First the sad news: Rik's Picks will no longer be this blog's SL Events calendar. After covering them since 2006 with wit and grace, Rik Riel is moving on to other projects. Follow his ongoing adventures in both worlds at his excellent blog.
Now the glad news: I'm very happy to welcome Charlanna Beresford as my new Events hostess; Lanna's List debuts this Thursday. She comes highly recommended, and I can't wait to get her take on things to do in-world. "As my friends will attest," she writes me, "I've been searching for a way to contribute to Second Life that is uniquely me. In both my first and second lives, I absolutely love building community and connecting people to information that would make their lives better or more enjoyable even in a small way." Works for me.
So, got an Event to announce on Lanna's List? Details and guidelines for contacting her after the break. Since Rik's exit, we've changed the event guidelines a bit.
SUBMITTING EVENTS FOR COVERAGE IN New World Notes
Every Thursday morning, NWN highlights events for the upcoming weekend into next Wednesday. If you'd like an event to be considered, send the description and event link to Charlanna Beresford via IM or e-mail her at [email protected]. You can also contact Lanna through her Facebook profile, where she's listed as "Charlanna Beresford".
Main guidelines:
1 - Events for the coming week must be received by Tuesday Noon SLT.
2 - Include all the relevant info-- day, time, and especially the SLURL to the event location.
3 - Please send related graphics such as screenshots or photo of the event site, if available.
4 - Events with artistic, cultural, scientific, political, creative, and/or educational value preferred.
5 - Events sponsored or promoted by real world corporations are welcome, as long they serve and entertain the Second Life community, and/or foster Resident-made content (live music, builds, scripting, fashion, games, etc.) Events that merely promote the company or organization's Second Life presence are not generally appropriate; you may instead consider advertising your event or service on New World Notes.
6 - Mature-rated events are permissible, but listing descriptions should be PG-13. Political and religious events are encouraged, though those of an extreme or non-inclusive variety are rarely included.
7 - Bonus consideration given to game-related or machinima events, and for events with "I've never seen that in SL before" value.
Thanks Rik for all your great suggestions. I popped inworld a number of times the past year to see some of the best events around because of your helpful write-ups.
Charlanna, I'd love it if you'd create a GCalendar feed, as Rik did :-)
Posted by: Viajero Pugilist | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 02:55 AM
My hearty congratulations to Lanna! Rik has left quite a legacy, but Lanna is surely the person to... well, not fill his shoes, but slip on a slightly different, more feminine pair of blogging heels. I'm looking forward to the first 'Lanna's List'. :)
Posted by: Vidal Tripsa | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 05:17 AM
While I also hate to see Rik go, I am thrilled that Lanna is going to be using her unique talents to bring us a little slice of the best of SL. Of course, maybe I'm a little biased. ;)
Posted by: Kit Meredith | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 05:38 AM
Congrats to Lanna on her new position! As a new regular reader of NWN I'm sure to be well informed ^__^
Posted by: Gita Rau | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 07:30 AM
Congrats to Lanna on her new position! As a new regular reader of NWN I'm sure to be well informed ^__^
Posted by: Gita Rau | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 07:55 AM
Very best wishes to Lana and congrats to Hamlet for choosing the perfect person for the job. I'll be looking forward to reading Lana's List every week... ;)
Posted by: Michel Manen | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 08:06 AM
Congrats to Lanna. I am highly interested to see what events she brings to the SL Blogging table.
Posted by: Oxytone | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 09:29 AM
I'm both saddened to be leaving a post that I've enjoyed filling since 2006 and happy to be passing it on to someone who I'm confident will bring new energy and direction to the Event Picks.
Charlanna clearly is doing this for the right reasons, and is keen to highlight the best of what's happening in the metaverse. All the best!
Posted by: rikomatic | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 11:28 AM
I had the pleasure of meeting Lanna last night and chatting a bit after hearing many good things about her. Congratulations Lanna and NWN.
Posted by: Chez Nabob | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 11:42 AM
Thanks to all of you for the very kind welcome! I will do my best to keep the quality as high as Rik was able to do with his picks. If you have any suggestions, please feel free to email or IM me. :)
Posted by: Lanna | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 02:14 PM
This should be fun! Lanna's observations are bound to be both insightful and entertaining -- she's steered me to some of the best haps and info re: SL so I'm looking forward to seeing what she has in store for us. And no, the lovely Lanna did not pay me to write this (thanks for the shoes, the house, the parcel and those fabulous skins, Lanna) ;-)
Posted by: boheme Oh | Tuesday, April 22, 2008 at 08:37 PM
Best wishes and bon voyage to Rik! He's been a gem to work with.
Wow, whoever recommended Lanna must have keen insight and be a stellar judge of character! :P
Can't wait for Lanna's List!
Posted by: Sophrosyne Stenvaag | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 12:31 AM
Congratulations Lanna, and Hamlet I think you made a wonderful choice.
Posted by: Faerie | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 04:20 AM