Reveal June/July Edition www.Reveal-SL.com Table of Contents Mailto:[email protected] 3 Editorial by Daniele Hesse Reveal is one year old! 24 Fairytale by Morgue McMillan That all to familiar story, by the princess 5 Research on Virtual Worlds 25 Circe's Circle Radio Schedule Business takes on Second Life The classiest music venues in Second life 6 Taboo A short story by Nebbisk Oh

7 Garden of Not Possible IRL Delights An art wonderland, a must see!

26 Resident Built Tropical Estate 10 Glamour Shots by Trixee Trotter The design work of Ztarlite Ball A photographer shares her work

11 2008-09 NMC Virtual Learning Prize 20 grants of US$5000

13 The Flower and Willow World An interview and fashion photos in SL

15 Vacancy - Real World Career - Click Here And get your dream job 27 The Back Page, Free Classified 17 Don’t Talk to Strangers A Second Life mystery by Runnymede Hastings 23 Having problems with SL? Does the software client keep crashing?

June Cover Photograph By Daniele Hesse Reveal Magazine Editorial www.Reveal-SL.com [email protected] On our one year anniversary, I must say it is been so much fun being part of Reveal Stories, news and opinions about the virtual Magazine, first as a reporter and photogra- 3D world of Second Life. Our magazine re- pher and than as owner and Chief Editor, ports on the style of the individuals, groups the time just flew by. We are on track to re- and artists who create and play in this ceive over 1000 unique visitors from over online community. 20 counties to www.Reveal-SL.com for the month of May 2008. I want to thank all the We are a monthly magazine; the deadline is contributors, without their enthusiasm and the 26th of each month and we publish on talent we would never have accomplished the first of each month. The magazine is in so much. Our largest group of supporters pdf format, older issues will be available for behind the Reveal Magazine Group has at least one year on the web site. Ads begin been the INKster’s who have steadily sup- at 450 L$, ads with url or SLurl links start plied high quality stories and poems during at 1100 L$. Complete one-page ads can be the last 6 months. Many writers and pho- added at any time to the publication with a tographers are happy to share work, have it 24-hour turnaround time. Full-page ads are published and I hope that every issue will 1600 pixels high X 1200 wide @ 1900 L$, entertain you and improve your experience. half page is 1200 pixels wide X 600 high. Second Life continues to amaze me with its High quality jpg’s please. beauty and the creativity of its residents Owner Daniele Hesse and almost every time I log in there are in- Manage a business in a Fortune 500 com- teresting leads or people to meet and report pany on. We had a wonderful a party to celebrate th th Lifelong photographer, color and B&W our 12 issue on May 28 from 6:00 to Digital, 35 mm, medium, large format and 8:00 PM at Reveal Magazine Headquarters. darkroom experience Autumn Fairlane was the DJ and we will 10 years Photoshop and web design experi- unveil a new-networked magazine vender ence that will display the current month’s cover Marketing and design experience as soon as it is published. There is still crea- Second Life since 2006 tive work to do and we are always on the 1-year SL magazine experience, ad sales, lookout for stories, photographs, opinions promotion, editor, writing as well as a web developer and an advertise- Stories, poems, photography, art, fashion, ment and promotion director. The publish- role-play, music and events are a few of our ing field in SL is quite crowded but if we subjects love what we do and provide a quality prod- Event notices may be sent out through four uct combined with service to our advertis- groups ers, we will continue to grow and attract readers.

There are some exciting events, here in SL now or coming up. Check out the Garden of Impossible IRL, a new improved software client by Nicholaz (Eye Candy) and an all SL musical radio station, upcoming Relay

