October 2008
16 posts
New Euro Marketer for SL →
Okay, I didn’t know they even had one for the united States and Canada, but they over at Linden lab have hired a marketing director whose charge is Europa at large. She starts today and what…
Oct 31st
“M” Linden Speaks on Openspace Controversy →
Wagner James Au over at GigaOM got what could be the typical PR response from Mark Kingdon - “M” Linden about the Openspace SNAFU: Virtual Protest Threatens Linden Lab’s Profitability - GigaOM…
Oct 31st
Ummm, Is THAT Copyrighted, Too? →
If you have followed this blog for any length of time whatsoever, you already know I try to be as balanced as I can, with common sense. By that I mean, I will defend Linden Lab and the…
Oct 29th
Warning: Second Life Economy Tied To Real Life →
Lillie Yiyuan over at SecondSex (Yes, interesting blog title, but not the main subject there) has written a very good, insightful article about the Second Life economy and how the real…
Oct 27th
She’s Alive! →
As in the words of the “Wierd Science” geeks: “She’s Alive!” Robin Linden speaks again with another update on the Linden Lab Blob. I mean Blog. yes, that which used to team and thrive with life…
Oct 24th
Presidential Campaign Rhetoric In-world ~/Me... →
I find it interesting that the U.S. Presidential campaign will find it’s way into second Life. it’s inevitable, of course and I am not really laughing at any of it. But rather more like wondering…
Oct 23rd
Leaving Lessons: SL Break-ups Civil? …Or Not? →
So, as I poke around my usual news-feeds - like most other bloggers who report on things they see about Second Life (as opposed to those who just write about their experience in Second Life) - I…
Oct 20th
Second Life: Coming Soon in Ten Languages →
I see Robin Linden is still at Linden lab. Good. I didn’t have any doubt, of course. But we never seem to hear from her. Ever. Out in the real world, anyway. It’s the Second Life blog. All but…
Oct 14th
Windows XP Gets A Second Life →
When Microsoft unleashed Windows Vista, they were doing the typical Microsoft bullshit: unleashing a pile of crap onto the population at large. However, after a butt-load of…
Oct 13th
Repeat of a Repeat of a Repeat of a Repeat of a… →
Mark Kingdon is interviewed by authors of ‘The Social Media bible’ for some of his insight regarding… social media. I haven’t listened to the 20-minute podcast because I don’t feel like taking…
Oct 9th
Bring Outer-Space to You →
Space exploration is so retro 1960’s, isn’t it? I think the world, well, at least the people of the United States are more or less bored with it. They barely raise a brow when anything exciting…
Oct 7th
Making Money in Second Life, Step-by-Step. →
Second Life has gained a lot of notoriety for a myriad of things: a sex-haven; making money; terrorist hideout; money-laundering; big-crime lair… Sheesh. Abot the only plausible of…
Oct 7th
Had A Funny Feeling About This →
Potential vulnerabilities had been identified in those message communications directed at a Second Life viewer over the previous protocol. By taking advantage of this vulnerability, while…
Oct 7th
Blogger’s Block, Happens Frequently. Yes It Does. →
“Blogger’s block” - basically ‘writer’s block’, where a novelist, sometimes a journalist basically looses the ability to even consider a subject to write about. It happens to me often. I am sure…
Oct 6th
Baby-Boomers be Damned, Target the Next Generation →
American Apparel is the poster child when referring to the great “commercial entity failure in Second Life” - and because of that, Second Life is the big failure. Yeah, right. This…
Oct 2nd
The Second Life of Philip Rosedale? Apparently So. →
Uncle Phil is still out in the world talking things up. However, now that he has retreated into the shadows of the boardroom instead of out front running the company, he may be allowing…
Oct 1st