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SLCC 2011

SLCC 2011 Wrap-Up

Business, Community, content creation, Education, events, Intellectual Property and Copyright, News Announcements, Second Life, SLCC, social media, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on August 17th, 2011 3 Comments

A recap of the major news, improvements, and announcements coming out of the Second Life Community Convention 2011.

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Mesh Support in Second Life Coming to Open Beta

The Status of Mesh Support in Second Life

content creation, Second Life, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on September 14th, 2010 46 Comments

Today Linden Lab gave Second Life users an update on mesh support and lifted the NDA for current beta testers. I can now tell you that for about the last year, we here at Sand Castle Studios have been deeply involved in working with the Lindens to bring mesh support to Second Life.

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Second Life Community Convention 2010

Significant Changes Announced at SLCC

Business, Community, Education, News Announcements, Second Life, SLCC, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on August 17th, 2010 8 Comments

The 6th annual Second Life Community Convention (SLCC) took place in Boston this past weekend. It was an exciting weekend packed full of Linden Lab announcements as well as a plethora of resident-led discussions and presentations.

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Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2010 - Day 4

Are You Creating Change?

Community, Open Forum, Second Life, Virtual Goods on June 17th, 2010 1 Comment

OPEN FORUM:

What changes specifically do you think Linden Lab needs to make? What specifically do you want to see in Second Life? What areas do you think the Lab should be focusing their time on?

How are you creating the change you want to see?

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Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2010 - Day 2

The Sunny Side of Second Life

Community, Second Life, social media, Virtual Goods on June 14th, 2010 2 Comments

Today is Day 2 of the Big Bad Blogger Challenge 2010.

Today’s Topic: Being Positive

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The Dangers of Virtual Goods

art, Business, Community, content creation, Intellectual Property and Copyright, Machinima, News Announcements, Second Life, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on May 4th, 2010 23 Comments

Over the last few days, I’ve read dozens of articles covering the newly updated Second Life Terms of Service (TOS) and the Class Action Lawsuit that has been filed against Linden Lab and Philip Rosedale. However, this afternoon when I saw that the Los Angeles Times and Mashable had jumped on the bandwagon then I could no longer keep my facts to myself.

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Scoble Leaves Second Lifers Hanging

Business, Community, events, Marketing, News Announcements, Press Releases, Second Life, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on February 22nd, 2010 6 Comments

This morning, tech enthusiast, blogger, and social media superstar, Robert Scoble (aka the Scobleizer) sent the Second Life community and Twitter world into a frenzy with his post, “Is Second Life about to enter its ‘second life?’” However, what followed was more interesting… He announced that tomorrow everything is going to change.

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Lindens Updates XStreet Guidelines and Bans Unauthorized Sale of Real World Replicas

Branding, Business, Community, Intellectual Property and Copyright, Marketing, News Announcements, Second Life, Virtual Goods, Virtual Worlds on August 12th, 2009 3 Comments

Starting on September 14, 2009 virtual items that are in violation of real world copyrights or that infringe on brand owners’ intellectual property will no longer be for sale on Second Life’s ecommerce site, XStreet SL.

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