| 15:00 |
Tali Rosca |
Welcome to the weekly Q&A, where the deans of Oxbridge will do their best to answer question about Oxbridge, Caledon and Second Life in general. |
| 15:00 |
Tali Rosca |
Each have their specialty and area of responsibility, which you can see here: http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/qna_index.php |
| 15:01 |
Tali Rosca |
...though I guess most of you here already know the format. |
| 15:01 |
Tali Rosca |
So, without further ado, let us begin. Who has the first question? |
| 15:02 |
Tali Rosca |
...if there are any questions. |
| 15:03 |
Tali Rosca |
Or is it elephant time= |
| 15:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Given the deadening quiet, anymore on the TOS, Dean Tali. |
| 15:05 |
Reeser3 |
I'm not sure what to ask. I'm here for an assignment to learn more about SL. |
| 15:05 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I noticed there have been meetings via Inara Pey's Blog. |
| 15:05 |
Tali Rosca |
"The United Content Creators of SL" group is pushing the agenda fairly hard. |
| 15:05 |
Tali Rosca |
Yesterday, there was a meeting with several lawyers discussing the issue and taking questions. |
| 15:06 |
Tali Rosca |
There is a 3-hour audio recording available from it, but I have not seen any transcripts yet. -Though I am sure those will come soon. |
| 15:06 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
What might you like to know, Miss Reeser? |
| 15:07 |
Tali Rosca |
The other high profile event on that front was probably that Qarl (formerly Linden) went (?°?°)?? ??? and walked away. |
| 15:07 |
Reeser3 |
What type of school is this? What do you normally teach here? |
| 15:07 |
Martini Discovolante |
we teach Second Life skills |
| 15:07 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Sl basics |
| 15:07 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
*SL |
| 15:07 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I did notice that, which seems to imply a definite end to the mesh clothing deformer project. |
| 15:08 |
Martini Discovolante |
th etutorial has the basics, and our live classes have soem more involved information |
| 15:08 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Real classes for a virtual world. |
| 15:08 |
Reeser3 |
Ah, I saw that you had a basic texture class earlier but I was unable to make it to that one. |
| 15:08 |
Tali Rosca |
Not really. Qarl has already handed over his part of the mesh deformer, so it has been out of his hands for a while. |
| 15:09 |
Tali Rosca |
-Not that it seems likely to appear anyway. But I don't think Qarl's departure will make it any *less* likely. |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And we have a web page that describes some of what's is here, Miss Reeser. http://www.caledonoxbridge.org/ |
| 15:09 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Ahh. Interesting, Tali. |
| 15:10 |
Reeser3 |
How often do you have events typically? |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So, Second Life is basically an environment in which creation and communication can happen. With a 3D sense of being co-located without real-world proximity. |
| 15:11 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Classes are basically every day. |
| 15:11 |
Tali Rosca |
We have 2-3 classes per day here, on various topics. |
| 15:11 |
Tali Rosca |
But that's just a tiny corner of SL. |
| 15:11 |
Martini Discovolante |
here specifically, we do not have any special events... we have a limited number of peopel allowed her at once... 20 to be exact. |
| 15:12 |
Reeser3 |
ah cool beans. I'll have to come visit one some time |
| 15:12 |
Martini Discovolante |
but there are many many events all over SL. |
| 15:12 |
Martini Discovolante |
you can look at the eEvents calendar on tyour SL dashboard, on the website |
| 15:12 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And Oxbridge is part of the nominally Victorian Steampunk realm of Caledon ... which does have frequent social events. |
| 15:13 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And a library system. |
| 15:13 |
Tali Rosca |
Caledon is one of the largest semi-coherent areas in SL. Most other places are somewhat more isolated, or part of a larger, put completely un-themed area. |
| 15:13 |
Tali Rosca |
*but |
| 15:14 |
Reeser3 |
I must say, I love the steampunk theme |
| 15:14 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Or simply more incoherent. ;) |
| 15:14 |
Marion Questi |
In addition to Caledon, there are other micronations which have a Steampunk theme....you can find events for all the Steamlands here: http://aetherchrononauts.org/ |
