Building Blocks!!!

Over the past week or so, I've been getting acclimated to Minecraft...I couldn't really understand the point of it at first- I actually had my 7 year old cousin enthusiastically rant about the game, after which point I decided I really should give it a shot. I was still confused. That is, until Mike posted his awesome tutorial videos (Thanks Mike!!!). As a result, I was able to build a small house (or room, whatever you want to call it).

Andddd here it is!! Disclaimer: it isn't the most extravagant, but it's still functional!

Second Life Adventures

Greetings, all!

I haven't posted in quite a while, which is probably because of how frustrated I've gotten with our new platform, Second Life. I agree with everyone else who says that it's tough to adjust, because it is- people are a tad bit meaner in Second Life. For example, the first time I was exploring, I did not realize that my mic was on, and the administrator of a group I was exploring wrote a message to me saying something along the lines of "If you're not going to talk, turn your mic off. You're an adult so act like it." I know that isn't too rude but it definitely caught me off guard. Needless to say, I laid off of the exploring for a few days.

On a more positive note, the VWBPE conference is going on right now, and I attended my first session today (NonProfit Commons). Although I couldn't stay for the duration of the panel due to connectivity issues, I was still able to stay long enough to get the gist of what was going on. It was pretty cool to see people get together and to hear the panelist's story of how she became involved in Second Life!

This obviously isn't the best quality picture (again, I had wifi issuses), but here is Malo at the panel!