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Second Life For Dummies
In jargon-free accessible language, this book will tell you just what you need to know and nothing you don't. Topics covered include:
* what to do once you get off Orientation Island and how to get around
* customizing your avatar to get the look you want
* Exchange rates from real world dollars to Linden dollars
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managing your finances and making purchases
* meeting the folks you want to meet and deflecting those you don't
* developing a home base for yourself in-world
* helping create the world in which you want to reside by literally designing the things you want-- clothing, transportation, art pieces, etc.
CONTENTS:
Part 1: Second Life Overview and Basics
1. The meaning of Second Life
2. Tweaking Your System: Adjusting Your Computer to Best Run Second Life
3. Starting Your second Life
4. Navigating the second life interface and world
Part 2: Living Your Second Life-Exploring and Socializing
5. Creating your second life Persona
6. Jumping into the conversation: Express Yourself
7. Getting a Social Second Life
8. Staying in Your Second Life Comfort Zone
Part 3: Inventory, Cash, and Land
9. Becoming Materialistic with Your Second Life Inventory
10. Understanding the second Life Economy
11. Spending Your cash in second life
12. Staking your claim in second life
Part 4: Building and Customizing
13. Building Basics
14. Taking Your Building skills to the next level
15. The Clothes Make the avatar : Create your own clothing
16. Making a statement with poses, animations, and gestures
Part 5: Real life Opportunities in Second Life
17. Getting paid in second life (It's not easy)
18. Bringing Big Business to second life
19. Education in second life
Part 6: The Part of tens
20. Ten (or so) Great Places to Shop
21. Ten Great Places to Visit
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