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Tali Rosca nods. "The "Steamlands" is a coalition of such areas, though it is very loosely tied." |
| 15:15 |
Reeser3 |
awesome, thank you |
| 15:16 |
Tali Rosca |
As you just *may* have suspected by looking up here, Caledon is leaning somewhat towards the fantastical side of steampunk. |
| 15:16 |
Kerhop Seattle |
that gives new meaning to "the giant elephant in the room" |
| 15:16 |
Reeser3 |
Ah, I like it though :) |
| 15:17 |
Reeser3 |
I'm supposed to write an essay about education on SL and how universities have some classes here and whatnot. |
| 15:18 |
Tali Rosca |
Oxbridge is a volunteer project teaching about skills which are useful for SL. |
| 15:18 |
Reeser3 |
(My writing class meets up on SL every Thursday) |
| 15:18 |
Tali Rosca |
We're not affiliated with any real-world institution. |
| 15:18 |
Marion Questi |
Ah...well you understand that Oxbridge is just a virtually university... |
| 15:18 |
Reeser3 |
Aye I do |
| 15:19 |
Tali Rosca |
But there are, indeed, institutions which have an SL presence. |
| 15:19 |
Tali Rosca |
Do anybody here have a good list of such? |
| 15:20 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
there was one in the SL wiki... let me look for it |
| 15:20 |
Martini Discovolante |
UCDavis, Harvard, Trinity College, DePaul, UWAustralia... the list is huge |
| 15:20 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I seem to recall Texas A&M was involved. as is Stanford. |
| 15:20 |
Larkylurker (larkylouz) |
And we have many visitors here who are doing similar projects for a University class they are taking. |
| 15:20 |
Tali Rosca |
Several language schools also use SL. |
| 15:20 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Second_Life_Education_Directory |
| 15:20 |
Tali Rosca |
It's an easy way to reach an international group. |
| 15:21 |
Reeser3 |
Thanks guys, you are very helpful :) |
| 15:21 |
Steadman Kondor |
it would be nice to have a local chat broadcaster for this hall for those who cant make it for the av number limit |
| 15:21 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
You might also contact Archivist Llewellyn |
| 15:22 |
Tali Rosca |
It's rare, though, that we're full. But we can set up a repeater to the chat circle in the village. |
| 15:22 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Who works with technology and librarianship, hence "Archivist". |
| 15:22 |
Reeser3 |
Cool, thanks :) |
| 15:23 |
Reeser3 |
I think I may head off and try to get some writing in |
| 15:23 |
Steadman Kondor |
i'd like to suggest we have that repeated... i feel a bit guilty that i was av number 20 that made it in at the start of this QA :) |
| 15:23 |
Steadman Kondor |
*that repeater |
| 15:23 |
Tali Rosca |
I'll point out, by the way, that even though Oxbridge teaches skills specifically for SL, many of those are using general tools and techniques. |
| 15:23 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
We do post transcripts of these sessions, btw. |
| 15:24 |
Tali Rosca |
Programming, 3D modeling and such. |
| 15:24 |
Marion Questi |
Miss Reeser....you might request an interview with Aevalle Galicia. She is very much involved with higher ed in SL. As an aside she also is the current holder of the title "Miss Caledon".....:) |
| 15:24 |
Reeser3 |
Ok :) |
| 15:25 |
Reeser3 |
Thanks for the information guys. I'm going to get back to homework and such. Nice meeting you all! |
| 15:26 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
nice meeting you too, Sir |
| 15:26 |
Tali Rosca |
As for creating a spill-over area in the Village, it would probably require one or more of us to go there and chair the QA from there. So it's not something to do *right* now, but we'll keep it in mind and see if it becomes necessary. |
| 15:26 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thanks for dropping by. |
| 15:28 |
Tali Rosca |
Any other topics, or follow-ups to this? |
| 15:29 |
Steadman Kondor |
thanks miss rosca |
| 15:31 |
Tali Rosca |
Has anything happened in Caledon over the last week? I think we were fairly thorough about the future plans last week. |
| 15:31 |
Noriko Engawa |
What future plans? |
| 15:32 |
Tali Rosca |
Consolidating some land. Two sims will go away, and one moved. |
| 15:32 |
Martini Discovolante |
thigns specific to the Nation of Caledon |
| 15:33 |
Tali Rosca |
Conversely, is anything upcoming the next week? We're heading into the Halloween time, which traditionally is *the* big holiday in SL. |
| 15:33 |
Noriko Engawa |
Really? Which two? |
| 15:33 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Cape Wrath will go, to be replaced y Loch Avi moving into its position. |
| 15:34 |
Tali Rosca |
