Second Life resident Mera Luan (aka Rebecca Tapley) has written Designing Your Second Life, published 17 July by New Riders. Weighing in at 192 pages the book contains a mix of Second Life and physical world wisdom on design, as well as etiquette, manners, customs, and a dose of social realism.
- Create a realistic or fantastical avatar
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Make gorgeous clothes and other luxury goods
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Build impressive homes and planned communities
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Develop whole islands
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Establish a social community and career Life.
If you've got a Safari site subscription, you can dive in and start reading it right away, otherwise there are previews on the Safari site (unless, like me, you can't get your darn Safari password to work! Ah, much better. Now I can settle down and read) - otherwise you can order on Amazon or the book-dealer of your choice.
1. Thanks for the tip! I'm going to add this to my Amazon wish list. I'm not going to get it now, though. After I finish SL:tOG I want to start something on Gimp, probably the Apress book. Why Gimp? Because it's something to start with, and I can afford it. Paint Shop Pro's just going to have to wait. *sigh* I had some advice that if I'm going to use Gimp, I should use virtual desktops, so I need to get that PowerToy from Microsoft, which I think is free, too.
Posted at 11:03PM on Jul 18th 2007 by Nightbird Glineux