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This page is for scribbling ideas for Torley's Video Tutorials, including the omnifriendly "Tip of the Week" series. Feel free to add your own suggestions — if this page gets too long, we may need to organize it better, but for now, go wild using the format below:

== [TITLE OF SUGGESTED TIP] ==

* [FINER DETAILS]

* [MORE FINER DETAILS]

Here we go!

How to use streaming parcel media

Cover music + movies.
Show examples of playing .MP3s and .MOVs.
Video capture of web browser and URLs.
Make the very strong point that Linden Lab does not store what's streamed, we merely pass it along from an external webserver.

How to login with multiple accounts

Explain command line parameters briefly.
Show Second Life shortcut on desktop. (This will be Windows-specific, but in the text part of the blog post, there should be a link to Mac + Linux info.)
Also show how to login automatically but if I do this, BE VERY SURE to explain security risks involved.
Launch two viewers and show them both running momentarily.

How to terraform

Useful for landowners and showing the benefit to those interested in land.
Explain the somewhat-confusing UI and show what each tool does on a blank patch.
I reckon I'll wait for Gigs' VWR-2331 to be added first, it'd add a lot of nuances to the art.

How to start your own wiki page

This would primarily be web-based and showcase usefulness that most Resis don't know about. For example, User:Tid_Kidd.
Show simple wiki editing. (I should look for a richer, easier editor tho.)
Emphasize that it acts as an extended profile and can be linked to from inworld.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_page has good ideas.

Explain how deeded land works

Explain how one deed's land
Advantages and disadvantages of deeding land to a group
What the "Owner Makes Contribution With Deed" button means checking vs unchecking when deeding.
How to recover land from a group.
Warnings on making multiple owners of group owned land

Statistics Bar

View > Statistics Bar (Ctrl-Shift-1)
This could easily be a multi-part series
Most important, Simulator tab, understand why your lagging
What are all those pesky times (ms) ?

SL Etiquette

Teleporting. Explain why blindly walking around too soon around after tp is bad idea (pushing others etc).
(I always fly straight up after TPing to an unknown landmark/place until everything is rezzed.)
Excessive attachments, prims, and scripts. Explain how each impacts others' experience.
(Torley, I will add more to this short list as I think of more etiquette topics!! Others, feel free to edit!)
Flying or standing too close to a stranger--or their homes.
SHOUTING way too often.

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+== Headline text ==
 '''This page is for scribbling ideas for Torley's [[Video Tutorials]], including the omnifriendly "[http://blog.secondlife.com/?s=%22tip%20of%20the%20week%22 Tip of the Week]" series.''' Feel free to add your own suggestions — if this page gets too long, we may need to organize it better, but for now, ''go wild'' using the format below:
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 * Most important, Simulator tab, understand why your lagging
 * What are all those pesky times (ms) ?
+== SL Etiquette ==
+* Teleporting. Explain why blindly walking around too soon around after tp is bad idea (pushing others  etc).
+* (I always fly straight up after TPing to an unknown landmark/place until everything is rezzed.)
+* Excessive attachments, prims, and scripts. Explain how each impacts others' experience.
+* (Torley, I will add more to this short list as I think of more etiquette topics!! Others, feel free to edit!)
+* Flying or standing too close to a stranger--or their homes.
+* SHOUTING way too often.