Amanda Crisp

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

Because people of Extreme Awesomness never sleep well at night :-)

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."

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 $$$.

That sounds more like "mandatory fun" than actual Team Building :-) Where I work, we keep the two very separate...

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 :-)

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.

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"

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......

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.

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

Did you ever wonder if maybe we got it wrong and this was actually supposed to be a love-scene?

The strange effects of working for a living...... On Saturday Night....... But By Next Friday...

/me tosses Captain Kirk onto the thread to keep it entertained...sort-of..... ".....come at me Lizard-boy..."

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....... :-)

Second Life Privacy Settings.....

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.

"The one big hang up about an unbounded virtual life is that so many people insist on living it with the limitations of the physical one." -Amanda "Holy crap that was serious!" Keen

So I thought it might be fun to collect some one or two-sentence wisdom from everyone; your Deep Thoughts on SL compressed in quotable form..... Humor is welcome ....... always.... I'll kick us off :-)

Its....still going......

You are definitely in the right place :-)

I approve of the diaper. All of my ex's should probably have had one, because I kept scaring the crap out of them......

Too Much Coffee... or something.....

Embrace your virtual Oppossum-ness!

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 :-)