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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to all. I hope your Yuletide season is filled with love and laughter.
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Second Life ecommerce leaps to the 21st century. Is it the end of inworld retail as we know it?
From around 2001 when internet shopping was first moving into the mainstream until around 2006, there was a steady drip of press articles talking down internet shopping. From the (real) fear of fraud to the belief that people always had a desire to see the item before buying, the mainstream media kept shaking their heads as web shopping became more and more popular. … Read the rest
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The Gate 2010. Shanghai and Second Life. Oct 23rd, 2010 – Jan 23rd, 2011
I went along to the opening of The Gate 2010. As always it was interesting and slightly unnerving to be peering out of the fishbowl into the world of flesh. © Alexia Cournoyer. 2010 All rights reserved. Click here to go to The Gate website The Gate @ Shanghai Biennale 2010 Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China / Odyssey, Second Life Oct 23rd, 2010 – Jan 23rd, 2011 After Brussels (2007) and Kortrijk (2009), The Gate ventures to the Asian continent for the 8th Shanghai Biennale.… Read the rest
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The rumour mill says Linden Lab will file for bankruptcy. It’s probably more true than not.
I was just finishing off a post explaining just why the rumour I read yesterday that Linden Lab was about to file for bankruptcy was unhelpful and untrue speculation – despite the reduction in support and all the other things that have been going on with Linden Lab that have given the impression that the company is going out of business.. … Read the rest
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Linden Lab indirectly endorses possible federal criminals – who would have thought it?
The Emerald viewer is one of the Third Party Viewers (TPVs) registered with Linden Lab and allowed to connect to Second Life. Down the last 12 months the developers of this viewer have sullied their reputations through unauthorised data collection of user login details, activities that would breach most consumer protection laws, unauthorised collections of data inworld and a few other activities that generally leave a bad taste in the mouth. … Read the rest
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Simplicity, Speed, Elegance aka Fast, Easy, Fun.
I’ve finally had a chance to listen to the audio and it was interesting to see what Philip didn’t talk about – like customer service, where the Q2 report is and timescales. That aside, the talking points for me were: Simplicity, Speed, Elegance aka Fast, Easy, Fun I must say the first sent shivers down my spine.. … Read the rest
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Can Philip save the day? Tune in on Friday for another gripping installment of “The Tao of Linden”
This Friday is the event of the season and not to be missed. Yes gentle readers, our Interim CEO and CFO/CTO are going to address the swine (that’s us, don’tcha know). Now apart from the sheer horror of having a bean counter in charge of technology, this little love-in is going to be interesting for reasons other than for what is said..… Read the rest
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Where is the Linden Lab Second Life Q2 report?
People maligned M, and certainly I didn’t have a lot of time for some of his *ahem* enthusiasms, but one thing I did appreciate was the quarterly report. Yes, they started out as a work of fiction (does anyone remember the first few where the major fun to be had was picking them apart and demonstrating the inconsistencies and fallacies they indulged in?)… Read the rest
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The decline of the “passionate and committed”
When Linden Lab use the term “passionate and committed residents” it always seems to come across as a mild insult. In a way I don’t blame them, there’s a lot of hysteria whenever LL makes a change but a lot of it is of their own making, poorly thought out policies and limited communication that isn’t tailored to those they’re trying to reach is a recipe for triggering the internet dramas we see.… Read the rest
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Fixing the problems of Second Life: a hill too high to climb?
The platform design has been showing its limitations since 2006 and I believe a lot of the platform issues are directly related to the system design. From concurrency issues to the basic user tools, most things are hampered by the design. … Read the rest
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Second Life: The beginning of the end?
I haven’t posted much this year because for a lot of it all I have seen is failure and there’s enough people out there who have been pointing this out without me adding to it. The announcement of the redundancy of 30% of the staff at Linden Lab started me reviewing the last 4 years of watching Linden Lab as they’ve thrashed around. … Read the rest
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Gallery & Shop Reopening
I’ve been releasing my art under the shop name of The Art Thing for the last 18 months or so and my other non art things under the brand NDC for years, I’ve kept both brand names but now with the redesign they inhabit the same space. … Read the rest
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The Economic Truth of Earning Income in Second Life
For most of Second Life’s existence, Linden Lab has pushed the idea of users of the service being able to make money from their labours. This line is apparently being pushed again from the appearance of articles extolling the financial opportunities in Second Life[1].… Read the rest
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Court Victory for ISM Activists
APPEAL Such legal challenges are important for the Palestinian non-violent resistance as it can determine whether or not Israeli occupation forces continue to use particular oppressive practices. But legal work is also quite expensive. The ISM is asking its supporters to throw fund-raising events to raise money to support the work of the ISM’s solidarity with the Palestinian movement against apartheid.… Read the rest
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When Two Worlds Collide… Part 2
© Alexia Cournoyer. 2009 All rights reserved. Fringe acts are always hard to review, simply because the standards that would normally be applied to professional performances aren’t directly relevant. A lower bar has to be used in judging or the reviewer is not being fair.… Read the rest
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What price to recommend Second Life to others?
Linden Lab have begun their (extremely) low key advertising in an attempt to increase their userbase. In the last 24 hours I’ve seen the new YouTube ad [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHx__AVAsD0] and now I’ve just seen the Winterfest push. Want to win 100,000L? … Read the rest
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Early Adopters? My F#^%ing A#%se
These people are the early adopters of Second Life: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHH2CAE9Y6o] not those who came in anytime before today.. The platform is almost legacy FFS! But then Linden Lab have never been good at understanding things like the importance of credibility. M said it* and the minions are parroting it. … Read the rest
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When the two worlds collide… The Second Death of Caspar Helendale
You may have seen this blogpost https://blogs.secondlife.com/community/community/blog/2009/11/24/the-second-death-of-caspar-helendale. When I saw it, I certainly couldn’t resist grabbing a ticket and allowing myself a chance to see the production from both sides of the divide. Tonight I went to the real life premiere, tomorrow I’ll be inworld for the second performance. … Read the rest
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Making a profit from charity Linden Research style
Linden Lab are once again asking the content creators in second life to give their time and creativity to support their Public Relations marketing and bottom line. The majority of which have just been told they’re to pay more for the same substandard marketing/sales service offered by XstreetSL.… Read the rest
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Update: The latest data security breach in Second Life
orignal post here: http://theriseofthesurreal.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/you-think-your-real-life-data-is-kept-safe-by-linden-lab-think-again/ In a nutshell: No substantial action from LL and they claim that someone being able to log in as someone else isn’t a security breach. The two people who were involved in it talk about it here: http://www.sluniverse.com/php/vb/general-sl-discussion/37048-new-linden-lab-account-security.html… Read the rest