Continued on page 6 9 out of 10 Virtual World Businesses “Businesses need to be focused on giving people a stimulating interactive experience FAIL! – Research and find reasons to come back and explore Nine out of ten businesses that have some more. So businesses need to stop launched virtual worlds saw them fail in thinking ‘real life’ and start thinking 18 months or less, according to recent ‘second life’. Physics prevent us from do- research from Gartner, which faulted ing crazy stuff in the real world. But in SL companies for getting hung up on the you can have people walk through a lava technology rather flow in a volcano, star in a movie, jump out than thinking about of an aero plane – anything you want.” how people use it. The adoption of virtual worlds for the en- By Angelo Sydney terprise began picking up steam this year, ”Businesses have buoyed by the success of Second Life, a 3-D learned some hard les- environment in the consumer space where sons,” says Steve Pren- people interact with one another as avatars tice, vice president and fellow at Gartner. (virtual representations of themselves). ”They need to realize that virtual worlds Other research firms like Forrester, predict mark the transition from Web pages to Web virtual worlds will come to rival the Inter- places and a successful virtual presence net in overall importance to businesses. In starts with people, not physics.” one Forrester report, “Getting Real Work So what are the classic mistakes that busi- Done in Virtual Worlds”, which was re- nesses make when they enter virtual leased earlier this year, VR Workplace CEO worlds? Kimberly Winnington (aka Gianna David Elchoness said that the workplace Borgnine in Second Life) is the founder and will be transformed when distance is no CEO of Sandcastle Studios Inc, a virtual longer an obstacle — when you can work worlds marketing consultancy. “All too of- with people as if in person in the web. ten, businesses coming into Virtual Worlds focus on traditional marketing methods rather than looking at virtual worlds for what they are. They spend a lot of money on beautiful buildings and other environ- ments and wait for people to come. But when the public does come, they soon dis- cover that there’s not a lot to do. When I go to a sim in a virtual world, I want to touch things, I want to use things, and I want to pick up things.” She says Second Life is scarred with lots of beautiful Sims that were well built but are “When you have to cope with distance, seriously missing the “total immersive” such as between the USA and India, you concept in which visitors can do interesting lose something,” he said. “That means things as well as get products, services and poorer communication and less interac- information. So what you end up with is a tion. It also means a less than compelling beautiful virtual ghost towns. product.” “However in a virtual workplace you gain nesses harness the power of virtual worlds connection and interpersonal engagement. to engage with their customers, partners You are with your colleague despite the dis- and employees. The Conference agenda tance. You can have serendipitous interac- will include consumer worlds, enterprise tions (e.g., running into them in the hall- worlds, investment and strategy, education way), as you would in the traditional work- uses of virtual worlds, virtual law and vi- place. It’s something we need to be truly sionary/future development. engaged.” This water cooler contact is something that big business wants to acquire through vir- tual reality workplaces. Many seriously big computing technology companies have im- plemented virtual worlds to help with inter- nal collaboration, including Sun Microsys- tems, who’s MPK20 provides a virtual ex- tension to the company’s corporate campus in Menlo Park. Despite the high failure rate, the research, which was released at the Gartner Emerg- ing Trends Symposium 2008 in Barcelona, recently, indicated that virtual worlds would increasingly catch on, as companies Business Partner Wanted understand what works and the best ways For Reveal Magazine of implementing them. Promote Reveal Magazine, sell adver- By 2012, around 70 percent of organiza- tising, help direct day to day opera- tions will have set up private virtual worlds, tions and web site creation. Photo- Gartner predicts. Virtual worlds set up for shop ad creation skills a plus. Writ- employees to collaborate internally will ing or publishing experience helpful. have a high success rate because of ”lower 10 hours per week, salary plus expectations, clearer objectives and better 20% commission. constraints.” Apply to [email protected] The other upside to virtual worlds for the enterprise is cost. According to Gartner, the cost of implementing a corporate virtual platform averages US$50,000, and cheaper trials can cost $5,000. The report argues this low-cost will encourage more experi- mentation by businesses. No doubt, this research will be top of mind when the various Virtual World gurus and guru-wannabes assemble for the Virtual Worlds Expo in Los Angeles in early Sep- tember. The conference aims to help busi- Taboo for Life events and more in the anniversary Copyright 2008 by Nebbisk Oh issue, June 2008. Keep your ideas, stories and comments coming by IM, notecard or Hieronymus Bakker, Jr., had a wonderful to [email protected] sense of well being as he stroked the long, lithe torso of the naked woman under the sheer bed sheet beside him. He marveled at the way she raised goose bumps in her sleep as his fingers lightly kneaded the di- aphanous fabric. The corners of his mouth everyone knew that, it was written all over twisted wryly as he registered amusement his face. But adultery? Well how else do that this gorgeous creature, whom he had you explain them slipping away from the carnally penetrated with wild abandon not quad luxury camper in which their spouses thirty minutes before, was his sister. slumbered, only to return three hours later, soaked to the bone? Hy Sr.’s excuse, that All his older friends and family knew. So they went to the leaky boathouse to play did hers. In fact, pretty much everyone at Scrabble without disturbing the others, his wedding were eventually told or figured really didn’t wash. it out on their own. Some of them, espe- cially relatives, had a hard time looking And yet it was true! Hy and Megan kept them in the face without frowning their dis- their mutual passion in check – barely – approval; but most took it in stride and even during that terrible time when Mrs. even joked about it, introducing them to Bakker was on her deathbed and Megan others as “the happy couple, Hy Jr. and provided the sympathy and comfort that Hy Carolyn, his lovely wife and sister.” While a Sr. so desperately needed. When the time bit uncomfortable at first, Hy had to admit came she was there for him, just as he was that this introduction was a great ice- there to help her grieve a scant two months breaker at cocktail parties. later when Mr. Hayes met his sudden tragic demise. The ring of a telephone interrupted his rev- erie. He checked the caller ID and After a suitable period for public propriety, launched into a familiar dialogue: “Hey hey the couple made sweet love and discovered Hy, Hi!” His father, Hieronymus Sr., re- that it was everything they’d hoped and ex- plied: “Hi Hy, high? Ha, ha!” Eventually pected it would be for years. Infatuation they ran out of material and Hy Sr. ven- became true love and they married in a tured, “How’s that gorgeous sister of yours? small, elegant chapel with just the closest You two still fucking?” Hy Jr. chuckled and family and friends present. Hy Jr. looked said, “Show some respect, you old goat of dashing in his Best Man tuxedo and his new an adulterer!” Said goat suitably gotten, Sr. mom was proud as can be of how stunning huffed, “Why, I never!” and Jr. adminis- her daughter Caroline looked in her taffeta tered the coup de grace: “Mom says other- Maid of Honor dress. “I’m not losing a dad, wise, may she rest in peace!” I’m gaining a mom” he quipped at his din- ner toast. “And,” he added with a wink at It remained a mystery all these years, and Carolyn, his bride of fifteen years, “a very Hy Sr. wasn’t about to tell. Did he or did he hot sister!” not sleep with Megan Hayes on that road trip ten years ago? Oh, he lusted after her; Nebbisk Oh, May 2008 Garden of Not Possible IRL Delights is open to the public through June 22nd. So many of you have made tremendous contributions. Thank you. The Garden belongs to all of you. It has been an honor for me to work alongside such giv- ing, talented, kind people. Many thanks to RightasRain Rimbaud and to Rez- zable for its people, their creativity, and for their time. And the four Sims!

Be sure to try out Miki Gymnast's brilliant HUD. You can teleport into the Garden from any point on the grid and it remembers where you have been... and takes you somewhere new, each time. Many people said this couldn't be done. - A HUD that did this over four Sims. Miki proved them wrong. Take the tour in Lumiere Noir's gorgeous Fleur de Lis vehicle, scripted by the ever- patient Darek Deluca. It is very pleasant, and gives you a fantastic overview. There is a new sculpture by Light Waves rezzed and in plain view. I challenge you to find it. http://slurl.com/secondlife/Rezzable%20Create/176/96/22 All Second Life© Radio An interview with Cher Harrington

