Today I got a chance to stop into Andrews class. For those of you that don’t know, Andrew has been taking some time to teach a few high school kids a little bit about Second Life.

This got us thinking that it would be nice to host a few classes for people out there that may want a learn a little more about Second Life. We plan to hold a class sometime in the near future and would love for you to join us. Please contact us and let us know if you would be interested.

I also posted a new short video today just to show some shots of our new island. Check it out on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R0efuev7S0

The Honolulu Second Life project was exciting for Designing Digitally, Inc., as it was unique to most builds that had been done in the past. Rather than owning a private island, Honolulu Fish and Seafood Corp. They had 4 regions next to each other on the main land. Although they expressed interest in purchasing a private island in the future, they felt it would be best to utilize their current land at this point. This was no problem for the Designing Digitally, Inc. team. The client had a strong vision for their island which they were able to convey through pictures and discussions, and the build took little more than week to develop from the ground up. Honolulu Fish and Seafood Corp.’s island is a replication of Pier 38 in Honolulu, Hawaii, complete with a dock and a building to hold all of their videos and product information.

Designing Digitally Inc. sucessfully finished Nintchapter.com today! Congrats to our web development department!

NinthChapter is a forum for a community of writers with the ultimate goal of completing a book in nine chapters. Once you sign up to become a member of NinthChapter, you have the ability to write and submit a 1st Chapter. Other members can read this 1st Chapter and, if they like it, can write and submit the next chapter. Once a chapter is submitted, members have 3 weeks to submit the next chapter for a vote to take place on a specified date. The chapter that gets the most votes becomes the next chapter in the book. This process repeats itself until a book is completed – hopefully in nine chapters! Members are encouraged to discuss these chapters on message boards in order to create more ideas, to decide when to bring a story to a close, etc… NinthChapter will then attempt to get this book published. Those authors whose chapters were voted to be included will have their name, photograph (optional) and a short biography printed in the finished book. A percentage of a book’s profits will be split equally among the writers whose chapters were included in the book.

For more information see:

http://www.ninthchapter.com

We have released our 2008 Corporate island. This design was out of the ordinary for most SL builds. We wanted to push the limits of Second Life by developing an abstract corporate headquarters. Many times when building we take for granted that there is no gravity within this virtual environment. We wanted to show everyone out there looking at Second Life that we can push the limits of design to better promote the organizations that are in need of branding themselves. If you are looking for a professionally designed island/sim within Second Life you are definitely at the right place!