And Connaught, IIRC. |
| 15:35 |
Martini Discovolante |
i ahve to leave early tonight.... apologoes |
| 15:35 |
Martini Discovolante |
nice to see you all. |
| 15:35 |
Larkylurker (larkylouz) |
Good night, Dean Martini |
| 15:35 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
Ade Martini |
| 15:36 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Her class later today also cancels. |
| 15:37 |
Tali Rosca |
Speaking of classes, what is the status of the scripting class? It has been teased for a while. |
| 15:38 |
emma167 |
wtf |
| 15:38 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
I was going through that with HH the other night. Much looks good, be the example scripts need to be shortened. |
| 15:38 |
emma167 |
-0- |
| 15:39 |
Tali Rosca |
Ah, so you're actively polishing it right now. That sounds great. |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
He's simplified the text considerably. |
| 15:39 |
Tali Rosca |
I'm looking forward to getting that back. |
| 15:39 |
emma167 |
this is crazy |
| 15:39 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So am I. |
| 15:39 |
Tali Rosca |
It is a class I feel we sorely lacked, so it's great to see HH taking it up. |
| 15:39 |
Marion Questi |
Did you have a question for us, Miss Emma? |
| 15:40 |
emma167 |
h^&* no |
| 15:40 |
Marion Questi |
This is an open Q&A. |
| 15:40 |
emma167 |
bi%^es |
| 15:40 |
Marion Questi |
.....moving right along... |
| 15:42 |
Tali Rosca |
I have heard *some* rumors about another possible class. Anything about that? |
| 15:42 |
Tali Rosca |
Or is that still in the "let's not say anything until we have things planned out" stage? |
| 15:43 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Well, some changes. Miss Larky will be taking over Lucien Brentano's photography class |
| 15:44 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
wow, excellent! |
| 15:44 |
Marion Questi |
Bravo, Miss Larky! |
| 15:44 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Bon McLeod, decided to take a break from teaching the other session of that. |
| 15:44 |
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Larkylurker (larkylouz) blushes. "Thank you, all." |
| 15:44 |
Gronk Seriman |
I have been suggesting an Avatar Show & Tell class. I haven't had the discipline to write up a formal proposal, yet. |
| 15:44 |
Kerhop Seattle |
same time slots as before? |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So, quite appropriate to create a Prof Lurker for Samhain. |
| 15:45 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not necessarily, as to the time slots. Handled as to the preference of the instructor. |
| 15:46 |
Tali Rosca |
...though the open slots on the schedule obviously *do* look tempting :-) |
| 15:47 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Miss Nightly and I have discussed a class on Steampunk, not strictly a skill class but pertinent to Caledon. |
| 15:47 |
Tali Rosca |
Though it could also mean that some other class would be shuffled around, like we did when we moved this QA to 3pm to make it more Euro-friendly. |
| 15:48 |
Tali Rosca |
What would be the focus of that class? The literary roots? |
| 15:48 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There are variants, such as dieselpunk. |
| 15:48 |
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Kerhop Seattle hopes Photo Salon stays where it is |
| 15:48 |
Larkylurker (larkylouz) |
Professor Lurker? |
| 15:48 |
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Larkylurker (larkylouz) gets the giggles |
| 15:48 |
Tali Rosca |
Recently, I heard of the Halloween-related subgenre "screampunk". |
| 15:49 |
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Meora (menchor)Meora (menchor)Ha ha ha hahahaaa |
| 15:49 |
Tali Rosca |
....not sure how official *that* one is. |
| 15:49 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
So in some sense a cultural review was discussed. |
| 15:49 |
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Marion Questi rolls his eyes. |
| 15:49 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Clockworkpunk? |
| 15:49 |
Nikki (nikkivorsoisson) |
springpunk? |
| 15:49 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Steam seems to be fond of clockwork. |
| 15:50 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Trollpunk might not be directly related... |
| 15:50 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
Christmaspunk should be come soon |
| 15:50 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Finnish sub-sub-genre.... |
| 15:50 |
Tali Rosca |
Ok, I don't know trollpunk... but I want to! |
| 15:50 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Miss Gronk perhaps has a class up her sleeve. |
