Monthly Archives: July 2009

Second Life 101: gateway communities – Australia, Ireland, and Turkey

  Today we’ll explore Australian, Irish, and Turkish gateway communities in Second Life. Like Australia itself, the Australian-themed Big Pond gateway community is vast, comprising 16 sims with names such as Ponderama, Pondune, Pondessa, and Pondune. Big Pond is far … Continue reading

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Second Life 101: gateway communities – Holland, Avatar Island, Benelux, and China

This is the first in a series of articles about Second Life gateway communities, which were discussed in the last Second Life 101 article, Renting and Gateway Communities. Today we’ll examine four gateway communities: Virtual Holland, BeNeLux Community Gateway, 3Immersions, … Continue reading

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Second Life 101: gateway communities and renting

There are two more important things for prospective and new Second Life members to consider: gateway communities and renting land. Communities Like our physical world, Second Life is a vast place, with much variety, and a wide variety of languages … Continue reading

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Second Life 101: getting started

Today’s column is for the newest of the new, people who have been hearing about Second Life and want to try it themselves. The good news is that you can join Second Life for free. You can download the software, … Continue reading

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Visit the famed Hotel Chelsea, now in Second Life

  For over a hundred years, New York‘s Hotel Chelsea has been famed for the many prominent artists, writers, and other creative people of the twentieth century who stayed or lived there. The very long list includes Bob Dylan, Janis … Continue reading

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