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Pictures from Metanomics

May 6th, 2009 · No Comments

A couple of pics from Metanomics broadcast today where Mark Kingdon (M Linden), CEO of Linden Lab was the feature guest.  I attended the broadcast via one the of remote partner venues at Muse Isle Connection at Muse Island.
I am always interested in how Metanomics goes about broadcasting events since they are always at the [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

Meta Magic Studio Second Life Sims

February 10th, 2009 · No Comments

Meta Magic Studio has two private sims in Second Life® versus having land on the Mainland.  Los Arboles is what Linden Lab® calls a Full Region which means it is their highest performing sim offering.  Meta Magic Studio is defined as Openspace Region which in intended just to be a landscape sim with limited scripts [...]

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Second Life

Robin Harper of Linden Lab steps down

February 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

More changes in people at Linden Lab with today’s announcement of Robin Harper leaving.
To all my Second Life friends,
After nearly seven years, I’ve decided to step down from my role at Linden Lab on February 15. I’m planning to take some time to explore a few different avenues as I decide where, when and what [...]

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Second Life User hours increased by 61% over 2007

January 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Zee Linden has posted a blog today on Second Life useage over 2007 entitled Second Life Residents logged nearly 400 million hours in 2008, growing 61% over 2007.  It is showing continued growth both in hours of usage and peak-concurrency despite many so-called industry experts who have predicted its death.

Key results are:

User hours increased by 61% [...]

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M Mumbles on Openspace Pricing and Performance

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

The great and ever so powerful M Linden (Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon) has spoken on the OpenSpace pricing and performance issue …. read it all here.
Basically, you now have a choice – less performance “Openspace” for the same price or the “Homestead” which you get to pay more for what had originally offered. [...]

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Second Life

Linden Lab OpenSpace Screw Up

November 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Linden Lab once again has stepped into the virtual poop with it’s price increase for Open Space sims announcement on Oct 29.  Since then, the few remaining land owners of Second Life, estimated to be less that 85,000 are in an up roar.  And rightfully so.
As an owner of both a regular sim (Los Arboles) [...]

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · Second Life

Why I Love Tateru Nino

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Working in Second Life has it rewards and trials. There are good days and bad days. Hell it is bleeding edge technology.
Now I believe with all of my soul that Linden Lab makes every attempt to provide a good working grid, but the complexity of this world makes 100% testing impossible. Things [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life · Technology

Mono in SL

August 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I got a notice yesterday about Mono in Second Life.  No, I did not have to rush to my doctors.  This all about SL script improvement – or we all hope it is.  From Linden Lab:
I’m delighted to announce that Mono is ready to launch as part of the 1.24 Server deploy starting today.
Mono is [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life · Technology

Gibson Ad for Second Life

August 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I looked at the front page of this ol’ blog to make sure it looked good, and then I noticed the add for Gibson’ Guitar in Second Life. It was placed with Google Adsense.
I wonder who paid for this placement? I was betting it was Linden Lab, then I clicked the link and i [...]

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Waiting…

August 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Was in Second Life at 1:00 am on Wednesday (Aug 13) and still no sign of the new Meta Magic Studio sim.  My bank account shows the money gone to Linden Lab.  My Second Life account shows me owning a second sim.   But no sim?!?
Here is a pic of me looking south from Mirror’s [...]

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Meta Magic Studio sim

August 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Meta Magic Studio had been putting off purchasing an open space sim on the Second Life® Grid for six months due to thinking about doing a sim on the OpenSim grid. But after reviewing that space, it was decided that we should go ahead and drop the cash for the open space sim on [...]

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Tags: Meta Magic Studio · Metaverse · OpenSim · Second Life

Trade Mark email from Linden Lab

July 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

At 10:45 am today, receieved an email from Linden Lab:
Hi Guy,
We’re contacting you about your use of the name SL Brand. As you know, you’ll need to change the name to comply with our trademark policy at http://secondlife.com/corporate/brand/trademark/. The name SL Brand — indicating Second Life Brand — is extremely likely to create confusion about [...]

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Linden Lab – “Oh Sorry!”

June 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Over the weekend, it looked like Linden Lab® had done some drastic DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) inventory removal which of course got some residents worked up in a tizzy.
Now today, Linden Lab® announced that it had “inadvertently disabled some inworld content this past weekend.”
Oh sorry…..

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Tags: Second Life

Two Years in Second Life®

April 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Saturday, April 26 was my second rez day in Second Life®. Two years in living, working and playing in the metaverse. Wow, two years!

Contemplating this milestone in my life, I realize that there are so many memories, lessons and affirmations. But how to write about them?
I have no clue where to [...]

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Linden Lab names new CEO

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Hot off the presses
from StreetInsider.com
Linden Lab(R), the developer of the 3D virtual world Second Life(R), today announced that its board of directors has named Mark Kingdon to serve as chief executive officer. In his new role, Kingdon will lead the day-to-day management and operations of the company, working closely alongside Linden Lab founder, former CEO [...]

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Tags: Metaverse · Second Life

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