Life as a Number
Many of us live in Second Life on a daily basis. We are passionate and involved. Yet to those in charge we are naught more than a "number" to be counted as they compile the glowing statistics they...
View ArticleSteam Powered Second Life
Linden Lab has publicly announced a foray into the online gamer world served by the popular Steam platform. Today's post takes a look at the community that inhabits Steam and how they will perceive...
View ArticleMore Steam, Cap’n!
Revisiting the upcoming inclusion of Second Life in the Steam catalog, today's post digs a bit deeper into the fears, realities and ramifications of listing SL on Steam.
View ArticleFleep’s Right-On Thoughts
The reason you need to read my post today is to follow the link to the post you MUST read. Fleep Tuque twists the focus of the mind's eye until everything comes into crystal clarity.
View ArticleMutant Internet
Taking the concept of the Metaverse and trying to understand what it really means, what it will look like ... and how it mutate to lead us into the future of what Virtual Worlds should really be....
View ArticleThe “List”
Humans love making lists. Any collection of semi-related things will, at some point in time, be turned into a list. But one type of List that has no place on the Internet, and especially no place in...
View ArticleThe Focus of Interest
The creation of new and exciting Internet Platforms is the primary goal of many companies these days. While they all search frantically for that one "gotcha" that draws paying customers like flies to...
View ArticleThe Height of Arrogance
Today's post is a thinly disguised rant about the way Second Life customers are treated. I've tried to pretend it's a centrist opinion piece about the manner in which a company addresses its customers,...
View ArticleBe Careful What You Wish For …
There has long been an element of any online platform that engages solely for the purpose of harassing and destroying the pleasure of others. In the virtual world of Second Life, this activity has been...
View ArticleThey Just Don’t “Get It”
As humans that pilot digital avatars, we often get caught in the nether world between the totally fictional and the totally realistic. Today's post jumps on the coattails of the current Manti T'eo...
View ArticleThe Failure Called “Full Ownership”
One of the strategies we see employed routinely by many companies (such as Linden Lab) is something called "Full Ownership". Under the aegis of Full Ownership, the management team .. and sometimes...
View ArticleDancing or Boxing?
Operating a company that is built around the creation and support of Internet-based User Community services demands a specific mindset in every day operations. If the company's management intends for...
View ArticleI Don’t “Like” Anything – Am I Okay?
Social Media has taken over the Internet not quite as rapidly but definitely more completely than pr0n ever did. It's so deeply embedded in our lives that we've taken it offline; we use the idioms in...
View ArticleOf Calendars, Carts and Horses
One of the things that most annoys people is when their personal schedule gets disrupted. We all have our own personal schedule; it’s pointless to try and deny it. Many of us carry ours around at the...
View ArticleI had an idea : Fighting Cancer
I was busy doing stuff and half-watching TV. A commercial for a national Cancer Treatment Center came on and caught my attention. It gave me an idea. So I asked my oldest son to put something together...
View ArticleSafe Handling of Internet Files
It’s pretty common these days to hear of data breaches, virus infections and computers essentially hobbled by malware stuffed in every corner of the hard drive. I’ve found that a lot of the reason...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Live Art
My apologies if the title of this piece has misled you. My goal in today’s post is to point out a method of software and systems development that is proven to work very well for all parties involved....
View ArticleThe Lowly Slide Show
Your first day in Second Life is generally spent trying not to run into things or other people. The second day is spent in open-mouthed wonderment at all the STUFF to be seen, touched, used and just...
View ArticleRectal Monetization
Every business has a primary goal that must be observed and pursued at all times. That goal is “make money”. The way most businesses make money is to exchange it for products or services with their...
View ArticleMeeting People in Second Life
I’ve been using Second Life since 2008. In fact, my Profile tells me that I’m over seven years old! GACK! No wonder my animations move slower these days. “You Met Who?” Despite my advanced age, one of...
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