User:Torley Linden

Friendly greetings! I'm

Torley, you may've heard I love watermelons. It's true.

I started my Second Life as a Resident (affectionately abbreviated as "Resi") in 2004 before working for Linden Lab, and grew very passionate about making our world a better place for you to live.

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What I do

I'm the Resident Enlightenment Manager on the Community Initiatives Team.

I make video tutorials like this:

I also nourish content creativity — Texture Tools, Guide to High-Quality Photography, etc.
You can call me an avid photographer of inworld beauty, and spontaneous performance artist.
I've been known to wax philosophical and positively motivate others. Evangelizing how Second Life can improve your First Life is definitely a fave topic for discussion.
Additionally, I specialize in connecting seemingly unrelated pieces together and not just observing, but sharing eclecticism that gets missed!

I also share regularly on the Official Second Life Blog, with 150+ posts made.

These are some of my free textures:

For more on me, see my personal blog.

How to contact me

BE SURE to read this because it's ultra-important!

Curious? Please see my Frequently Answered Questions first.

You can contact me via this form.

IMs and notecards do NOT get read when I'm working.

If you want to chat with me inworld, Office Hours are your answer. I love having visitors. Please accept my advance apologies I'll likely not be able to attend events I'm invited to. Maybe someday when my Second Life's work is done. ;)

What I can't help with

I CAN'T help with account-specific issues (e.g., missing inventory, billing concerns, tech problems), but the Support Portal can. Nor can I reply to emails concerning legal, abuse, or other matters I don't know about.

My work queue is overflowing and to add to that would mean to slow down the many, many responsibilities I've already committed to. Questions about my direct duties get higher priority, especially if only I can answer them. Also see my FAQ. :)

Torley in other places

I like social networking. You can add me on: Clipmarks, FaceBook, Flickr, Koinup, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube.

NONE of these are official, so I can't reply to serious work-related matters on them, with the notable exception of video tutorials & related discussion which transcend Second Life.

Speaking/interview requests

I love public speaking. I'm enthusiastic, informative, and vibrant — among other things — so if you'd like me to do a talk or interview, email presscontact at secondlife dot com.

If this is for a first life event, please use the Speaker Request form.

Also good to know

I don't add to my Friends list because I find it too time-consuming to manage contacts. I still like you. :)
Please be aware chat and IMs you send me MAY NOT BE PRIVATE — my screen is sometimes recorded then broadcast on the Internet when I'm teaching classes, doing demos, testing, etc.
Generally, it takes me about 1-2 weeks to get to received inventory items. I enjoy them in batch mode so they have my full attention.
I usually don't blog about stuff (neither professionally nor personally) on request. I already have a long list of topics I'd like to get to "someday" and am inundated in ideas, so thanks in advance for your suggestion, but please understand I most likely won't be able to fulfill your request — unless by the wonder of synchronicity, it happens to already be on my list!