Daniele Hesse: Hello Cher Harrington: Hi :) Daniele Hesse: would you like to run a story about the Silver Radio? Cher Harrington: I would love it :) Cher Harrington: thank you :) Daniele Hesse: So you have two Internet radios? Cher Harrington: Yes, I run Radio Cher, which is headquartered at the Zurich sims, soft rock 24/7 and then also SL Live Radio, which is headquartered in the Dublin 2 Sim, currently I have 164 SL Live Artists who have songs on it, it runs 24/7 Daniele Hesse: So the live shows are recorded and played 24/7? Are any done live? Cher Harrington: The artists send me mp3's, some are songs that they recorded from a live show here, some are professionally recorded, but there aren’t any “live” shows per say on it. Daniele Hesse: Cool, I am going to put the info from your profile in this IM Daniele Hesse: SLive Radio: http://www.slliveradio.com/ - website or http://66.34.54.162:8014 hosted by PickSL Dublin AND Radio Cher: URL: http://66.34.54.162:8012 www.myspace.com/radiocher Harrington: yes that is great. Daniele Hesse: MBC gives away TV sets to you have SL radios, do hand out to listeners? Cher Harrington: no, I have signs that show who is playing. Cher Harrington: I do get IMs about the artists and they have gotten bookings from people tuned in. Cher Harrington: Last week we had over 2000 unique listeners from 69 different coun- tries. Daniele Hesse: that is great, what is your business model, how do you pay for the steams? Cher Harrington: its courtesy of PickSL Dublin Services, owned by Ham Rambler as a way to promote live music in SL and RL. Cher Harrington: He does a lot for the music community. Daniele Hesse: that is really cool Daniele Hesse: Is Ham Rambler in SL also? Cher Harrington: yes Cher Harrington: there is a press release on the website also: http://www.slliveradio.com/11-29-2007.htm Cher Harrington: Dublin streams RL simulcasts from new artists in the UK to Dublin SL Daniele Hesse: How has this music venture affected your second life? Cher Harrington: I love live music...I have been a DJ for 5 years and when I heard live art- ists in second life, I would ask them for their songs to play on air, to promote them. Cher Harrington: I have progressed from DJing some songs to being able to play their mu- sic 24/7 now, and I am now also booking artists for Dublin and Diegoland, so I guess live music has taken over my SL Life, but I love it :) It's my joy :) Daniele Hesse: Wonderful, How are the music venues in SL doing? I know it has been tough to get support for sim costs etc? Cher Harrington: In Dublin, we have RL sponsors that help, Triumph Cove and Orchard Mu- sic Park, where I help hostess, is sponsored by Blaze Columbia, so we don’t have venue tip jars at these venues. Cher Harrington: I do give to other venues to help support them, for the artists so they have other places to play: Zurich has RL sponsors also, its difficult, I know. Daniele Hesse: Music in SL seems to be doing quite well, where do you think it is headed in the future? Cher Harrington: I would like to see the SL artists hit it big in RL, promotions expanding to RL, making more money.... SL is exploding on the music scene right now and I do see it get- ting much bigger for all :) Cher Harrington: Bands coming in, simulcasts, so much more now to offer in SL music than there was Daniele Hesse: What RL experience do you find most helpful to you now in Second life? Cher Harrington: I've been a teacher, then in sales and tech support and marketing for 20 years now. All that RL experience in my RL jobs has helped me tremendously -- trouble- shooting, promoting, and working with people :) Daniele Hesse: You seem to be doing a most professional job. Is there anything else you would like our readers to know? Cher Harrington: I am here to help the music community, to give back, however my skills may be needed, music is my joy here :) And tune into SL Live Radio :)) Daniele Hesse: Thank you so much, it is lovely to meet you. Cher Harrington: Thank you too :) I am so glad you asked :) Daniele Hesse: Who is your favorite artist? Cher Harrington: OMG you are going to put me on the spot :) Too many to say :))

Glamour Shots by Trixee Trotter and Timeless Photography

Photography has been my hobby for a number of years in real life. I have traveled all over the United States, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Alaska and Hawaii. I have taken hun- dreds of photos during my travels.

Before digital photography, I had my own dark- room. I won a few photography contests and even had an article published about me in our local newspaper. Some of my photos were published in national magazines (Bird Talk and Bird Breeder). Many of my parrot photos still circulate around the web.

I joined Second Life in September 2006 and discovered the fun of taking photos in Second Life. In March 2007 I joined "Photography by Blackhawk" and with Chief’s help I began taking professional photos. Recently the studio name was changed to "Timeless Photography."

In May 2008 Chief Blackhawk and I opened a brand new Timeless Pho- tography Studio with top quality Photo Life equipment. The new studio in Second Life is located at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Alpha%20Centauri/188.915/114.685

Chief and I take pride in providing the best possible photographs for our clients. Glamour Shots and SL Entertainers shots are my specialty, however, I enjoy doing all types of photos around SL. I enhance my photos with custom backgrounds, specialized text, frames and tubes using PS, PSP X2 and Gimp to create my designs.

I am enjoying Second Life experience and plan to continue expanding my knowledge to become one of the best photographers in SL.

NMC Announces $100,000 in Virtual Learning Prizes

The New Media Consortium (NMC) is calling for proposals for the 2008-09 NMC Virtual Learning Prize, a US$100,000 competitive program of awards intended to create a collec- tion of innovative open-source learning experiences that make use of the unique attributes of a virtual learning environment. MMC will award up to 20 Virtual Learning Prizes in 2008.

Each of the US$5,000 awards will provide a cash incentive to the awardees; $500 as well as $4,500 in expert development assistance from the NMC Virtual Worlds team to create the learning experience. The range of in-world services available to awardees to actualize the proposed ideas includes professional building, scripting, design, animation and avatar design.

The NMC, a not-for-profit organization that includes more than 260 learning-focused or- ganizations, dedicated to exploring the use of new media and new technologies. NMC member institutions are found in almost every state in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia. The membership includes colleges and universities as well as a growing list of innovative museums, research centers, foundations and forward-thinking compa- nies.

The organization says it is committed to pushing the boundaries of how we collectively view teaching and learning in virtual space. The NMC Virtual Learning Prize is a way to re- alize creative ideas for how to make optimal use of a virtual setting, using a process that provides recognition, financial incentives and professional development services for educa- tion.

