Linden Labs Confirms the New Next Generation Virtal World In the Works

It's all over the virtual news how LL has confirmed they are working on a new virtual world that is not just like SL and won't even be compatible.  I'm not 100% sure what this means for all my inventory or for builders and scriptors who have put a lot of time and money into SL and love it. But it sounds like we will find out. And we are to be assured SL is not going away or being neglected by any means.   I am not going to repeat the information as I don't have it first hand, but I'm going to list a few great sources here who have done a good job detailing the information made public and considering some of what it might mean for us.  (The photo is a stock photo of Ebbe Alterberg/Linden, LL CEO)


New World Notes here: http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2014/06/linden-lab-building-second-life-2.html#more
(Always a most informative blog, and one of my long time favorites)

Joy Yardly's Second Life here: http://joyardley.wordpress.com/
(Be sure to read the replys notably those of Ebbe Altberg/Ebbe Linden himself indicating SL will be around for a long time, and they will continue to invest in and make continued improvements) Note not just the most recent, but several prior recent good posts on the subjects.

Daniel Voyager's Blog here: http://danielvoyager.wordpress.com/2014/06/21/linden-lab-working-on-the-next-generation-virtual-world/
(Remember he's Ebbe's RL son, and has always seemed to be "in the know" for a long time.)


And some more interesting discussion in the responses over at Hypergrid Business here: http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2014/06/is-linden-lab-abandoning-second-life/

More About Altberg Over at New World Notes

Visit New World Notes here: http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2014/02/ebbe-altberg-linden-lab-second-life-1.html


Hamlet/James has a nice post with some personal and professional information about LL's new CEO, Ebbe Altberg.  Check it out for an interesting read and more info. about the new CEO.


Addendum:
I also found this directly from Ebbe over at the LL forum and blog posts: http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Featured-News/Hello-from-Linden-Lab-s-New-CEO/ba-p/2499503#.UwZzL5hTbvw.facebook

Blogged Again!

Woot! My blog's been blogged again by one of my fav blogs, New World Notes. Check it out here: http://nwn.blogs.com/ or direct link here: NWNHere.

My Blog's Been Blogged!

I logged in to SL yesterday to see a note from a friend with a link saying my blog's been blogged. Sure enough another SL friend, Hamlet Au, AKA RL:Wagner James Au, had blogged about my SL New Year's Resolution list, "Open Forum: What Are Your New Year's Resolutions for Second Life and Worlds Beyond?" (see mine a couple posts below) Mr. Au is pretty high profile in SL and other virtual worlds. See his blog, New World Notes: NewWorldNotesHere. (http://nwn.blogs.com/) He published "The Making of Second Life: Notes from the New World" in February of 2008 and was SL's primary journalist during it's first 3 years. He's a well established journalist, speaker, blogger and virtual world pro. He's a contract consultant and copywriter for SL projects and advertising, and a seasoned game designer, screenwriter, and freelance journalist who has been interviewed by many including my friend SL Sonicity Fitzroy for her latest book on SL media which I previously covered in this blog.

So after stating some of Mr. Au's credentials you can see why I am pleased he mentioned me. I've actually hit his blog before once when I was pictured wearing a sign directed at him during a SL event and the first time when we met in SL when I was pretty noob and ran around Drowsy with him for quite a while chatting up a storm and even blindly asking if he was ok with me posting a picture of me and him on the sea serpent in Drowsy on my Flickr, stating something like, "It should be ok, no one will know who you are anyway"... then about 10 minutes later I remembered I should check out his profile which led me to his blog and I had to retract that "No one will know who you are anyway" comment as quickly as possible. What can I say? I was new. But the point here is that in spite of all his very professionally handled business ventures he still takes the time to be friends with a random new person to play in SL, have fun, and enjoy SL, which is what it is all about. He even paid me a visit when I moved into my new home not too long ago and jumped on my bed (literally) with me. His blog was the first I'd seen about SL, and remains one I consistently check in on. Use the link above to view his blog which pretty much covers what needs to be covered about all things SL and other virtual stuff.



Drowsy here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drowsy/186/50/37 or direct link here: DrowsyHere.