Posts in the "Second Life" Category

• The Concept of Freemium

  Business
  

  In 2002, an online roleplaying game was launched which would revolutionise the internet, and create one of the most valuable and important assets of what we now define as being “Web 2.0″. It was a game that was built on the principles of social interaction and creation of objects and places. The online environment had [...]

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• News Corp. In Possible Linden Lab Takeover Deal

  Business
  

  Edit: Yes – this entry was an April Fool’s Hoax, and I’m surprised at how many people got caught out! Well done to those who spotted it, and remember to never trust anything on April 1st! It came as something of a surprise when Linden Lab rolled out Viewer 2 so soon after releasing it [...]

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• Firings and Hirings

  Business
  

  Just a day after Pathfinder Linden, one of the ever-dying out “oldbies” still at Linden Lab announced his job had become obsolete and he was leaving as there was no alternative position for him there, the Lab post this on Facebook: Tact. The Lab have none.

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• Second Life Sweatshop: A Pool of Cheap Labour?

  Business
  

  Are Second Life residents easily exploitable? An entrepreneur from London recently chanced upon Second Life after reading an article about it on BBC News. Reading up on the Second Life economy, he saw a niche which would save him thousands of dollars: Paying SL residents much less to do the same job, in return for [...]

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• Is Emerald Viewer Anti-Privacy?

  Musings
  

  Emerald Viewer began a crusade against privacy rights of Second Life users last week with the launch of its latest version. The rather harmless previous features which included bouncing breasts have been eclipsed by this latest version which allows users to see who has allowed map rights, and crucially, who has denied the right to see [...]

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• Linden Lab reveal their Policy on Third Party Viewers

  Business
  

  Linden Lab have published their policy upon which third-party viewers which connect to Second Life must adhere to. It’s kinda an interesting read if you have too much time on your hands, suffer from insomnia and need help falling asleep, or write a blog. In my case, all three. Third party viewers gained prominence around [...]

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• SL Viewer 2.0 and Other News

  Business
  

  Having been part of the testing group for the “new” Second Life Viewer 2 for several months, I pretty used to using it by now and for anyone who’s finding it difficult to get to grips with: relax – it’s easy once you stop clinging to the old format. The new viewer represent a much [...]

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• Will Linden Lab Sell Our Souls?

  Business
  

  At the moment, Linden Lab are profiting from its userbase in several different methods. The bulk is provided from buying sims and tiers, but then premium accounts also raise a healthy revenue. Every purchase and cashout of Lindens incurs a charge, as does transactions on XStreet SL. Classifieds in world and upload fees provide a [...]

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• Gemini Cybernetic CDS: Second Life’s Orwellism?

  IP Rights
  

  When it comes to computing, things are never 100%. Codes contain bugs and and things have a nasty habit of just breaking when you really need it not to. Even when something seems totally secure, like GMail, then someone else, such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, will open up backdoors which will lead to exploits [...]

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• Google Search Stories: Second Life

  Humour
  

  Google’s advert during the Superbowl was about someone falling in love with a Parisien, and using the Search Engine to find the answers as predicaments arose. Which, of course, is what the many residents of Second Life often do too, as is observed:   Yeah, I know there’s a couple of minutes of black space. [...]

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