“Projects funded under the NMC Virtual Learning Prize program will be those that make learning fresh or novel, or that illustrate concepts that are usually very difficult to teach,” said Dr. Larry Johnson, NMC’s CEO and director of NMC Virtual Worlds. “We are seeking immersive learning experiences in particular, as well as tools that support the craft of teaching. We hope to see a number of proposals with broad applicability across disciplines as that will allow us to maximize the reach of the shared resources that are to be developed under this program.”

All materials and content produced as part of the program will be licensed for broad use under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. More in- formation on that can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/ . Proposal authors will retain full copyright and all funded materials will be made available to educators and educational institutions at no cost via either the NMC’s Educational Re- source Center on Learning in Second Life or via the NMC’s website.

For the 2008-9 award year, funded ideas will be limited to those that can be implemented in the virtual worlds of Second Life or Project Wonderland. In future years, the program may be expanded to other virtual world platforms.

Review of proposals will begin on June 16, 2008, and proposals will continue to be ac- cepted until all funds have been expended.

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, you can find more information about the award at http://www.nmc.org/virtual-learning-prize . There is also a dedicated FAQ email address: [email protected] . The Flower and Willow World years of ballet training under my belt) and have always found images of geisha to be in- Hatsune Yoshikawa opened Flower & Willow credibly beautiful. I know that many people just a few weeks after she was 'born' in Second cite Memoirs of a Geisha to have been the book Life®. Her very first kimono was made for the that really hooked them but while I did very very unglamorous reason that she could simply much enjoy it, I have always preferred reading not afford to buy any clothing! As she wore it non-fiction books about geisha. around she had one or two compliments, and Mirari Etchegaray: In SL there are there any she started to wonder if she could make herself geisha houses ("okiya"). Did you train as a Gei- some pocket money by selling kimono. When sha in SL? she found an empty shop on the Amatsu sim Hatsune Yoshikawa: I have never trained as a she rented it immediately. At that point she geisha in SL, though I would like to! didn't even have any stock to sell, so she spent Mirari Etchegaray: Can you tell me about the the next few days putting together a small col- difference between a Maiko and a Geisha? lection of around ten kimonos. Hatsune Yoshikawa: A maiko is an apprentice She never expected Flower & Willow to take off geisha - a girl will spend several years learning quite as well as it did. She now has a large everything that is necessary to become a geisha main store and several satellite stores, and that before she 'turns her collar'. first kimono is still on sale - it's the pink cranes Mirari Etchegaray: Are there a difference in and water one. their clothes and in their hairstyles? Hatsune Yoshikawa: There are huge differ- ences in the appearances of geisha and maiko, and once you know them it is quite easy to spot. Maiko will wear different hairstyles that denote their current position in they’re train- ing, and will decorate them with beautiful sea- sonal kanzashi, that change each month. Their kimono tend to be much more colourful and elaborate, with long furisode sleeves and the distinctive darari dangling obi. Geisha wear much more subdued but elegant kimono and less hair ornaments.

