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Mark Kingdon is going to step down as CEO, and I am going to return as interim CEO, working side-by-side with former CFO Bob Komin, who is being promoted to COO.
This is a big, tough change but one the board of directors and management team deeply believes in. We owe Mark great thanks for the many things we’ve accomplished in these last two years — most notably a great improvement in the stability of Second Life, and also the hiring and nurturing of a strong team of new leaders who are now ready to do some amazing work together.
Returning to the Lab
Posted by Philip Linden on Jun 24, 2010 9:04:47 AM
Our thinking as a team is that my returning to the CEO job now can bring a product and technology focus that will help rapidly improve Second Life. We need to simplify and focus our product priorities — concentrating all our capabilities on making Second Life easier to use and better for the core experiences that it is delivering today. I think that I can be a great help and a strong leader in that process.
It is an honor to have a chance to help more directly again, and I come to this mission with energy, excitement, and an open mind about what we need and how we need to do it. I want to see Second Life continue to grow, amaze, and change the world. It’s what gets me up in the morning. Despite the challenges of such a big change, I am happy to be drafting this blog post while sitting in our San Francisco office, surrounded by the many Lindens who have made it all possible.
More to come, as soon as we all get settled and figure out how best to work together!
Read it here
New news, has M Linden been fired, to be replaced by Philip Linden?
As a CEO, this is not as simple or straightforward as sacking a contractor or even a permanent staff member. Following on from M Linden’s noticeable absence at a speech at SL7B this morning, and emergency replacement by Philip, rumour mills have been working overtime.
Read more here
and here
and no doubt at numerous other places also. Morning may tell us more….
From Lindenlab….
Today, in addition to the Viewer 2 Beta, we are announcing the launch of the Third-Party Viewer Directory and the Third Party Viewer Policy governing third-party viewers in general. Last year, we announced these efforts in blog posts on Our Content Management Road Map and Upcoming Third-Party Viewer Policy. Since then we have collected a great deal of important feedback from Residents, merchants, and third-party developers alike, all of which has helped guide our development and decisions on the new Third-Party Viewer Directory and Policy.
The goals of the policy and program are to:
* Prevent Residents’ passwords from being stolen
* Protect Residents from griefing and other harmful conduct
* Guard against intellectual property infringement
* Preserve our ability to provide you with high-quality service
* Involve the community in evaluating third-party viewers
* Create a visible repository for alternative viewers with novel and interesting applications
Read it all here
The new viewer 2.0 is out now! As a beta release, you can get it here
Here’s a quick look:-
Obviously I still have to tweak my settings somewhat. I am showing you the interface to give you an idea
Best advice I can give – download it and play with it before jumping to conclusions. And enjoy!
Just joking.
However, Linden Lab is in formal meetings with the Emerald Development team, in order to:-
– enhance communication channels to resolve issues
– bounce ideas
– work together to enhance your immersion experience
– share ideas and implementation strategies
A random selection of various Emerald Viewer developers, vigorously discussing the pros and cons of Very Important Things
As our virtual world develops, it is exciting to see different viewers created by many talented people. I encourage people to try the different viewers available. Some available are Kirstens viewer, Imprudence, Cool Viewer, and of course Emerald.
You can research 3rd party viewers yourself here
Linden Lab officially encourages and supports an open platform.
You can take a trip to Emerald Point to download Emerald Viewer yourself in world.
***additional info***
From Modular Systems:-
“Over the course of the last year or so, more and more people have chosen to use the Emerald Viewer; so many in fact, that it is now the most used third party viewer in Second Life. As a result, it is undeniable that even the most incidental of changes in Emerald, when multiplied by the sheer amount of users, can cause drastic effects on the grid. We thus felt it was necessary to work more closely with Linden Lab to prevent any serious issues from occurring.”
Read more here
I have spent the past week or so arranging a podcast with Rezzed.TV. Stuart Warf has kindly assisted to plan this event. This is a perfect opportunity to ask Emerald Developers their perspective on this topic. Also, Tenshi Vielle and Rebel hope give their views and experience
*** When: – friday 30th October 3pm SLT ***
Where: Rezzed.TV Amphitheatre
This Panel has been convened so that you the user have the opportunity to learn and educate yourself to make an informed decision on whether 3rd party viewers are right for you. The panel will field audience questions as well as Questions on Notice.
We are fortunate to have two of the Emerald Development team to answer questions. Also on the panel is Tenshi Vielle, Spokesperson for Artist’s Voice, an educative and information resource for content creators and users. Tenshi will advise on where you can seek information to ensure you are not trapped in a compromising situation. She will also give her perspective on the realities of content theft. Rebel Hope will be here to give her experiences with content theft and the ensuing issues.
” Asked and Answered – All You Wanted To Know about 3rd Party Viewers and Content Theft”
Panel members
– Fractured Crystal – Emerald Devlopment
– Lonely Bluebird – Emerald Development
– Tenshi Vielle – Council, Artist’s Voice
– Rebel Hope, Owner, Rebel Hope Designs, Inc.® and Council member, Artist’s Voice
This Podcast Panel will operate in voice, moderated by Stuart Warf. Questions will also be quite acceptable in text chat on the day. Please come prepared for interesting discussion!
Stream: Live stream here (thank you Malburns Writer)
Questions on Notice: go here
Yesterday, I attended a Lindenlab Brown Bag event hosted by Blondin Linden. This was an informative Q & A whereby invited attendees could ask Lindens first hand of their issues and concerns.
The audio and local text transcripts can be found here as well as on the original blog.
I suggest you read and listen to this.
With the opening of a new continent, I thought it was timely to remember where we have come from. This is the first new continent for some time now, and is interesting to see just how far we have come since the early days.
Here we see one of the earliest models of Telehub, which you utilised to travel the tiny grid
The map you see here is the full extent of the original continent.
I thought my retro-style summery outfit from Leezu was perfect for clambering around old equipment.
Do you have a sense of, and passion for SL history? Would you like your very own old telehub to rezz on your land? Message me in world (Arabella Steadham) and i will pass you two telehubs. One of them has the map hidden inside!
Credits:
Playsuit and hat: Nyar in charcoal from Leezu
Hair: Matilda in Mocha by Truth
Location: Sandbox Sex, one of the oldest private sandboxes, which is to be deleted next week. I am sad.
Arabella's Amblings 