A Little Rant by Heath Weaver Normally I shouldn’t complain; especially when I am probably a guilty party. But, one thing that just annoys me about many Second Life (SL) blogs is literary diarrhea. Seriously people: EDIT YOUR POSTS. It might be because topics in SL can be difficult to explain, but it gets really annoying, especially in fashion blogs. Does it...

In The Grid has a nice article about the mysterious appearance of something applish. I also read the article by Rik Riel and forwarded it to a number of corporate types who I thought should know, so I really hope Apple comes in-world. Dell already made the virtual jump so there is a bit of competition. My big question is when will corporations actually start...

Techcrunch has a little write up on Dell entering Second Life, which I think is not a very well thought out. People who have no experience in Second Life might make more out of a Corp coming in-world than really exists. Basically Dell pays their agency a few hundred thousand to design some crappy Island, holds a press conference then all the news agencies will report...

CNN wrote a story about Second Life (SL) discussion addressing whether SL is over hyped or not. People are not really seeing the possibilities with SL, but it generates a lot of coverage. Most of it amounts to PR stunts, but it still brings in new members. What’s more important is that as more people come into SL it will start to mature as a platform. I see it...

I think it might be unfair to say it is faked, because a transaction is a transaction. It would be the same thing if a friend and I invoiced a million dollars worth of fabricated services. In real life it wouldn’t happen because you’d have to report it as income and their would probably be transaction fees, but as neither of those mechanisms exist in-life...

My friend in Second Life (SL) had a funny thing happen the other day. He came home and went inside the 2nd floor where he found a woman on the bed. Apparently she was wandering about and just went in as the door wasn’t locked. She thought the bed looked very comfortable and couldn’t resist taking a nap. Oh well, I guess that’s one of those...