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Second Life Avatar Born Date: 12 May 2007
Second Life Avatar Born Date: 12 May 2007
I'm Scotts Winkler from Canada.
I'm Scotts Winkler from Canada.
I speak English.  
I speak English.  


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== Technical Experience ==
== Technical Experience ==
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* Languages: Java, C, C++, PHP/Mysql and many others
* Platforms: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Linux.
* Platforms: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Linux.
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== Second Life Experience  ==
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* RSS scripting for SL companies
* Contributor to XyText and Xyzzy "projects" with UTF-8 expansions
* Various scripting classes in Italian & English from March 2008 for Second Life Italian Mentors in SLVEC. (Basic and Advanced)
* Applied for teaching scripts in ASL
* Second Life Italian Speaking Mentor
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== My useful notepad for wikipages to check for mentors: ==




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* Monthly Meeting Schedule:
* Monthly Meeting Schedule:
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Monthly_Mentor_Meetings_and_Events_Schedule
http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Monthly_Mentor_Meetings_and_Events_Schedule
* Mentors Teaching Mentors
-- http://vteamblog.com/
The class announcements and schedules are maintained at the vteam blog.
-- http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Volunteer-sponsored_Classes
Another place
-- http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Mentors_Teaching_Mentors
Outlines the requirements for teaching other mentors
=== Mentor Goodies and Freebies ===
-- secondlife://app/teleport/SLVEC/120/128/22
-- secondlife:///app/teleport/SLVEC/120/128/22  <-- Windlight friendly link
-- secondlife://SLVEC/120/128/22
-- http://slurl.com/secondlife/SLVEC/120/128/22
Go to the kiosks all around the landing zone - explore the language-specific shops, pickup the latest Orientation Island HUDS and work them yourself (keep an unused one to give to a newbie who might not have their tutorial on their screen).  There are notecards with useful info, New Mentor Starter kits
* Wiki User Page creation
-- http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Quickie_Wiki_Intro
Shows you how to go about creating your User Profile Page (like the link at the bottom of my messages).  Translated into several languages for your convenience.
* Places to volunteer
-- http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Inworld_Locations_for_Volunteers
Suggestions on where to show up to help people.  Translated into a couple languages.
* Helping Residents & Troubleshooting tips
-- https://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/User:Lum_Pfohl/Troubleshooting
=== Other sources of information ===
* SL Forum (Restricted- requiring registered payment info)
-- http://forums.secondlife.com/
Discussions on scripting, access to a scripting library, the knowledgebase, Animation Tips, Building Tips, Texturing Tips, Scripting Tips, Movies and Machinima, etc., etc.!  Includes multi-language forums in German, Korean, Japanese, Italian and Spanish.
* SL Support Portal
-- https://support.secondlife.com
Access to FAQ's and Knowledgebase and Solution Finder.  Requires login (and available to basic membership residents).  For premium account residents, it also allows you to navigate to a Live Chat page with Linden Support.
* Resident Blogs & Tutorials
-- http://www.mermaiddiaries.com/2006/11/build.html
This girl is incredible! She will show you how to make everything from shoes to hair to clothing and more!
-- http://torley.com/
Torley Linden's blog where he features lots and lots of YouTube video tutorials on how to do stuff and what stuff mean.
--  http://www.vintfalken.com/
Like Natalia above, Vint Falken is another super-explorer with useful tutorials on just about any topic (including building and photoshop)
* Use Your Search Feature
-- Press the SEARCH button and select the ALL tab.  Enter "Mentor" and search.  Wiki pages, Mentor Buddy Lists can be viewed directly from inside SL without having to open up a new browser!
* When all else fails
-- http://www.google.com
Search for "  second life +site:youtube.com  "
Search for "  second life tier fees  "
Search for "  seocnd life mac right click  "
Search for "  second life estate tools  "
so on and so forth.
* What's been going on with SL
-- http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php
   
   
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Revision as of 04:05, 16 June 2008

Description

Second Life Avatar Born Date: 12 May 2007 I'm Scotts Winkler from Canada. I speak English.


Technical Experience

  • Platforms: Windows XP, Windows 2000, Linux.

Speaking Languages

  • Italian
  • English


  • The Volunteer Portal:

-- http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Volunteer_Portal This the gateway to much of our information. There is a lot of stuff here, if you dig for it.

  • The Tao of Volunteers:

-- http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Tao_of_Volunteers

  • VTEAM Blog:

-- http://vteamblog.com/ The VTEAM Blog has information about upcominng meeting & events, transcripts of meetings, and upcoming classes taught by mentors (week to week)

  • Monthly Meeting Schedule:

http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Monthly_Mentor_Meetings_and_Events_Schedule

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