Second Life Video News PodcastThe Grid Review has launched with a new pilot episode of their Second Life video podcast. Episodes are expected weekly and will cover a “second glance” of grid happenings hosted by Johnny Ming of SecondCast. Credits to Trent Hedges and Skyla Volitant for writing and producing such a funny […]
Zero Linden on Cory s departure: no major change of strategy or direction .Yesterday we had the chance to meet Zero Linden during his office hours and of course one of the topics was that Cory is leaving Linden Lab. This is especially important for what it means […]
Trusting people in virtual environmentsLinden Lab’s goal for most of the community tools they develop these days is to create more “trust” among residents. While some people might have problem with the (missing) definition of “adult content” I have eventually problems with the (missing) definition of what Linden Lab means by “trust”.Trust ist something which […]
Good Summary of Virtual Worlds Forum Europe
Filed under: Events, Odds and Ends
Tech Digest does a good job here of highlighting 20 trends gleaned from their recent trip to the Virtual Worlds Forum Europe, and they go like this:
1. Shedloads of virtual worlds will be launched in 20082. Teen-focused virtual worlds are huge3. Brands still get […]
Fashion Dash Postponed (updated)The Fashion Dash event scheduled for this evening is canceled.We have decided that the substantial protest by the fashion community over Linden Lab’s handling of CopyBot will interfere with the quality of the event we had planned.We will announce a new date as soon as possible.
The Bottle-abra Accent LightWelcome! This instructable covers how to make a Bottle-abra Accent Light.This is also entered in the “DIY 2007 Halloween Contest” and the “Mash It Contest”.The idea of this light came from marc_alain and his Small-eco-footprint-living-room-light . In particular it was how soft the light was in his pictures that gave me the […]
The Kids are All Right?Alec Couros’ post on digital citizenship makes some valid points, but I’m not convinced that a few examples of really vile content and lazy practice are reasons to think that the concept of citizenship is in some way fundamentally shifting. But I also don’t fall all the way to the Tom […]
SecondCast #44 Fire Alarm In this episode, Johnny hosts a round table discussion about CopyBot and the future of intellectual property in Second Life. Hosted by Johnny Ming with Torrid Midnight, Cristiano Midnight, Jeremy Flagstaff, and Urizenus Sklar.What others are saying:Raph KosterLinden LabEric RiceSecond Life InsiderDownload Standard Podcast
Networks, Not ToolsI don’t know if I’ll write an end of the year reflection or not (probably not) but now that I’m done with my last presentations for ‘07 I do want to make note of how much the focus of what I’m doing has changed in the last year. Today, it was all about […]