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Closing the book
Alexia first stumbled inworld on the 28th of August 2006. Second Life had only been open to free accounts for a couple of months and from the moment she stepped inworld the human behind her has been in turns entranced, frustrated and amazed by what she saw and those she came into contact with. … Read the rest
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Merry Christmas Everyone!
Have a wonderful Yuletide season!
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Musings
Today marks 5 years since I first decided to enter Second Life. This was my first post on the subject all those years ago, at that stage I’d been inworld barely three weeks. Real Life (RL) bands play, people buy land and build houses, become merchants or sell their skills, live happy fulfilling lives… and all of this is true.… Read the rest
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Linden Lab wants to rebrand Second Life. I think they have bigger problems than that.
Some of you may know that Linden Lab is considering a rebranding exercise in the near future. Most likely it will be a concerted attempt to change public opinion of Second Life from being basement dwelling sex fiends into young, cool, content creating hipsters. … Read the rest
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Linden Lab displays skewed values. How unusual.
Is it me or is there something wrong with LL when it will continue to fund at least 4 adult regions which do nothing to promote Second Life or even adult activities yet allows such gems as The Lost Gardens of Apollo and many others (including the AM Radio region in a few months time) to vanish from the grid?… Read the rest
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SL8B – Through the Looking Glass
Finally the preparations for SL8B are over and I can give you a sneak peek at the build I’ve done for it. Well, the outside only as I don’t want to spoil the surprise. The theme this year is “the magic of Second Life” and that can mean whatever you want. … Read the rest
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About “Through the Looking Glass”
TL;DR? – just clear your camera controls (hit the Esc key twice) and walk in, there’ll be instructions whispered to you when needed. There’s a goodie bag giver stashed on the land, so take your time and enjoy! 🙂 Click here for information on the garden art ~~~ This piece started out in 2006 when the human behind Alexia read about Second Life and despite the fact I’d never even been in a chat room before or played any computer game more complex than Solitare, I willing stepped down into the rabbit hole.… Read the rest
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Through the Looking Glass at SL8B
This year I decided to participate in the SL8B as an exhibitor. After not getting an invite to the press preview last year I decided this would be the best way to make sure I get to check it out. … Read the rest
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Is spyware the root cause of this data leak?
Linden Lab published this yesterday to remind people about basic internet security. In a roundabout way it is very forcefully reaffirming Linden Lab’s position that these spam emails are as a result of user machines being compromised. Unfortunately it ignores what is being said by those who have been affected. … Read the rest
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Data breach discussion thread moved
The forum thread discussing this issue on the Second Life forums has been moved to here, where anyone can access it without being logged in. Kudos to Linden Lab for making it accessible to everyone. There are others affected who are stating that it is highly unlikely it is spyware but I won’t be able to properly look at it until the weekend. … Read the rest
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Linden Lab and the Dragonfish data breach
True to form, Linden Lab are now blaming its customers for the leak of card names and email addresses. They claim that the data breach is due to poor computer security on behalf of those whose data has been compromised. FJ Linden responded in the form thread (post 31) and said 01-06-2011 05:26 PM Thanks for raising this issue with us.… Read the rest
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Linden Lab in another data security breach. Possibly payment details, definitely cardholder name and email address
Linden Lab has outsourced the processing of payment details to a company called Dragonfish, who claim to be “The Leading Provider of Online Gaming Solutions”. How true this claim may be is for others to decide, one thing is certain, they appear to play fast and loose with their customer’s credit card data.… Read the rest
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Second Life, the Dash Deal and You. Welcome to the virtual Walmart
The cynic in me choked a little more when I finally read the details of the Dash Deal. For those of you who are blissfully unaware of the term, it’s the latest marketing ploy from Linden Lab to try to make Second Life look popular and to use the social media version of recommendations to snare the unwitting.… Read the rest
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What do you want to see in Second Life in two years time?
Our new leader wants to know what we’d like to see in 2 years time… TMJ: We don’t want this to be entirely one-sided. What are we – as users and customers – not asking you about that you’d nevertheless like us to hear?… Read the rest
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How I saved money in Second Life.
At the end of last year I spent some time away from Second Life – almost 4 glorious months in fact. I did have to go in at least once a week to deal with the store but apart from that nothing. … Read the rest
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The lessons from Blue Mars
I’ve watched the development of Blue Mars down the years and felt a tinge of sadness with the announcement yesterday from Avatar Reality, the owners of the Blue Mars platform, that development of the pc platform for Blue Mars has effectively ceased due to a change of direction towards the mobile market.… Read the rest
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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
