SL Interview

My first extended chat with another SL resident. Was too shy to find someone random. Interviewed a volunteer at The Shelter for newbies. I cut out the 'noise' from other folks' convos.

[11:06] You: hi dylan
[11:06] Dylan Rickenbacker: Hiya mymeesis
[[11:06] You: if you're not too busy can i ask you a few questions
[11:07] Dylan Rickenbacker: sure you can :-)
[11:07] You: cool
[11:07] You: i'm a student and entered SL for class...so the questions might be a bit dry, sorry
[11:07] Dylan Rickenbacker: okay hehe
[11:08] You: how long have you been a resident?
[11:08] Dylan Rickenbacker: about 5 months
[11:08] Dylan Rickenbacker: lets get out of the way and sit at the table
[some of convo got cut out on accident]
[11:12] You: what does a shopping mall manager do?
[11:13] Dylan Rickenbacker: finding tenants for the shops and seeing to it that hey are happy :-)
[11:13] You: ahh nice
[11:13] You: how much time do you spend in SL typically
[11:13] Dylan Rickenbacker: typicalls too much lol
[11:13] You: lol
[11:14] Dylan Rickenbacker: several hours a day
[11:14] You: do anything outside of SL while you're logged in?
[11:15] Dylan Rickenbacker: yeah, sometimes I have it just running in a small window and listen to the music while I'm working
[11:15] Dylan Rickenbacker: just reacting to incoming IMs
[11:15] You: what kind of music do you like?
[11:16] Dylan Rickenbacker: oh my taste is very broad
[11:16] Dylan Rickenbacker: I like the music here
[11:16] Dylan Rickenbacker: I got a piece of land where I'm streaming my own music from my web space
[11:16] You: how do i listen?
[11:17] Dylan Rickenbacker: do you see the music control above your chat line?
[11:17] You: ummm no?
[11:17] Dylan Rickenbacker: then you have to enable music in your preferences
[11:18] You: ahh. thanks :)
[[11:18] Dylan Rickenbacker: ctrl-p, Audio & Video tab
[11:19] Dylan Rickenbacker: they play an 80s mix here
[11:20] You: nice. can hear it now
[11:20] Caterpillar Uggla: !stand stevan
[11:20] Dylan Rickenbacker: takes a few secs sometimes for the music to start
[11:21] You: sorry brb
[11:21] Dylan Rickenbacker: kk
[11:24] You: ok. sorry about that. i'm in a former closet/now office and someone came in
[11:24] Dylan Rickenbacker: lol np
[11:25] You: do you have a job outside of SL?
[11:25] Dylan Rickenbacker: sure, I'm a freelance book translator
[11:26] You: which language(s)?
[11:26] Dylan Rickenbacker: English to German
[11:26] You: what type of books?
[11:27] Dylan Rickenbacker: novels mostly, some biographies, a self-help book now and then
[11:28] You: anything i might have read/heard of in English?
[11:28] Dylan Rickenbacker: well, I suppose so ...
[11:28] Dylan Rickenbacker: recently I've been doing new translations of the Narnia books
[11:29] Dylan Rickenbacker: Steve Turner's Johnny Cash biography
[11:29] You: awesome
[11:29] Dylan Rickenbacker: some novels by Dale Cramer
[11:30] You: what's the English to German demand like compared to German to English?
[11:31] Dylan Rickenbacker: considerably more I should think
[11:37] Dylan Rickenbacker: sorry, I was on the phone
[11:39] Dylan Rickenbacker: the lag kills me today lol
[11:39] Dylan Rickenbacker: about your last question:
[11:39] Dylan Rickenbacker: there's a constant influx of English and American books in Germany
[11:45] You: sorry. Was trying to copy the chat stuff into pages. I've gotta run to a class in a bit and going to grab a bite first. Thanks so much for chatting with me.