Linden Lab has announced their purchase of the two web based merchange systems XStreet SL and OnRez. Their plan is to incorporate these services directly into Second Life. This is a smart move on Linden Lab’s part; by incorporating these service merchants are able to streamline their items, and goods through one platform. When Linden Lab created LindeX, the currency exchange service, it tied the purchasing and selling of currency to user accounts making it more accessible and easier to transfer currency throughout the platform. I feel the XStreet SL and OnRez acquisitions will provide a similar ease of use, a more robust classifieds system and an easier method for searching for virtual goods within Second Life. Continue reading
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Intel Sunflowers
The response to the Intel Sunflower campaign caught me by surprise. The level of response on the opening day reminds me of same level of response that the Relay For Life has. During the opening event, a two hour period, more than 400 sunflowers were planted (which means Intel will donate $400 to the Conservation International Foundation), and I’m told the final tally of day one was over 500! Wow! This is only day 1. With a future event with Cylindrian Rutabaga on March 20th, and a closing event on April 13th, you can help but to wonder what makes this promotion such a compelling promotion and how can you get Second Life residents to continue to push participation (by the way, go to Intel Island and plant some sunflowers! You can win a brand new computer!)
Moving to OnRez (and why)
This week I’ve closed my store on SL Exchange and have moved solely to OnRez. There are many factors in doing this; one of them is not my working relationship with the Electric Sheep Company. Since the launch of OnRez I have played with the solution for some time, while it does lack some features, it does provide an easier, flexible solution for selling products within and outside of Second Life. Continue reading
Machinima – Altoids Sponsors The L Word
Danny Odell, a producer for the Electric Sheep Company, informed me of this machinima video, it is a recap of last month’s Altoids sponsorship of Gay Pride Month on The L Word (which was a roaring success!)
Blurring the Tax Lines
The lines between the virtual world and the real world continue to blur on a daily basis. Today they even more blurry with the filing for taxes drawing near. One of the most surrealist, yet most rewarding experience happened today, I got real tax help from a real tax adviser from while in Second Life.
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