Say a Prayer for Google Lively

There was a lot of buzz when Google entered the Virtual World scene with Google Lively, would this be the virtual world to take over Second Life? The brand opportunities were talked about in Lively without understanding the target market.

Lively didn't have anything that captured my attention, they lost me as soon as I realized they didn't have a Mac platform. Being a Mac user, I could only view from afar and from what I could see it looked like just a 3-D chat room to me.

Good Nite Google Lively

Make me Look Beautiful Like my Avatar

Over the past year my avatar creating skills have increased greatly.  I have nipped and tucked; edited and purchased; and tossed my head about watching my new flexi hair flow.  ETD and Hairspray island have been a great resource for my many hair styles.  I recently heard a lot of laughter when I took a picture of my avatar Kaline Hax to my hair dresser and said, "can you make me look like her?"  I am now sporting the same hair cut as my avatar.  Now all I need is to edit 20 lbs from my middle and we would be twins, Kate and Duplikate.

It's Been a Whole Year of Second Life

It has been just over a year since the creation of my first avatar, ToriKate Beck. She was invited from Orientation Island to a meeting on Dr. Dobbs Island. ToriKate arrived at the meeting with her default Linden helmet hair, a tacky purple sweater and jeans. The other two attendees were gorgeous with their perfect long flowing hair, tailored fine clothing and freckled skin. I was invited to sit down and was given instructions to right click and select “sit” from my options available. I followed these directions but my avatar’s response was to plop herself down on the ground several feet away from her chair. It was after several more failed attempts and a case of the giggles before I was told to right click "on the chair" and select sit. I was totally exhausted before I planted ToriKate in her chair. Now on with this meeting.