| 15:51 |
Tali Rosca |
It may have gotten lost in the shuffle earlier, but she mentioned it. Gronk, could you repeat? |
| 15:51 |
Gronk Seriman |
It's simply Avatar Show & Tell. |
| 15:52 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
How your avatar came to be, as I recall. |
| 15:52 |
Gronk Seriman |
We show off avatars to each other. Answer questions. Tell where we got it, or if we made it. |
| 15:52 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
*does not remember any more where he got most of his avatar items* |
| 15:53 |
Larkylurker (larkylouz) |
That could be really fun. What a great idea, Gronk. |
| 15:53 |
Gronk Seriman |
Yes...how it came to be is the perfect sum-up. |
| 15:53 |
Gronk Seriman |
We could even have a friendly exchange of freebies. |
| 15:53 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Variants could be what it expresses --- more the why it came to be. |
| 15:53 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Except for this hat... |
| 15:53 |
Tali Rosca |
Interesting shopping tips and inspiration. |
| 15:54 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Anybody want a copy of burning sombrero? :-) |
| 15:54 |
Gronk Seriman |
Absolutely...news of good sales and specials people found. |
| 15:54 |
Tali Rosca |
A related topic could be how your *name* came to be. |
| 15:54 |
Tali Rosca |
I imagine quite a few people have some explaining to do! |
| 15:55 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
yup |
| 15:55 |
LittleToe Bartlett |
heh |
| 15:55 |
Elfbiter Skysmith (elfbiter) |
Some names do not originate from SL... |
| 15:55 |
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Gronk Seriman grins |
| 15:55 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
And ... a proposal does not need to be all that formal... Just what it basically is, what the students derive from it, and inversely to how well someone is known, why we expect you to be able to teach it. |
| 15:56 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
Greetings Mr Cul, feel free to take a seat |
| 15:56 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Mostly because the classes ARE for the benefit of our students (not an ad opportunity), and it is not simply role-playing at the front of the room. |
| 15:56 |
Tali Rosca |
(And me bringing it up public here is sneakily to hound Gronk into getting it started, now that people have heard about it). |
| 15:57 |
Larkylurker (larkylouz) |
heee |
| 15:58 |
Gronk Seriman |
I do have a question, though. We carefylly avoid any kind of selling or commercial messages here. I wonder how that would apply to my proposed class. |
| 15:58 |
Tali Rosca |
Anyway, I think this is it fo tonight. This seems like a good time to call it adjourned, unless there are any last minute additions? |
| 15:59 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
There's no object to mentioning vendors..... |
| 15:59 |
Tali Rosca |
Given that it would be a time-limited event with the express purpose of showing off items, I don't see any problems, really. |
| 15:59 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Or even a class participant bringing up there own creations. |
| 15:59 |
Gronk Seriman |
Would inviting vendors to make a short, friendly pitch be out of order? |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
But it is a different matter if the class is about hawking the instructors goods. That isn't going to fly. |
| 16:00 |
Gronk Seriman |
That's understood! |
| 16:00 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Not unless you're getting kickbacks. ;) |
| 16:01 |
Larkylurker (larkylouz) |
In other words, don't walk behind any horse avis? |
| 16:01 |
Tali Rosca |
But perhaps it would be more in spirit if *other* people told about the wares. |
| 16:01 |
Gronk Seriman |
Ah. Good point. |
| 16:01 |
Tali Rosca |
Why they ended up choosing what they did. |
| 16:02 |
Tali Rosca |
And if that is "because this merchant has a really good reputation with this style", that's well-earned. |
| 16:03 |
Tali Rosca |
But that's down to the specifics of the class, which I'll let you sort out. |
| 16:03 |
Tali Rosca |
I'll call this QA officially over. Feel free to mingle outside :-) |
| 16:03 |
Gronk Seriman |
Thank you, Deans! |
| 16:03 |
Steadman Kondor |
cheers, thank you all :) |
| 16:03 |
LittleToe Bartlett |
thank you |
| 16:03 |
Kira Patrick (kirapatrick.lexington) |
yay |
| 16:03 |
Ravelli Ormstein |
thank you all for coming, see you next week or tomorrow :-) |
| 16:04 |
Larkylurker (larkylouz) |
Thank you, Deans. |
| 16:04 |
Wordsmith Jarvinen |
Thank you all. |
| 16:04 |
Marion Questi |
Thank you all for coming! |