Second Life Consultant: Nobody Fugazi (Taran Rampersad)

Nobody Fugazi has a wide range of experience in and out of Second Life. He runs Your2ndPlace.com, and is the author of 'Making Your Mark In Second Life: Business, Land and Money' (O'Reilly Publishing). He runs Your2ndPlace.com, where he writes about SecondLife related issues, and makes space available for others to do so as well.

He runs an inworld store, where some of his work can be found. It is located within Second Life at NineInchNerds (212,36,22), or online at his SLExchange Store.

Nobody Fugazi is listed as a SecondLife Consultant by Linden Lab, and brings a wealth of experience in many regards. You can find out more about his real world experience in his Official Bio.

Within Second Life, he mixes with different groups and has a reputation for being honest and straightforward. he enjoys helping people, creating things (especially things not seen before), connecting Second Life and the internet. One such example is the simple SLFeed module which can be used to show RSS feeds from the Drupal content management system in Second Life.

He can help you with your Second Life presence through building and scripting, which includes connecting internet and Second Life content in meaningful ways. Content management in 3 dimensional environments connected to content management in 2 dimensional environments is something he is particularly interested in, and something which he is constantly experimenting with.

Things he has done:

• International Fund for Animal Welfare Presence/Event
  • Included multimedia, custom builds, scripting, and the first baby seals in Second Life.
• Nonprofit Technology Network Event/Presence
  • Included multimedia, custom builds, scripting and coordination with a real world event (Mixed Reality)
  • The build was designed with a '3d web browser' feel, with objects of the build used as contextual hyperlinks.
• Clark 2008
  • While apolitical, I'll do political work. This simple structure was paid for by someone interested in Wesley Clark running for President of the United States in 2008.
• Connecting Second Life and the Internet through the SLFeed module for the Drupal Content Management System

If you require consultation, you can IM Nobody Fugazi inworld, though emailing at cndATknowproseDOTcom is the most dependable means of communication.

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