6 May 2008 - Delving into Development

6 May 2008 - Delving into Development

I'm starting with Second Life Getting Started. I want to find out about developers who can help, I need to know about accounts and land. I'm looking for educational best practices.

Land
- Buy land
- Land Use fee
- Islands are separate and they seem to be the way to go. "Private Island ownership lets you create a secure "intranet" space with restricted membership for your students and faculty, or you can open it up to be accessible to everyone on the Second Life Grid". I think this is what most people do. Also, less vulnerable to griefers.

- Charged based on max usage over 30 days

I find Guidelines for Educators. It looks interesting.

I decide to open the Second Life Official Guide
Prims, objects, parameter modelling, models, meshes, rezzing objects...
This is a lot of jargon and it's all introduced before the Getting Started Section, which is scary.
But they say it's like using Lego
I may need to just get a premium account and go do this

I'm interested in how short my attention span is here. Cognitive load is something I find compelling.

"Islands are priced at US$1,000 for 65,536 square meters (about 16 acres). Monthly land fees for maintenance are US$295."
Yikes!

I'm very hungry. I'm going home now.