06-30-2006 19:12
Hope you can all join us for July’s Town Hall with Philip Linden on Friday, July 7 at 10:30am PDT/SLT.

As with last time, the Town Hall will be broadcast via streaming audio in Second Life with Residents asking questions via SKYPE and Philip responding using voice. We will also provide a 'type along' transcript in-world as Philip speaks as well, simply join the group Town Hall Closed Captioning. We will also provide a transcript here in the forums after the fact, although it may take several days to post.

The URL for the audio stream is: http://screlay-dtc0s-3.shoutcast.com:8080

We will also tape the entire event and create a podcast, which will then available at Second Life Music Page (and via iTunes), for those who can't make the original meeting.

If you do want to attend the meeting in person, we will gather at the Pooley Stage

Don’t have a headset or want to skype in but still have a question? Simply join the group Linden Town Hall Questions – which will be monitored during the event for extra questions between Skype calls. Please note: Due to obvious time constraints, not all questions will be able to be asked!

Closed Captioning
Based upon feedback from several groups of Second Life Residents, we’ve added a new If you would like to listen to a live Town Hall transcript during the event, please join the group Town Hall Closed Captioning – this will be a live transcript of the event. This group is not for asking questions, but for reading along with the voice Town Hall.


More Info about Using Skype:
Please note, we aren't soliciting questions in advance. Philip plans to start out with some thoughts he wants to share and then we'll open up for call-in questions. There are three qualifications for a person to call in:

1. Skype - Make sure your Skype is working. Download the latest version here and test it out before the event.

2. Headset - The reason is simply because speakers combined with a microphone almost always guarantees unpredictable echo.

3. Turn off SL Audio During Call – Please, please, please - when you call into the conference, you must have already turned off your computer’s audio. The 10-15 seconds of delay between the Skype conference and the sound heard in Second Life from the stream is very confusing.


Friendly Tip: Anyone trying Skype for the first time should use the built in test call so they can hear themselves and adjust their volume and headset prior to calling in. It's common for callers to either chew on their mic (have it too close) or to have the microphone just under their nose or mouth. Sometimes the best sound is achieved when the mic boom is near your chin - away from air flow.