I do not care about the moral implications of the recent controversy surrounding the 5th anniversary of Second Life. I wouldn’t have visited it, I don’t think its a big PR event, and quite frankly probably wouldn’t have even known about it at all if it wasn’t for the stupidity of Linden Labs. I’m really [...]
Posted on: June 1, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Remember June 2007? If you where in Second Life at that time you probably would remember it as ‘the month of the failing asset servers‘. Nearly constant over capacity caused the servers controlling the objects in Second Life to consistently fail, causing much anger amongst its residents over lost objects etc. Of course by now [...]
Posted on: May 30, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When the development of ‘Windlight’ (Second Life’s graphic improvements) was announced, it was greeted with much controversy. While some where happy about a graphics upgrade, most wondered about the priorities of Linden Lab. Platform stability was the big issue then, and the users rightfully wondered whether this new feature which obviously was not just [...]
Posted on: May 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »
One of the most involved, and accurate news sources covering Virtual Worlds posted an interview with Philip Rosedale, former CEO of Linden Research, Inc. The Guardian interviewer David Smith talks to (an audible tired) the founder of Second Life about the current state of affairs, and the future of the Virtual World. To summarize the [...]
Posted on: May 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Some more updates on the interaction design front of Linden Labs. The focuspoint is the introduction to Second Life, and it’s steep learning curve. After Linden Labs announced their new User Experience Program, and one of the main targets of the new CEO seems to be to really improve the experience of Second Life over [...]
Posted on: April 28, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Though it’s been all over the blogosphere, no one has come even close to Rheta Shan’s post to illustrate what happens when you try to reconquer something which many believed to be community property - the brand of ‘Second Life™‘. Linden Labs recent new policy on how to use their brand name (and new brand [...]
Posted on: March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Mercedes leaves Second Life, but on a positive note, at least according to their latest (and presumably last) blogpost. I myself can’t help but think Mercedes just threw a lot of money at riding the ‘Second Life hype wave’ - pick up some blog attention and show a little innovation (many car brands did follow), [...]
Posted on: March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Philip Rosedale a.k.a. Philip Linden, CEO of Linden Research Inc. announced he steps down as CEO of the company that founded the virtual world of Second Life:
“I feel that the most important contributions I have made and will continue to make to Second Life are related to building both the product and the company through [...]
Posted on: March 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
