[sl] My SL Views Trip
Hey all! I just got back from a lovely weekend in San Francisco. I was invited by Linden Lab to participate in the SL Views program. For those who aren't familiar with SL Views - it is a meeting in which involved residents of the community are chosen to discuss the long term development and feature design of the Second Life platform. Sounds exciting, yeah? Well, it was definitely an experience of a lifetime! We spoke and gave our input about various topics ranging from Voice Implementation, to Group Tools, and UI design. (Look forward to some exciting new features, folks!)
I met many Lindens face-to-face and had conversations with them (very interesting to see how their RL avatar differs from their SL one). Oh, and I met some amazing residents - most of which were from the main grid. I also got to meet my longtime SL buddy Brooke Barmy, whom I've known in SL for almost 2 years now. We were a very eclectic group with skills scattered all over the spectrum, yet we all managed to relate because of one commonality. That commonality being - we are all residents of Second Life.
The actual meeting/discussion was held in a seperate building than LL's main offices, but after the meeting was over we headed over for a reception. Lindens really know how to plan a reception, let me tell you. There was lots of food and everyone was pretty eager to eat. After all, it had been a long day! LL's office and work environment in general is absolutely astonishing. They are big into transparency, and as such, all of their desks are in one large room - no cubicles or anything! Blue Linden gave Brooke and I the tour of the building. Now, if you think Blue is an interesting character in-world, he is even friendlier and definitely more responsive in First Life. haha! Oh, and he is a big fan of Kidrobot and has a real aviator cap on his desk - there's a Linden factoid for those who are interested. Gotta love Bloo!
The LL resident signature board that I forgot to sign because I was too busy talking to people! grrr
Oh, how I miss San Francisco already... 