Mirari Etchegaray: What is the Geisha tradi- tion? Hatsune Yoshikawa: The word geisha literally means arts person - and that is what a geisha is, someone trained in the traditional arts of Japan. This includes dancing and singing, but also the famous tea ceremony and the perhaps underrated art of conversation! Mirari Etchegaray: When did you begin your fascination with the Geisha culture? Hatsune Yoshikawa: I don't think I could really There is also a difference in the makeup they put my finger on the exact moment I became wear. People speak of maiko 'turning their col- interested in geisha culture. I have always been lar' when they become geisha, and this is actu- fascinated by the arts (I myself have some 15 ally quite a literal saying - as a maiko's collar will change from red to white once she be- because they like to wear them? comes geisha. I would suggest visiting a site Hatsune Yoshikawa: A bit of both - it always like www.immortalgeisha.com for more in makes me immensely happy to see the SL gei- depth information. sha and maiko wearing my things though. But Mirari Etchegaray: Are there different kimonos really, anyone can wear kimono. for the different seasons and events? Hatsune Yoshikawa: Yes there are - there are Mirari Etchegaray: Where can our readers see different motifs that fit with each of the sea- more photos of your work in Second Live? sons - roses and running water are for sum- Hatsune Yoshikawa: I have a blog, but it's quite mer, for example, and chrysanthemum for au- new at flowerandwillow.wordpress.com - or tumn. Of course, there are also 'auspicious' de- http://www.flickr.com/groups/615562@N22/ signs, like cranes, that can be worn all round Mirari Etchegaray: Is there a teahouse in SL I the year. There are also different levels of for- can go to? mality for kimono as well. Hatsune Yoshikawa: Yes there are several - if Mirari Etchegaray: How long can it take to you do a places search you can find some. Be wear a Geisha dress in RL? careful though, because some are using the Hatsune Yoshikawa: Well, geisha in real life word geisha to sell escort services. Of the top of have dressers, because it would just be far too my head I can think of Amatsu, Karyukai, Lit- difficult for them to put their kimono on them- tle Yoshiwara, Blue Lotus, Tea House Sato- selves! haru, Getsuei and Mitsuba. And I'm pretty sure Mirari Etchegaray: How long does it take to I've missed some. (And if I have, I'd love for you to design a kimono or its accessories? them to let me know! I'm trying to build up a Hatsune Yoshikawa: It varies - some take ages community project for geisha enthusiasts). but others get finished really quickly. It all de- Mirari Etchegaray: What would be your advice pends on whether or not I am feeling inspired. to look as beautiful as a Geisha? The most difficult part is trying to get the Hatsune Yoshikawa: The most popular geisha seams of the kimono skirt to wrap. are, perhaps surprisingly, the older ones. I Mirari Etchegaray: Where do you get the inspi- think this is because they grow in confidence ration for your clothing? and conversational ability. So I would say to Hatsune Yoshikawa: I browse through real life people that what goes on behind the painted pictures of geisha and kimono to try and get a face is just as important as being what the feel for what sort of colours and designs go well Japanese call 'iki' - stylish. together - Google image searches and Flickr Mirari Etchegaray: Thank you for your time are great for that. and I wish you continued success. Mirari Etchegaray: What is the flower and wil- low world? Hatsune Yoshikawa: The flower and willow world, or 'karyukai' is basically the world the geisha inhabit. Mirari Etchegaray: What is a danna? Are there dannas in SL? Hatsune Yoshikawa: I suppose you would say a danna is a patron of a geisha - he helps to fund her, and in return she will prioritise him over her other clients. It is not a sexual agreement however. I'm not a SL geisha myself, but I be- lieve there are people here who do act as danna. Mirari Etchegaray: Your customers are Maikos and Geishas in SL or they buy your articles just Vacancy – Real World Career – Click At the last Working Worlds Career Fair in Here Second Life at the end of 2007, more than Applying for a job is something that most of 1,500 candidates registered their CV on the us will do many times in our lives and it Working Worlds website and 300 inter- doesn’t seem to get any easier. But a new views that took place. According to Work- concept is changing the face of recruitment. ing Worlds, no fewer than 50 individuals Anjula Basevi reports on the Working found a job as a direct result of being at the Worlds project that brings employers and Career Fair. One of them was Italian candidates together more quickly and effi- Simone Brunozzi. “I showed up at the ciently than ever before – in the virtual Amazon.com’s booth, with my well-dressed world of Second Life! and custom-skinned avatar…I met Jennifer, Not for the first time, job seekers and em- from the Human Resources department of ployers met in their thousands in Linden Amazon.com in Seattle, who explained me th Lab’s Second Life on May 29 in their sec- what Amazon was doing in Luxembourg, ond Career Fair, an event organized by the which positions were open, and something creators of the Working Worlds project. more about the most interesting one: the Last year's Career Fair was held for Luxem- technology evangelist for the Amazon Web bourg employers and employees only, but Services... The evangelist role was a perfect organizers, GAX Technologies of Luxem- fit”. bourg claim is was a giant success. This Anyway the point is, it worked and he got year, an expanded Working Worlds Career the job. Fair included participants from all three Cornelia Den Hartog is the event organizer Benelux countries. Some of the biggest em- and Managing Director of GAX technolo- ployers in Belgium, the Netherlands and gies, the company that developed the Work- Luxembourg were in world in Second Life ing World concept. Although GAX is not a interviewing eager candidates for real world recruitment firm (it is actually an online so- jobs. lutions provider), the company is continu- This thoroughly modern approach to re- ing to refine the Working World concept cruitment, very in tune with today’s modes and prove it as an effective technology for of communication, is intended to enable the recruitment industry. candidates from all over the world being “Working Worlds is a complimentary re- able to participate. Some of the largest and cruitment tool. No longer does one have to more progressive organizations from West- pay travel expenses to interview for a job. ern Europe’s and global companies are tak- An interview with a long distance company ing part: Amazon, Bill, Lombard, Man- is as easy as logging in and teleporting to power, SS&C are just a few of the ‘names’ the actual location. It really does not get involved. any easier than this and the results can be just as rewarding for both the employer and candidate,” said Ms Den Hartog. “You can sit in the comfort of your own home and attend an actual interview for the job of your dreams. You can present your- self much more confidently and feel less in- timidated by the interview process," she said. The Career Fair offered an opportunity for job seekers to browse opportunities in fi- nance, IT, telecomm, industry and com- merce. For employers, it means an entirely new recruitment that just might be the most efficient solution currently available for companies wishing to reach beyond ter- ritorial limits. Significantly, many of the key players engaged in the Working Worlds Career Fair were recruitment companies; th keen to exploit any innovative new chan- “The 20 century saw the rise of the auto- nels to find talent in an increasingly tight mobile, the airplane, the computer and the and competitive job market place. network,” said Dave. “Each of these re- So if you can get a job in a Virtual World, markable inventions enabled long distance can you then DO a job in there too? The interaction e.g. commuting, business air concept is “remote togetherness”, that is, travel, email/’off shoring’. However, we th using virtual world technology to bring peo- have now recognized what I call the ‘20 ple together, just like they were really there Century Hangover’. Commuting and air in the room with you in person. Conference travel are difficult, expensive, disruptive as calls, video conferencing and some software well as polluting. And whereas conven- solutions like Microsoft’s NetMeeting were tional electronic means of communication certainly helpful in their time, but they lack has allowed us to work with people long the elusive “togetherness” factor, that hard- distances away, it has left us lacking inter- to-get-at connection with co-workers. personal connection”.

IT Managers have been struggling with this challenge for years – how do we get all our people around the world together for that vital interaction and, at the same time, dodge the massive bill for flying them around the world and accommodating them in a hotel?

Dave Elchoness knows the challenges of re- mote working: lack of interpersonal con- nection, cohesion and esprit de corps, gen- erally less-than-optimal product, poor job satisfaction and difficult management. To- As for workplaces themselves, the industry day, Dave is an advocate of a new, broader is still new. Companies such as IBM, Cisco concept that is increasingly being adopted and Sun are investing substantial sums in in education, training and even com- this space because they recognize the enor- merce. ‘VR Workplace’ adds an in-person mous potential of VR Workplaces. The US element to remote interactions of all military has used virtual environments for kinds. Elchoness started his consultancy to years for simulations and training. Govern- construct virtual environments to suit the mental agencies around the world are tak- needs of clients and to advise companies on ing notice and many are beginning to get how virtual world technology can be used in engaged in this space. the enterprise.

