Testing the New Terms of Service
Now that it's become obvious Linden Lab will not backtrack on their new Terms of Service, what can we expect for the future? How will we know when it has been applied? Perhaps more importantly, how...
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 ArticleNerfing Second Life Microbusiness
Through all the trials and tribulations infesting Second Life, the one factor of the platform that stuck around and provided the saving grace for it was the ability of Business-People to sell their...
View ArticleLL’s Terms of Service – Where To Next?
We've all wrung our hands quite enough. We've listened (or should have listened) to the guidance put forth by real-life attorneys regarding the ToS. So now it's time to figure out what we should do....
View ArticleShooting Down a ToS Theory
Today's post is a short one, I promise. The goal is to demonstrate why one particular theory about the ToS is not a valid theory.
View ArticleThrowing the Rod a Bone
The sudden departure of Rod Humble (AKA Rodvik Linden) from Linden Lab has many folks scratching their heads in wonder. As usual, I've taken some time to think over what has happened .. then poured...
View ArticleIt’s About Communication .. and Trust
Today's post is something of a follow-on to my previous post regarding the Borking of SL In-World Search. I'm not about to do an about face, so read up and find out why they've finally broken this...
View ArticleFixing the Unbroken
Well they’re at it again. Repeating a pattern that seems to be solidly entrenched in the Corporate Personality at Linden Lab, CommerceTeam Linden is readying the release of an update to the Second Life...
View ArticleWhat to do .. What to do?
The new Linden Lab CEO Ebbe Altberg has a massive task ahead of him. But the size of the task is not what's daunting, it's the number of paths that he can follow. Today's post puts forth my opinion as...
View ArticleThe Path to Nirvana
Not long ago I wrote about a typically foolish change enacted by the Devs at Linden Lab. I say "typically" because it was in keeping with their long-established habit of making massive changes without...
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