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Amanda Crisp

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  1. 1 hour ago, Rhonda Huntress said:

    Because I was up?  Jax had some bad dreams last night.  I was up talking with him around midnight to 1:00

     

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    But I like Amanda's version better ;)

    I have no acceptable excuse....I was up because I'm crazy enough to work those hours.....

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  2. I really hate it when rah-rah junior management types confuse slogans for leadership :-) 

    They usually resist being trained out of that behavior, but enough "tell me how treating people like pre-schoolers helps us build a grown-up team?" Counseling sessions and they finally get the idea :-)

    Demings Point #10

    "Eliminate slogans, exhortations, and targets for the work force asking for zero defects and new levels of productivity. Such exhortations only create adversarial relationships, as the bulk of the causes of low quality and low productivity belong to the -system- and thus lie beyond the power of the work force."

     

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  3. My observation that from the 1970's until now, many companies wanted the label "Team" or "Team Based" but didn't want to actually -do- teams because then you have to hire specific (expensive) workers who can function in that kind of environment :-) They want technical ability with social skills - and that costs $$$.

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  4. On 7/28/2017 at 10:15 PM, Dillon Levenque said:

    Since Skell Dagger brought it up: ever since the whole corporate fascination with "teambuilding" started it's made me want to vomit. Don't get me wrong; I have no problem with monthly, weekly, or now and then picnics/catered lunches/whatever. They're fun, they're a good way to let people enjoy the company of other people they might not see often. They are not and will never be anything to do with team building,

    Teams are built in a working environment among people who do their jobs properly and know who  else in the company does the same. They learn who can be counted upon to get something done, or answer a question accurately, or help with a problem.

    Other people can be sweet as can be and always nice, and they may be a ton of fun at the Christmas party, but if they aren't the kind of people described in the previous paragraph, all the teambuilding exercises in the world are not going to make them part of anybody's team.

     

     

    That sounds more like "mandatory fun" than actual Team Building :-) 

    Where I work, we keep the two very separate...

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  5. Personally, I think it's good for people to have -some- ethos by which they conduct their lives as long as that ethos does not espouse oppressing others, justify slaughter and actually adds something positive to the community.

    Personally, I get just as much from the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, the writings of Marcus Aurelius (stoicism) and the Martial Art of my choice as I do from any one religion.

    My skepticism about this thread comes from the OPs either glaring ignorance of the target audience or their inventive trolling of this community; and bad personal experiences with people who thought killing in the name of God was OK.

    I believe in an intelligence greater than mere humanity, I also believe we have yet to figure out what that really is :-)

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  6. On 7/23/2017 at 3:54 PM, Alwin Alcott said:

    test it by opening it in a mediaplayer or browser

    that you hear it is no proof the stream is really working.

    Using SAM I can disable monitoring the direct-audio from my stream and only listen to what comes over the SL connection; that way I am hearing what the guests do.

  7. I guess the best advice I can give is;

    (a) Save up and get SAM Broadcaster and

    (b) Seriously price-shop your stream provider

    (c) Save up for a *good* headset with mic if you're going to voice DJ

    (d) Grab a sound-manipulation program (Audacity is free) to cleanup any audio that needs it or adjust gain levels. I also use it to create custom advertising, bumper music, rejoins and so-forth.

    (e) Have an extensive and good-quality music library - or be prepared to download on the fly. By "good quality" I mean consistent gain-levels and no "audio junk" that sometimes comes with things downloaded from  YouTube in addition to the song itself (audio commentary).

     

    Pricewise, SAM is up there (you CAN catch sales on it) but it's the most user-friendly DJ program I have used (I started with Shoutcast/Winamp) and it's great for adding Requests and modding playlists on the fly. It's also awesome for adding iTunes content. It also has countdown counters that tell you exactly how long your last song has still to play; invaluable when handing off to another DJ seamlessly.

    There are a ton of resources and YouTube tutorials on SAM as well.

    We're not supposed to advertise much, but you can do a lot better buying stream-time inworld than you can paying RL streaming companies. If you check Search for "stream providers" you should see some hits, or IM me in world.

    I have a Sennheiser headset that I got on sale and I love it :) Having a headset with a good mic (and amp) will also help you avoid "mumbling DJ syndrome"

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  8. I really dislike having to rezz a box. Frequently I'm working one event and getting ready for another, being at a vanilla 80's event and having the latest dominatrix outfit show itself as  I try to unpack it (advertising on the box) can be awkward.

    Really, I would be happy if all content creators would just clearly label their boxes if it's going to rezz something inworld instead of invis-attach.....

    I hate the animated bags too......

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  9. The odd question is, if SL is becoming more a game; what game is it ?

    Roleplay has dwindled here to the point where that "if drug infested urban blight is not your thing; you are out of luck" (with few exceptions).

    Personally I think LL has made some critical errors in Resident Relations and outside Public Relations that -could- be fixed, but will not be because the Great God Sansar is soaking all the developmental attention.

  10. 4 hours ago, redlght said:

    IMHO it is dying so many sims and no owners or staff you just wander around aimlessly plus a lot of sims are just parking lots now 50 avis standing around doing nothing and a few sims now have robot avis to make them look like they have people in them. I have been on for 5 or 6 years and i have notice a lack of interaction it is way down from 6 years ago. If your going to make a public sim make sure you can staff it or the controls of the sim can not be used by guests. all of the prison sims are a waste of time now a few people in them all stick together no greeters or any thing. Like all fads i guess SL fades like any other.

    You were looking to be incarcerated in a prison sim?  Try a BDSM sim, they have better stuff :-)

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  11. On 7/27/2017 at 5:17 AM, ChinRey said:

     Besides, there are so many 1980s Disco Role Play sites in SL already we don't really need another one.

    One observation..... when I DJ for people in SL who make requests for stuff from the 70's, 80's and 90's - they are the demographic that tips well........ they also tend to be SL "older" residents.

    My usual set is a mix of everything from 1981 to today; and after a while I have noticed a trend....... :-)

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  12. Welcome Matt :-)

    The fastest way to get into Circulation is to use Search to find in world counterparts to things you like to do and then join those groups. Clubbing helps, as long as you're willing to initiate conversation yourself - my experience is that half of SL logs on and then waits for someone else to break the ice :-)

    These forums are a good place to network too, hang out here for a while and participate and pretty soon you'll have all kind of interesting people to talk to here, and in SL.

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  13. 7 hours ago, CanisMercy said:

    I think in SL you are whoever you are and it shouldn't have to matter who you are in the real world.
    For example, I am an Opossum in secondlife. 
    It should be no concern to anyone else that I may not be in real life.

    Embrace your virtual Oppossum-ness!

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  14. I'm always quietly amused when a particular relative-by-marriage compliments me almost every summer about how well I tan (she's very scandanavian blonde and has some issues with Race). She always is SO nice to me, and I wonder if that would continue if she saw my genetic history and found out why :-)

    Probably so, she already knows me :-) She's not hopeless.

    23-And-Me genetic testing has cause some people emotional trauma tho :-)

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