In a post on the official Linden Lab blog, Clare Linden has summarised achievements to date outside of the USA and vaguely alludes to continued growth internationally. Certainly, Australian jobs at Linden Lab were advertised during 2007 but to my knowledge, these have not resulted in any formal Australian presence. With 60% of Second Life residents coming from outside the US, … [Read more...] about Linden Lab emphasises its international focus
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Linden Lab’s CEO looks back on 2008
Everyone's retrospective at present, and Linden Lab's CEO is no different. Read his thoughts here. A number of Second Life presences are listed as highlights by M Linden - what would you add to the list? … [Read more...] about Linden Lab’s CEO looks back on 2008
New Second Life website goes live
As announced on the official blog, the new design developed over recent weeks has gone live, initially for those not already registered as Second Life residents. The new version loaded for me this afternoon: The re-design has attracted a lot of comment, a significant proportion of which has been criticism. For what it's worth, I like the new design. Is it derivative? I … [Read more...] about New Second Life website goes live
Marketing and Second Life: Linden Lab podcast
The third podcast in the "Stories from Second Life" series is now live. The topic this time is marketing, with an extensive discussion with Joni West from This Second Marketing. I'll say it again - how on earth can it be that these podcasts can only be listened to directly from the Linden Lab blog? … [Read more...] about Marketing and Second Life: Linden Lab podcast
Linden Lab CEO: more staff to improve usability
Linden Lab CEO Mark Kingdon updated the masses on a new appointment to the team. Howard Look is a former VP, Software at Pixar and has been charged with improving the "customer-facing part of the Second Life experience". There's certainly been no shortage of recruitment announcements from Linden Lab - what's yet to come is the benefits of the increased staffing. I think most … [Read more...] about Linden Lab CEO: more staff to improve usability