Where's the inspiration ..

Blah .. it's been cold lately and it's summertime so I don't understand it really. I've taken numerous RL photos and barely any SL photos. I still hang out in Second Life to keep in touch with inworld friends and also to 'work'? If it weren't for these two things then I would just as well leave Second Life altogether to work on enhancing and enjoying my Real Life.

Blah.. perhaps I am just in need of dire inspiration. Perhaps I have extended myself onto so many other blogs that I am experiencing 'blog text block'. Who knows.

All's well the ends well - and so far nothing has ended ... or began?

Blah.

Photo Journalist SEEKS Writers, Artists, Ads

Here's a PLUG for a magazine I work with *smiles*


Writers wanted:
Professional, aspiring or other, for article/story submissions for the 1st TOUCH Magazine Summer Edition. If your article/story inspires and can touch the hearts and lives of readers then contact us. We want to meet with you.

Artists wanted:
To grace the pages of 1st TOUCH with visual and thought inspiring work that shows a connection between Real Life and Second Life. If you would like your work to be shown in one of SL's thought provoking and art focused magazines then contact us. We want to meet you.

Ads wanted:
Do you have a business or service that you would like to tell people about? Then please contact us for advertising information.
(Sorry, due to the nature of 1st TOUCH, we will not be accepting ads that are of a 'sexual' or 'mature' related content - we are not that kind of a magazine. But we are in no way against these types of businesses or services.)


For a copy of the 1st TOUCH Spring Edition simply teleport to the df design studio at [envy] to pick up your copy.

Home is where the heart is ...

The street where I now live is lined with pastel coloured, pre-war, apartment buildings. One part leads to streets and a community that is abundant with little shops, bakery's, cafe's, ethnic restaurants and art galleries. The city's University is just around the corner so the area is always filled with interesting people to look at.



On the other end of the street are steps that lead to a quaint little park. We pass this park on the way to the nearby train station or to the heart of the district.

There is no street in the world that I would rather live on, than on this one. It is the street where my new home is - a special place that I share with the one I love.

WIndow of Opportunity

The winds of change have taken me across the Altantic Ocean to Deustchland. This is a good thing. It would be nice to photograph life in another country.

I only regret not recounting the events that had lead me thus far as it happened. Perhaps during rainy days, I will start to write the events as they have occurred, chronologically.

As this blog is much about photographing my experiences in Second Life, it will now include photographs of my Real Life. The reason is simple. My Second Life has just recently merged with my Real Life! The avatar that I had met on December 24, 2006, who had proposed to me on the very night of our meeting (within minutes of our meeting), is now very much a part of my Real Life.

I am pleased to say that Fim Fischer and Ysabel Isabella have courageously crossed the boundaries of Second Life and made the decision to carry on their *partnership* in Real Life.

As for now, it is just enough to say that I am happy and in love with my new home.

slnn.com coverage

Just wanted to let you all know that an article on the df design group was written for slnn.com.

I met Diago Quaranta while on my way to the ITE 2007 Conference at Silicon Island last Friday April 20th. Actually, he had IM'd me as I was waiting for the conference to start, so I decided to tp him over.

The interview took place at the gallery's 2nd floor at [envy] where the Collective Project exhibits are on display. He was a very personable young gentleman, working at slnn.com as a journalism intern. It was one of the easiest interviews I had ever done ... and it felt 'nice' to be on the 'questioning' end, for once.

The article can be viewed here.

Real Life Blog Just Launched!

My partner, Fim Fischer and I have decided to go 'open source' to so speak. Our decision to not only merge our second lives with our real lives has gone further towards emerging slowly into Real Life.

Our first venture starts with today's launch of the Villadar+Link Blog. This bold and courageous act of no longer keeping both lives separate and private will pioneer this new 'convergence' of the 3D client with the REAL 3D World.

For more updates and with the latest news go to the Villadar+Link Blog.

Introducing : AD MOO!! A new way of Branding!

Okay, *branding* as in advertising branding, not cow branding. In case the SL Animal Rights Committee takes wind of this and wants to investigate further the legitimacy of this concept, I will make it known in here - that I have nothing to hide!

Ummmmm *hide* as in *not reveal* and not to be mistaken as *cow hide*. Crap, why don't I just stop here and shoot myself. *smiles*

AD MOO may perhaps be an old dog with a new twist. Cow's have been around the advertising realm for decades. They are non-threatening, large enough to hold their own presence ... and the latter is exactly what I will focus on, to let the market know that df design is a young and up and coming force in the design piece field.

For more information on AD MOO email ysabel.isabella@yahoo.com or simply IM me inworld.