Don't Talk to Strangers to keep Heather from listening in on our con- versation. By Runnymede Hastings "You can use chat," I typed. "Heather is my Heather was back at work and I was already partner in the agency and you have nothing to having trouble concentrating. Maybe I should worry about." I sensed the hesitation in my fire her. Our relationship quickly became in- own voice. She wasn't my partner in Second appropriate for an employer and employee, I Life and probably should be, if I had the nerve thought, smiling to myself in real life. But to take the next step and ask her. things happen quickly here, like day and night He paused but then continued in IM. "That cycles on a sim and falling into a relationship may very well be but I will be comfortable talk- with a pretty young avatar and hoping it's true ing only to you." He passed me a notecard and when she says it's an accurate representation continued, "You've become highly regarded of how this 25-year-old woman really looks. among people in law enforcement." Of course, if people didn't do rash things on a I have to admit that not many avatars break up regular basis, I might be out of a job. international money-laundering rings or solve I've been a private investigator working the homicides in the real world but my stock in Sims of Second Life for four months now, a job trade was still spying on cheating lovers and I fell into by accident but seem to have a knack finding lost inventory. for. The publicity I'd gotten was a mixed blessing. I have a real life job but since so much of it was My inbox was flooded daily and it was all I spent in virtual reality, I'd been able to balance could do to just go through the requests for it with my life here. help, usually offering little or no compensation. It was a measure of my trust in Heather that It wasn't the same for Heather. Her real life job she had my password and could log in as me took her on the road for the last month, during when I was at work or sleeping and could cull which I saw the busiest week I've had since I out the most worthless offers. started playing the role of a virtual private de- tective. I have to admit it was a little easier to His notecard had materialized on my screen, focus with her gone but now that she was back, identifying him as a police detective for a good- sitting at her little desk by the door to my of- sized Arizona city. fice, it was getting hard to concentrate. I IM’d Heather, "Sorry, dear, he's being an ass It was all I could do to keep from highlighting and only wants to IM." transparencies to see if she was wearing her "LOL, that's OK. He looks like he'd bore me Xcite bits. She appeared preoccupied today, anyway;)" she quickly answered back. though, the away message periodically floating over her name. I didn't know if I wanted more Very likely. He was dressed in a suit with an to find out what was bothering her or just take exaggerated muscular shape, tanned skin and her in my virtual arms and make love to her. animated hair. If the door hadn't opened when it did, I proba- "I normally work undercover here," he said, bly would have locked it and told her to replace "and would not ask for assistance but I'm going the desk with that animated bed she had in her to need help from someone with SL expertise inventory. who's proved himself to be willing to cooperate with the police. That's why I came to you." He took a look around when he came in and headed directly for me. I would have liked to tell him there are some police in some places I would never cooperate "Hello," he typed in an IM, apparently wanting with but I let him go on. "I've been working the Internet beat for a dec- girl, or boy, who'd be willing to go off to a mo- ade," he said, "starting in chat rooms. I've put tel if the right older man came to my town and away a dozen pedophiles in this country and picked me up. turned over names to a few European agencies. I came into Second Life last year when I heard "But the peds in the playground knew the 'kids' that there was activity here." were adults. It was all just practice. They were- n't going to fall for the 'come and meet me' ploy "There was," I said, "but the Lindens seem to so I offered pictures, hoping to get an e-mail have shut it down." address that I could trace and then use that to "All they did was drive it underground," he an- get a warrant for their computers or identify swered. That exposé by Sky TV undermined them and set up a sting. three ongoing investigations I was running in "I got close to getting two of them to bite when Wonderland. The peds scattered." they split but the third stuck around and actu- "So you want me to help you find them?" I ally offered to give me some pics. I thought asked. that would make things a lot easier for me. But then he told me how much it was going to cost, "I want you to find one in particular," he said. a lot more than I could pay in lindens. He said I'd find it worth every cent because these were The story he was talking about broke last fall 'fresh.' when a reporter from the British network went into the playground where child avatars were "That meant to me, if he was telling the truth, propositioning adults and vice versa. There that he very well could be taking them himself likely weren't any real kids involved, but there and they hadn't already circulated among the were no doubt the players there were fantasiz- pervs on the Internet. ing about molesting children and role-playing at it. There's a lot of kinky stuff going on in this "The exposé didn't seem to scare him off ei- world but for the most part it's consenting ther, because he's kept in touch with me. I've adults. got his avatar name — he's in-world right now — and doesn't seem in the least worried After the report, the playground vanished and that he might be being set up. there was a lot of talk about clamping down on age play, including the odd but innocent stuff "That's why I want somebody with more ex- like the people who volunteer to be the chil- perience to help work this case and get a circle dren of avatar couples. Not all the sex here is drawn around this guy so I know he hasn't got just for fun, just like in real life, judging by the some kind of escape plan or that he isn't being number of maternity clinics and baby supply protected. I need something besides a Second stores. Life name." "I was close to nailing one of them," he said. "If he's still in-world, why don't you just ask "That playground was the best thing that could the Lindens for his IP address? They don't pro- have happened. They were like fish in a barrel. tect criminals. You saw CSI: NY. If you want Now, I have to go looking for places where they RL information on this guy, there's not much I might be prowling, and worse, where they may can do. The cases I've worked that have gone be looking for real kids. You know as well as I off-world depended on the work of real cops." do there are kids here in spite of what the Lin- "I know that," he said. "But I need more. I need dens say. a profile. I need to have him approached by "The playground was different from what I someone besides me to set up a buy so it's used to and a lot harder. It was a lot easier to coming at him from more than one direction. log into a chat room, say I was a 14-year-old And I want some off-world information I can use to triangulate him." "Well, the shadowing I can do but I'm not sure prison and a lifelong place on the sex-offender about doing a buy. I've set up honeypots but list. that was for normal, plain-old fashioned, adult sex. I know how to do that. This stuff is too I used the standard procedure I'd developed weird for me." for tails, joining every group in his profile and making a note of every event they had planned. "I'll give you a script and enough coaching. I It was an odd mix, a little religion, a little fi- don't have to tell you how important it is that nance, a little tech but no kinky stuff, no sex we get this guy if he really is creating the stuff. clubs or Goth groups. Children are in