I was reading this on Friday, then it got posted to Slashdot, then I forgot about it till I was searching for something in Google Desktop and it popped up from my web history in that particular search.

Aimee Webber is a design guru. Possibly in real life, I don’t know for sure, but definitely in Second Life. Most recently she is famous for creating a Kiosk for the singer Regina Spektor as a paying commission from Warner Brothers Records. If you haven’t seen the kiosk, you definitely want to check it out sometime, its pretty damn impressive. Of course, that’d require that you have an account in Second Life (mail me if you’d like an invite.)

Recently Aimee Weber wrote an article that explained the basics of starting your own 2L business. Its actually pretty good, covering off things like being able to manage your time and delivering on your promises. Essentially, running a 2L business is no different to running a Real Life business, just happens to be that your products/services are virtual.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Intro to Advanced Business in Second Life, my name is Aimee Weber and I will be your professor today. To attend this class, you should already have an impressive mastery of at least one prerequisite skill in SL including scripting, building, texturing, terraforming, or project management. I know many of you are quite the hotshots in one or more of these areas, but today we will address the time honored question of “How can my skillz pay the billz?”

Going professional in Second Life may seem like the start of a dream job. You get to tinker with the bleeding edge of 3D internet technology while at home, in your pajamas, and possibly drunk. But before you quit your day job, you’re going to have to make some changes in your perspective on SL and how you present yourself to the virtual world.

Going Pro in SL – New World Notes

So why am I taking more of an interest in Second Life?

Well, I’ve had an account since November 2005, and I’ve barely used it. However, this weekend I ended my subscription to World of Warcraft and am thinking of using the time to instead learn how to build stuff in Second Life that might be of use to not only myself, but also to others. I’m not a designer by any stretch of the imagination, but coding is something I can handle without too much difficulty. So I’ve started learning the LSL scripting language in an effort to see if I can start to use that skill to make me some money in the game itself.

I’m in no rush here, I probably won’t be returning to WoW for a little while (certain things happened there that have gotten to me lately) and I’m in definitely going to be spending some time playing Guild Wars again, but those are pretty passive. As open as Guild Wars is, Second Life allows me to create things and then sell those things. Thats a pretty massive deal to me.

So my interest will suddenly be taking a major swing towards 2L coding and trying to create really cool things. But first, I need to learn to create those things, so there is a significant learning curve involved in doing so.

So Kinthiri will live on, but as a Second Life resident more than a Warcraft Resident. ;-)

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