What do you call a woman who is a gifted
programmer
a creative designer
and someone who is overly generous
with her time and her knowledge?
I call her landlady or Jo Kay
Jokay, or Jo Kay in real life
runs the islands of Jokaydia in
Second Life and uh... has been an
educational designer and programmer
and all over geek girl uh... for quite
a while now from what I understand.
I first had the privilege of meeting
Jo a couple of years ago
when I interviewed her for a podcast
and
she
consented to the interview about Second Life
but she said i had to come in and i had
to experience it for myself
so I got my avatar and I popped on into
second life
and and met up with her as she was
busily working away on a book
instructing people on how to dress their
avatar
and then she took me on a tour of second
life along with uh... six-and-a-half
foot tall blue pussycat
that was fantastic because that really helped
me
to
experience
the subject that i was interviewing her
about not just not just have a surface
knowledge of it
and as a result of that uh...
I continued explorations in second life
and uh...
I ended up becoming a renter
from her when she opened up
when she went from one island to
two
and now she has four
in her little archipelago.
Jo is
an amazing woman in that she is
a subcontractor a freelancer
yet she's not afraid of sharing her
knowledge in fact she
embraces opportunities and looks for
opportunities
to share her technical knowledge and give
advice because she likes growing a
community of peers.
Rather than 
competing on who can push the
button,
she knows that her knowledge,
her innate sense
of what works and what doesn't and her
experience and background already put
her way ahead of the pack.
So why not share information help
other people up the ladder as she
continues to climb herself?
So, this is going to embarrass her because
she's modest: ... but i just want to say
Jo
what i said other tour on sunday - because
she took us around on a tour and 
one of the sims was
an interactive display on educational
design
and
as i was going through it i thought of
my time as a freelancer and have
people were very careful to guard their
knowledge
because that helps give you an edge and
here was this person out there
she's out there in the freelance world
battling through it, but she's succeeding
because she is so good at what she does
just openly
and willingly sharing her knowledge,
sharing our resources with us and I
told her then
and I'll tell you now Jo:
you just blow me away.
your generosity
your depth of knowledge and your
willingness to share and grow a community.
So, this is my video blog for Ada Lovelace Day 
and a big thank you
and a big shout out
to joanna Kay or Jokay Wollongong
as we know her in Second Life.
Cheers!