jeopardy." I guess that's how they keep going, and why the "Alright, give me what you've got and I'll get a neighbors always say, "He was such a nice, tail on him," I said. "I know it's a good cause so quiet man." I'll give you a discount off of the standard rate." The next morning, I found a notecard with the He filled me in on the target and left. script as promised. I stayed home from work that day and telecommuted since it was going I could feel it in the air that Heather was upset. to be one virtual meeting after another and I She was obviously ignoring the conversation. knew I'd never get any work done at my desk. "Sorry, honey, he's paranoid." There was a big announcement about in- I gave her the whole text of the conversation in creased bandwidth at the Asian offices and a notecard and that seemed to calm her down a some of the backwaters in the States with some bit. mention about increased face time. Lunchtime "I hope you find him," she said. "I hope they couldn't come soon enough — fortunately they execute the bastard." respect the concept even for telecommuters — after a drawn out session with the marketing "I don't think this is a capital crime in that department. state, honey," I said, with a smiley face. I was getting ready to log off when an IM came Wrong choice. I could almost feel the chill in in. "I thought you made some very good points the virtual air. in there. I just wanted to let you know." I Googled the cop's name. That brought up a I could tell from the surname it was one of our bunch of stories over the last few years, as far avatars — the company set us up in blocks at a back as his local newspaper's archives went, time. with him busting this or that sex offender lured to town with the promise of sex with an under- I looked around and saw her standing behind age kid. me. Avatars all look pretty much the same when you study them closely but she'd put I've always had mixed feelings about those some effort into looking different, with graying deals. I had no sympathy for the pervs but the hair, a not too slim or buxom figure and a very FBI really should have done this kind of work. sensible suit. It was a national problem and should have been run by feds, not the Palookaville PD troll- "Oh thanks," I said. "I never know the experi- ing for perverts across state lines on their local ence level of people when I'm talking to avatars taxpayers' dime. but I think those marketing guys were pretty new to this thing." His last bust, significant enough to earn him some publicity, was a few months ago. A school "I know," she said. "It was obvious and I do get bus driver who traveled 600 miles for a date tired of having to go back over the experience with a 14-year-old girl and got five years in of the last two years every time we have one of these sessions. I appreciate how concise your description of the last campaign was. It saved you come in-world and I'll TP you there." me having to go over all that history." The next morning, I drove into work and got a She then told me her name, her RL name. It visit from one of the IT guys. He was holding a sounded vaguely familiar, somewhere on the new white laptop and asked me to give him my West Coast, I think. old silver PowerBook. He whipped a firewire cable from his pocket, connected the com- "Are you going to lunch? It's only 10 here but I puters, hit some keys and a few minutes later could use a break if you have time to talk." We handed me the new one. "Here's your new ma- left the conference room since the next group chine," he said, "and look," opening it up and was already rezzing in and I TP'd to a low- pointing to a little square above the screen, "a traffic pub I liked and offered her a TP as soon cam. It's got the new processor so you can have as I arrived. up to three other people in a videoconference It was a long break for her and a long lunch for now. No more logging into Second Life for me but was refreshing to talk shop with a face-to-face meetings except for training ses- grownup. sions or big conferences. I gave you an ID and password and set up a buddy list with other When the shift ended, I got back to work and people we've outfitted across the country." began tracking my prey. And with that, he was gone. I didn't even have I TP'd into so many weird dives with too many time to ask for my laptop back but I have the avatars and way too many scripts that I eventu- good sense not to keep personal stuff on there ally crashed SL and had to restart twice. and never left my alts' passwords in place in the Second Life app. It was close on to midnight when I finally spot- ted him, standing in a cluster of leather types Everything had been moved on to the new one and boldly chatting away, his fingers flying as so I had no excuses for not getting to work. The he sent messages for everyone to see. iChat app was running and a little while later, an IM came in. It was actually a video request, It was basically a critique of other places he'd and from my friend from yesterday. been and the "action" he'd seen or not seen at them. As the blurry image solidified I was amazed. "You really do look like your avatar," I typed. One of the other AV's asked if he'd been to one of the erotic galleries and he typed, "LOL. I've "I can hear you typing. You can talk to me, you got my own gallery." know,” she said. "It's the 21st century." That was my break. "I run a small gallery, my- I laughed at that. self," I said. "Where's yours?" It was a second or two before I realized I was "In my inventory, or when I rez it for special smiling. friends." "You look a lot like yours, too," she said. I continued the conversation. "I'd like to see it sometime. Maybe you could visit my gallery I must have lost track of the time. A half hour sometime and have a showing." had passed before I realized how long we'd been chatting. I made my apologies, excused "I'll look you up tomorrow night," he said. "Do myself and logged off. you have a landmark to your gallery?" That night, as soon as I got home, I'd rented a "I'd rather not give it out just now," I lied, since lot and threw up a cheap prefab. Heather was- I didn't have a gallery and would have to figure n't around when I got home from work and out how to set one up quickly. "IM me when logged in. She'd left an IM about some "RL drama" and that she'd be away for a couple of other day and had some information he days. wanted. He asked for my name and location. I figured they already had that from caller ID I came up with an idea on how to proceed with but told him anyway. my assignment and put a bunch of flat prims up on the walls. About an hour later, I got his "That would be a pretty good trick, since he re- IM and TP'd him into the building. tired four months ago and dropped dead last week of a heart attack." "I thought this was an art gallery?" he said as soon as he'd rezzed. There was a long silence. "It is but I only rez the textures when there's "Are you still there?" he asked. someone here to see it that I trust. I think it might be better if we chatted off-world. Do you "Why would someone pose as him?" I asked, use one of the IM programs?" overcoming the shock and wondering just what I'd gotten myself into. There was some hesitation and he finally gave me a Yahoo IM address. I figured I'd better come clean and tell him just what was going on. The first thought that I immediately started feeding it into search en- crossed my mind was that since I was up front gines. Nothing, nothing, then bingo, a posting about who I was, he didn't think I was up to on a bulletin board for erotic photography, something shady. It turned out that it didn't then pay dirt, contact information for a church sound so crazy after all. He said that his former picnic, the Yahoo ID for an e-mail address, a colleague had my SL name and contact infor- name and a phone number. Oh, perfect, I mation in his computer, files he inherited thought. when his buddy retired." My client anticipated this would be how it "That's a good question," he answered. "Right