2.0! Wiki. And the future

Been a while since I posted here!  But I have been busy!

Guide 2.0 went out. I haven’t gotten a single bug report back.  I hope that means people are using it and are happy.

The Wiki LIVES! http://ScriptAble.wikispaces.com/ Rather than posting code here, you can find it there. The formatting should be a little easier to read.

Interested in becoming an editor or contributor to the Wiki?  Got some Assistive Technology you are willing to license under the Creative Commons?  Talk to me, I’m all ears.  Yes, even if you think you have made something like what I made, but better. I’m open to the idea.  Room enough in there for both.  There are some Contributor Guidelines, but they are written in plain, blunt English. 

I managed what I consider a BIG win this last week: I got Blue Linden to put the link to the Wiki on the TeenSL Forums.  To the best of my knowledge, this is the first attempt to bring Accessibility to the Teen Grid.  I think we can build on this.

So, where do I go from here?

1. If one more person asks me, “So how are you advertising your stuff?” I am going to…concede that they are correct.  I need to get out there and wave the flag more.  I’m working on how exactly to do that.  I have to reach more of the market that is already in-world, and I need to reach more people who are thinking about trying SL.  I also need to reach more organizations that are looking for resources like mine.  Hey, it’s free: can’t beat that.
2. I need to find more Scripters.  I have branched out a little bit, but I am still focused on Blindness/Low Vision with most of my stuff.  Other people with other interests can make ScriptAble something truly diverse and alive.
3. On the practical side, I am going to devote some time this week to getting the landowner’s tool in the shop. It’s not difficult, I just need to apply myself a bit.
4. Once that is done, I think it is time to start working on “Toys”.  Until now, I have mostly focused on things that help you use Second Life on the most fundamental level: sensing, moving, dealing with inventory, managing a parcel of land.    Now I want to move into stuff that is just fun: games, RP tools, etc.  I would like to see if I can make at least some of it compatible with existing systems, but I will have to see what is out there and what the owners of those copyrights think.
5. This is my blue-sky project: Building Tools.  Code-wise, it can be done.  In practical terms, I just do not know!  I can make the tools and see how they are used, that’s all.  At the least it will be a fun toy!

BTW: some people have suggested I should charge for this stuff.  I went out and canvassed my friends who write Code for a living (not LSL), explained what I do, and asked what I should expect to get paid a year for doing it. Opinions varied: $37,000/year USD was the low end, we won’t talk about the high end.

So, to make it actually worth my while, I would need 1,000 users of my products paying me $37/year.  I don’t see 1,000 users right now!  OK, let’s shoot for a more realistic number: let’s get 100 Blind People into SL and charge them $370 a year to do what anybody else can do for free. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

Eh. Fuggedaboutit.  It’s staying free.  Awfully sorry if this disappoints anyone.