InSL?

I knew I was in the wrong when I used Linden Lab's hand/eye logo as part of the logo for my Second Friends Facebook application. Dunno why I did it, apart from the fact that it looked quite nice.

Oh well, with the dawning of the InSL era, I've had to redesign everything :-(

The new logo doesn't look to bad, though it's not as nice as the version with the SL hand. Such is life I suppose.

I don't mind being told that I can't use their logo (I did try asking if it was OK but never got a reply) and I recognise that it was my bad for using it in the first place. Sorry LL. But I do object to being told how to write 'Second Life'. It's a dumb move by LL and I don't understand it. Remember when Google tried to tell us that we couldn't use 'google' as a verb' Well, duh!

MindBlizzard has a nice summary of some of this.

Stop press: I'm hearing rumors via Twitter of a blog strike if LL don't clarify the situation in the near future.

Dept. of Public Works

According to Clickable Culture, Linden Lab is creating a department of public works to:

beautify and improve the virtual mainland of Second Life by repairing broken land, expanding certain existing "builds" (such as a city area), establishing "better gathering places" and adding "themed builds."

Not sure where this idea will go, but I like the same entry's description of the current mainland:

It's been many months since I've spent any appreciable time in Second Life, but from what I remember, the mainland looked like God had eaten a yard sale, a carnival, a suburb, a stack of porn videos, and the entire cast of the Transformers movie before barfing all over the virtual landscape. Doubtless any concerted effort to improve the landscape will be welcomed by most virtual-world residents as well as contribute to the retention of new users (who are increasingly becoming aware that Second Life ain't the only game in town).

Quite!

Linden PR

Linden Lab are offering the chance to take advantage of their PR engine. See Calling all builders, businesspeople and budding fashionistas....educators, entertainers, and more... for full details.

LL Brighton

I note that Linden Lab are recruiting in Brighton and having a party next Thursday for people that are interested (via Babbage Linden).

Note: I have no particular reason for promoting this other than it seems to me that a growing LL office in Brighton is generally good news for Second Life residents based in the UK and Europe.