Improve Social Skills?

I think there is a time and a place for virtual worlds. Could this be one of them?

clipped from regulus2.azstarnet.com Autism and virtual reality There are several “islands” specifically for people with ASDs and their families and friends. These havens are meant to be a safe environment where they can interact with others and be themselves without the real-life pressures they encounter when the go out in the real world. There are meetings, parties, and support groups scheduled just like in the real world, except the people attending them may be sitting at computers in different countries, yet attend the same party. Brigadoon is designed for those with Asperger’s Syndrome, who are generally higher functioning than many with autism. Autistic Liberation Front is run by a group that supports neurodiversity. Then there’s Naughty Auties, run by a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome. practicing social skills with SIMmersion or interacting with people in Second Life from the safety of homemay be better than no interaction at all. They could lead to improved social skills.

Another Second Life Resource

"TBD has broadened its scope to include development of full learning environments in the virtual world of Second Life. This new offering includes consulting on land selection and purchase, security configuration, marketing plan development in-world, terra-forming, landscaping, facility builds, avatar customization, team onboarding and training, and development of custom learning curriculum."

TBD Consulting Launches New Offering in Second Life

Has TBD Consulting done a market analysis? Is there an interest in hiring a consulting firm to establish a presence in Second Life?

In my experience with Second Life, those interested dive in and do it themselves. I found more consultants for Second Life than actual clients interested in hiring a consultant. Knowledge is free in Second Life. Residents are very willing to share with one another.

I have also witnessed people claiming to be potential clients receive a price quote and back away. The price quote is given in "real life" dollars. They were expecting virtual currency. It is more cost effective, easier and simply more fun to do it yourself.

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Just remember...

ultimately you do not own anything online.

clipped from virtuallyblind.com Coming Soon to a 3D Printer Near You: Mixed Reality Intellectual Property Infringement 2) In most games, you agree — via a clickthrough screen — that you have no ownership over the cool stuff you create. Even if you aren’t ripping off Lost or Nike (see links above) and are only doing original creations, you have to be careful about intellectual property issues. Sometimes (like in Second Life) the Terms of Service allow you to retain ownership of the intellectual property in your in-world creations. For most games, though, the Terms of Service and End User License Agreements say you own absolutely nothing. 3) We’re getting close to consumer-level 3D fabrication technology, which will let you make plastic 3D models (a.k.a. professional-grade home-made toys) based on that cool stuff you create on your computer. The technology is already reasonably priced for small businesses, and in fact, one company, Fabjectory is already selling plastic versions of Second Life avatars.

Are looking for passion?

This is a motivational post. It is worth your read.

clipped from thinksimplenow.com How to Find Passion in Your Job Exercise: How to Find Passion in Your Job Take a notebook with you at all times. Systematically noting down things that are pretty darn good about your job. Things you enjoy. Things you are grateful for. Co-workers you like. Take one thing from this list that is important to you and significant to the company. Come up with a simple one month project where you will be increasing that component in your daily life. Example, if you work with a few pleasant customers, then the project could be: how to get more customers like that? Or, how to get our current customers to be like that? Or, how to get more work with those pleasant customers? Do something every day to help you accomplish your projects goal. It’s best to do this in the morning as a priority item, but anytime during the day will give you a boost. Evaluate your progress at the end of the month. Give yourself more time if you need.

T.E.A.C.H.

It is too easy online to act, feel and then think. My advice-feel it, think about it, then act.

clipped from pos-psych.com I know what I was feeling, but what was I thinking? Recently, Sherri Fisher, John Yeager, and I have been working with TEACH(tm), especially as we work in the education field.  This acronym stands for Thoughts - Emotions - Actions - Consequences - Here we go again!  Thoughts lead to Emotions which power Actions which cause Consequences which start either an upward or downward spiral.  The insight of cognitive behavioral therapy that’s captured and put to work in resilience training is that by working with out thoughts about a situation, we can also change our emotions.  Changing our emotions helps change our actions, thus consequences, and makes upward spirals more likely!

Stop Taking Short Cuts

the best investment in your success is you.

clipped from www.positivityblog.com 5 Healthy Reasons to Stop Looking for Magic Pills Well, basically looking at something – a book or a just a tip – as a complete and quick solution for your problem. Thinking that that thing will “fix you”, just like a pill from the doctor could. Desperately looking for the “next big thing” and when disappointed with that one going looking for the next one could take up a lot of energy. And a lot of time. Perhaps even years. There is a lot of value in a lot of products and in what a lot of people say. But if you expect them to be able to just fix your problem then of course you’ll always be disappointed. Totally unrealistic expectations will bring you down and can transform a great, helpful product into a disappointment in your eyes. Maybe you are overcomplicating things by reading 25 books about your problem and thereby - in your mind - making your challenge into a bigger and more complicated deal than it may actually be?

Notes about Copyright

People think the copyright law is more complicated than it is.

clipped from www.wikihow.com How to Understand Copyright Basics Understand that nearly everything on the Internet, and everywhere else, is copyrighted, by default. "I found it on the Internet" is not a defense against copyright infringement; works on the Internet are as copyrightable as any other kind of work. Nor is "it didn't say it was copyrighted". In nearly all jurisdictions (including the United States, and all other Berne Convention signatories), it is not necessary for a work to have an explicit copyright notice for it to be copyrighted.[1] It is also not necessary for copyright in a work to be registered; this simply makes it easier to be compensated in court. Without an explicit dedication to the public domain, assume that it is still under copyright. It doesn't need one of these to be copyrighted.