. What a neat story! Thanks so much for sharing that. (And I'm so glad you DID join LL - your video tutorials have made a huge difference to me, and I tell everyone new to SL to check them out before any other learning resource! (If you're not already an avid viewer of Torley's tutorials, click the link in my sidebar under "SL-related Sites," and/or check out his blog (torley.com). Joan Torley,

Thanks so much for your very kind words and for your excellent comments! I like your approach to deciding which networks to stick with. I’m totally with you, hoping for interoperability; just keeping track of which networks to look at is a lot of work!

I enjoyed hearing how you ended up working for Linden Lab. What a neat story! Thanks so much for sharing that. (And I’m so glad you DID join LL – your video tutorials have made a huge difference to me, and I tell everyone new to SL to check them out before any other learning resource!

(If you’re not already an avid viewer of Torley’s tutorials, click the link in my sidebar under “SL-related Sites,” and/or check out his blog (torley.com).

Joan

]]> By: plaidearthworm http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-35 plaidearthworm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:48:39 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-35 I felt much the same way about networking...it just wasn't for me. I'm just not the type. But I've been on Plurk for a little while, meeting new writers, learning some new marketing stuff, and I enjoy it. I took the leap into SL this month, too. I read your post about how to read a book inworld, then discovered Book Island. Wow! Now I'm looking forward to meeting other writers and exploring new ways to 'network.' I wish there was another word for it, though! I felt much the same way about networking…it just wasn’t for me. I’m just not the type. But I’ve been on Plurk for a little while, meeting new writers, learning some new marketing stuff, and I enjoy it. I took the leap into SL this month, too. I read your post about how to read a book inworld, then discovered Book Island. Wow! Now I’m looking forward to meeting other writers and exploring new ways to ‘network.’ I wish there was another word for it, though!

]]> By: Lionel Oliva http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-34 Lionel Oliva Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:59:06 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-34 Torley Linden recommended this article... I've followed a similar path but I've needed a resource like yours to help round out the last few things I need to showcase a secondary SL/online presence. It sounds as if you are doing very well. Best wishes continuing to network new-school! I'm 37 and can recall some of the horribly outdated networking stuff from the 80s I was glad I would never use by the time I finished college in the 90s. <abbr><em>Lionel Olivas last blog post..<a href="http://virtualmerchants.blogspot.com/2008/09/sl-art-that-leaps-out-at-you-amani.html" rel="">SL Art That Leaps Out At You: Amani Gallery</a></em></abbr> Torley Linden recommended this article… I’ve followed a similar path but I’ve needed a resource like yours to help round out the last few things I need to showcase a secondary SL/online presence.

It sounds as if you are doing very well. Best wishes continuing to network new-school! I’m 37 and can recall some of the horribly outdated networking stuff from the 80s I was glad I would never use by the time I finished college in the 90s.

Lionel Olivas last blog post..SL Art That Leaps Out At You: Amani Gallery

]]> By: Torley http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/how-second-life-cured-one-writers-allergy-to-networking/#comment-33 Torley Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:57:46 +0000 http://www.writersinthevirtualsky.com/?p=129#comment-33 Joan aka Alas (incidentally one of my fave words), I adore how you wrote this in such a "wet" way. So many social networking articles are surprisingly boring and redundant — many sound the same. But you, presenting it from your personal experiences, made it sound so vibrant! My answers to your questions: * It's essential for me, and anyone else who *benefits* from it. I'm a people person online and need to stay connected to discussions relevant to my job, which is Resident Enlightenment Manager at Linden Lab (thx for linking to Second Life video tutorials, BTW!). Each person will derive a different amount/type of utility, and there are some folk for which it's not applicable at all. * I use all the big-name networks, have tried various smaller-and-rising ones, and stick with the tools that I find useful on a regular basis. For example, if I notice a lot of views, traffic, and conversation coming from a given place, I dive in deeper. But places that yield no or little appreciable results soon fade away. (I may revisit them should they have revitalized promise in the future.) I like tools like lijit (GREAT for search) and FriendFeed for aggregating my "lifestream" across multiple services, and hope in the future, there'll be more interoperability across networks... instead of having to sign up for each one! * Many times. This often comes about due to connections. At the beginning of my Second Life, I got to know various strangers who ended up becoming great friends and business partners as I introduced them together — some of those innovations and other goodness have gone on to influence SL in a big way. Second Life itself has transformed my first life: I arrived on Sept. 15, 2004 and wasn't sure what to do. I played a lot of trivia and other games, made new chums, started doing documentation and beta-testing projects, then got hired by Linden Lab. I couldn't have seen that BIG STUFF coming at the start, but it all makes sense in hindsight! * I don't have a particular thought about this aside from: it's good to be in touch. Networking tools aren't necessarily the answer, tools enable us to ask people who have the answer. Wherever they may be on this great globe. :-) Cheerio! <abbr><em>Torleys last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Torley/~3/385509535/will-apple-enter-the-vj-market" rel="">Will Apple enter the VJ market?</a></em></abbr> Joan aka Alas (incidentally one of my fave words), I adore how you wrote this in such a “wet” way. So many social networking articles are surprisingly boring and redundant — many sound the same. But you, presenting it from your personal experiences, made it sound so vibrant!

My answers to your questions:

* It’s essential for me, and anyone else who *benefits* from it. I’m a people person online and need to stay connected to discussions relevant to my job, which is Resident Enlightenment Manager at Linden Lab (thx for linking to Second Life video tutorials, BTW!). Each person will derive a different amount/type of utility, and there are some folk for which it’s not applicable at all.

* I use all the big-name networks, have tried various smaller-and-rising ones, and stick with the tools that I find useful on a regular basis. For example, if I notice a lot of views, traffic, and conversation coming from a given place, I dive in deeper. But places that yield no or little appreciable results soon fade away. (I may revisit them should they have revitalized promise in the future.) I like tools like lijit (GREAT for search) and FriendFeed for aggregating my “lifestream” across multiple services, and hope in the future, there’ll be more interoperability across networks… instead of having to sign up for each one!

* Many times. This often comes about due to connections. At the beginning of my Second Life, I got to know various strangers who ended up becoming great friends and business partners as I introduced them together — some of those innovations and other goodness have gone on to influence SL in a big way. Second Life itself has transformed my first life: I arrived on Sept. 15, 2004 and wasn’t sure what to do. I played a lot of trivia and other games, made new chums, started doing documentation and beta-testing projects, then got hired by Linden Lab. I couldn’t have seen that BIG STUFF coming at the start, but it all makes sense in hindsight!

* I don’t have a particular thought about this aside from: it’s good to be in touch. Networking tools aren’t necessarily the answer, tools enable us to ask people who have the answer. Wherever they may be on this great globe. :-)

Cheerio!

Torleys last blog post..Will Apple enter the VJ market?

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