would play out and told me to IM him as soon now, I'm trying to find out why somebody as I got it. I did that but didn't get a reply even logged into our system with his ID and pass- though his avatar was supposed to be in world. word a couple of days ago. We don't know why I gave the pedophile a Yahoo IM ID I had set they did it but we assume they were fishing for up a while back but seldom used and told him something in his old files." I'd be logged in a couple of minutes and we could talk there. "Do you think it's some kind of vigilante?" I asked, forgetting that I was supposed to be set- Impatiently, I grabbed my cell phone and ting up a buy on behalf of the deceased cop. called the business number of the police de- partment. When the receptionist answered, I "Look, you say this person asked you to help asked for the detective by his real life name. him locate a pedophile, right? And you're in There was a pause. contact with him right now?" In the meantime, I'd logged into Yahoo IM and I told him I was getting ready to chat off line waited for a message to pop up. and he told me to go ahead, record the conver- sation and stay on the phone. I didn't mention The receptionist said I should talk to another that I had the guy's name and phone number officer and transferred me. When he picked up and had just e-mailed it to someone who defi- the phone, he asked, "Can I ask why you want nitely was not the late Detective Reyes. to talk to Detective Reyes?" Just then the fake Reyes sent me an IM with a Figuring he'd take me for a nut if I told him I terse "thanks" and then went off world. was a private eye in Second Life, I just ex- plained that I'd been talking to his buddy the I figured he was doing his triangulation now, Googling that ID like mad and backtracking through blog comments and every place else it they managed to find the victims, too. It seems might appear. like this had been going on for a decade and some of them were adults now. Reyes wasn't Meanwhile, the guy on the other end of the Ya- able to follow up on it before he retired because hoo chat asked me for my e-mail address so he the tip he got was all about this Second Life could send samples of his product. I didn't stuff and he was totally clueless. Some girl want that crap in my mailbox regardless of tipped him off and he figured it was a good how many cops I might be working for and I chance that she was the one who hacked in and told him I'd rather not move them that way. posed as Reyes online. Thinking fast, I suggested he put them up on a Web site and then told the cop on the phone The avatar was registered to someone with an what I was doing and why. Australian e-mail address but it turned out to be a temporary one set up a couple of days ago. "I don't like being in this situation," I told him. It was odd, though, he said, it appeared that That was the truth, especially since I didn't whoever it was logged in from a public com- know what to do next. I had a fake cop out puter somewhere in Australia. there obviously trying to dig up something on a pedophile. I had a real cop on the phone who I felt like I'd been punched in the solar plexus. may or may not believe I was telling the truth. It was late but I sent an e-mail to the IT guys at I didn't have long to wait. work. I told them I was having some problems with griefers and needed a new avatar ID and "You bastards!" came the IM from the pedo- to have the old one expunged. I went into my phile. "I don't believe you'd do it and I'm not inventory and transferred every object I could paying you a cent. You can go to hell. Call the to Heather and then all my lindens, everything police, call my wife, and call my church. I'll I'd earned since I started. track you down just like you did me and kill you both." I sent her a notecard, telling her I loved her very much but had some RL drama of my own Well, it was too late not to call the police, I going on. In closing, I said I didn't think she'd thought wryly. "What are you talking about? I ever get the justice she wanted but hoped the didn't ask for any money." money and the objects would give her a good "Ask your friend," he IM’d back to me and then start in Second Life. went offline. I logged out and opened iChat. My new friend I told the real detective that somebody was ap- was there and the camera icon was in place. parently trying to extort money from the guy so "Hi. Do you have time for a chat? I need to talk if he could find who; he'd have two collars to to someone," I wrote. make. He thanked me for my help and said he needed to see about a warrant before our friend pan- icked and dumped any evidence. A couple of days later I got a call at work from the cop. It turned out that there was a file on the guy in Reyes' computer and a lot of the groundwork had been done. The problem was that he was outside the country so they had to work quickly to get the locals to go after him. They found enough to nail him, not only on the computer but also on his digital camera and Second Life Performance Issue Help and repeat over and over again. Look under the Loss % column. Optimally, it should be Open preferences go to the network tab and as close to all 0s as possible then click on clear cache then close the SL If there's any packet loss in the first one or window and reopen SL this will clear the two hosts (listed under Hostname), the cache now once that is done see if it has im- problem's in your network. Turning down proved however if it is still the same the your Maximum Bandwidth may help. You please repeat the fist step and then follow on can do this in Second Life by selecting Edit through the next steps. > Preferences > Network and moving the Uninstall second life once you have done this Maximum Bandwidth slider towards the remove the second life data application folder left; you should usually reduce the band- from the hard drive you can find this folder width until your packet loss is 0% most of here: the time. C:\Documents and Settings\(your username) \Application Data\SecondLife If the problem's after the first two or three Then restart you system hosts, but before the first hostname ending And now reinstall the viewer from the web in pnap.net, the problem's at your ISP, and site you might want to contact them to investi- gate further. If this does not help I would then like you to send me the following: If the problem's after a "pnap.net" host, Download WinMTR. then it's a problem with the Linden Lab Extract "winmtr_bin.zip". network (or the Second Life servers). In Start WinMTR.exe. this case, click WinMTR's Copy Text to clip- Enter "data.agni.lindenlab.com" in the Host board, then paste it into an empty text file, field and click Start. save it and then attach it to the reply to this You'll see the traceroute process start running ticket.

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Oh well, Although you do something else, why do we fall into that slumber only - like the Sleeping Beauty he does not appreciate nor support every time again? what you do. He does not even KNOW, what you We take the veil - voluntarily, do. in many ways. Not anymore. There has been a Do you think he, the knight, time ... woke you up with his kiss? before he started complaining about time. No. He put that sedative into your mouth, And now - unveiled, eyes only for him, you feel naked. ears only for him, The rosebush growing higher, everything you do - only for him. the thorns bruising your skin, and deeper - your heart bleeding, You think it is for the two of you. and it will never stop, Isn't love about that? never stop bleeding, And he wants you around all the time, never ... he needs you in many ways - and that surely is the truth. 2008-01-28 Morgue McMillan You feel loved, you feel wrapped, you feel secure. You are soulmates, you are so close. Oh, the venom works.

The fabric tightly woven, covering your mind, as he prepares for new shores. And while he boards the ship already you try to get a hold of him.

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