The adoption of mobile technology hasn’t been a matter of ‘if’ for a long time now, but seems to be stuck on the ‘when’. I used to think the ‘next gen’ phones with larger screens and continuous internet access where to be the last step towards mass adoption, but I don’t see ‘the masses’ running [...]

Posted on: May 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »

 
The Gillmor Gang, a podcast with some of the leading voices of ‘the social web’ talked about data portability in an ‘epic’ episode with internet heavyweights like Mike Arrington and Robert Scoble. Data portability is the idea of having your data of your ’social profile’ - your friends or any other information tied to a [...]

Posted on: May 19, 2008 | 2 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 »

I was really disappointed when I had to miss Nic Mitham’s (of Kzero) presentation at the Clever Zebra vBusiness Expo two days ago (Last day today!). Thankfully Nic was kind enough to post his excellent presentation online. I really love his take on the ‘corporate islands’. Most brands who have entered Second Life have bought [...]

Posted on: April 27, 2008 | No Comments »

The Virtual Kingdom of Second Life has a new sovereign. Linden Research, Inc. found themselves a new CEO after Phil Rosedale (on the left in the picture above) announced he’d step down. His name is Mark Kingdon (the right), in Second Life know as ‘M Linden’.
“He is a person with the rare and unusual combination [...]

Posted on: April 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »

With ‘Dazzle’ (click header image for a close up of the interface created by Torley Linden) now being the official interface skin in the Release Candidate (the test version of new Second Life clients) some Second Life users raise their concerns on this new look and feel. Amongst them is Trinity Dechou of Second [...]

Posted on: April 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »