Tonight at 5pm SLT: My First Second Life Book Signing In a Virtual New York Penthouse!

I'm in Manhattan to speak at the Fashion Institute's Technology Day with NWN style correspondent Iris Ophelia; it's open to the public, so if you're in New York tomorrow, hope you come by.

And tonight at 5pm SLT, I'm having the first signing of the virtual edition of my book (an extended excerpt you can read in SL) created by master metaverse publisher and genius scripter Falk Bergman. This is a mixed reality event, because I'm simultaneously having a book party in a New York City penthouse; the SL variation will be broadcast on a wall of the Manhattan apartment, so guests can watch the metaverse fete. In a short period of time, the endlessly talented Lyra Millionsofus created a gorgeously evocative recreation of the NYC apartment with many fine details, including animated finger food your avatar can eat.  To make things still more recursive, we'll be taking photos of the actual party and displaying them on a laptop sitting in the SL party.

To attend, send an IM to Lyra Millionsofus or me (Hamlet Au) between 5pm-8pm SLT, and we'll send you a teleport, space permitting.  Dress to impress the New York glitterati who'll be watching you onscreen.

SL party space and hosting generously provided by New World Notes Second Life partner Millions of Us, a leading metaverse marketing agency across many worlds.  Special thanks to their SL Community manager Lyra for her help and talent.

Real world party space and hosting generously provided by SL/RL consultant Schlink Lardner and Steve and Bob of Kiss My Face, a leading organic skin care company across two decades.

Comments

[Renmiri Writer]

Nice place!!! Lyra is a great builder :)

[Efemera Bisiani]

Sadly I couldn't make the event, but hope all had a great time. I was hoping to be able to attend because there's a question I've been wanting to ask you for a while now Hamlet.

Obviously, the white suit is a "trademark" for you, similar to ex-war correspondent Martin Bell, and it certainly makes you a recognisable figure. But why, given your skill at highlighting great content on the grid, have you not updated your look in what seems like forever (I'm guessing prolly since before I was rezzed!)? I'm sure Iris would help you shop if you asked nicely ;)

This is not as flippant a comment as it may seem. I can understand Philip staying in a system av as a statement regarding the inworld tools, (tho I bet his alt has a tasty skin and some nice threads!) but given your role in sharing the wonders of SL with us all, I'm not quite sure what your thinking on that is.

Personally, I look on my avatar as a form of art in itself. Not in the sense that the (also wonderful) Bettina Tizzy might highlight, my av is very much standard - human, nice hair, pretty clothes - but in the sense of an expression of our inner selves, a self-portrait if you will. I know that I am always growing and changing, and my look reflects this, in albeit subtle ways.

Is the fixed nature of your own look a statement that you are completely satisfied with yourself as you are now? Is it a way of masking your internal self from the SL community and thus encouraging further disclosure, in much the same way as a psycho-analyst will seat themselves out of sight of a patient? Or is it just because boys don't like to shop?!

[Hamlet Au]

These are good points! Never fear, a makeover is imminent.

Thanks for all who came, was a great time!