Responding to M

In case you can’t find it, buried away on the Forums, this was a response to M.Linden’s New Year blog piece that Saffia posted to the Forums (it’s on Page 10):
Because of Prim Perfect (homes and gardens magazine – I’m the editor) and Meta Makeover (SLCN TV programme – I’m the producer and, for my [...]

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Trust: The Content Creators and the Open Source Grids

A little while ago, as part of the Open Space sim debacle, I wrote a piece on Trust: the Lindens and the Residents, discussing the loss of trust inherent in that whole sorry process and, as the increased January tier kicks in, it’s about to get worse.  I attended a couple of the Princeton Void [...]

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Christmas Carol on Radio Riel

(Remember how I talked before Christmas about the different produiction of A Christmas Carol that were going forward?
Today Radio Riel will be broadcasting one of them – A Caledon Christmas Carol, performed by the Radio Riel players (of which you can read more in the current edition of Prim Perfect, starting on page 50).
In fact, [...]

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Crash and Burn III: The Princeton Sims

The fallout from the Open Space sim debacle continues.
In publicising Winterfaire, Linden Lab used images of The Quiet to illustrate the kind of winter beauty and experience they were looking to showcase.
But if you had ever intended to see The Quiet or the other beautiful art installations that have formed part of the University of [...]

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Another Chance to live La Belle Vie

Once upon a time there was a beautiful furniture store, much admired by Those In The Know.  It was called La Belle Vie, and it was run by Zasa Rossini, who made lovely and original furniture.
And then, last year, she stopped.  The store was closed as Zasa took a break – and many lovers of [...]

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Compliments of the Season from Prim Perfect!

In our round of frantic shopping and preparations for the Christmas celebrations, Perry Applemoor (the very talented designer of Prim Perfect) and Saffia Widdershins (the editor) took a moment in Saffia’s house to toast the season – and our readers – with a cup of mulled wine.
So Happy Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Holidays and Compliments [...]

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Winterfaire, Part 1: Wintermute

Linden Lab’s Winterfaire 2008 is a “Grand Tour,” organized through the Showcase’s “Hot Spots” category.  Here’s the first of several samples of the available locations to visit:
Wintermute
“A poem inside a mystery wrapped in a metaphor”, according to the Showcase text. “Don’t miss the hidden treasures.” I can’t tell you much more than that, [...]

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Perfecting the Prim

A few days ago, the well-known blogger Prokofy Neva decided to pay Prim Perfect a visit – and was not impressed with our marketing in situ.
You can read about the whole event here; the resulting dialogue at times became rather heated, but what did emerge for us was some very valuable marketing tips – both [...]

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SL Entrepreneur of the Year Awards

Last night saw the SL Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, hosted by SL-Entrepreneur Magazine.   The awards were decided by popular vote, conducted over three weeks, and featured an array of talent from across the Second Life spectrum, including content creators of many kinds, media entrepreneurs another founders of enterprising businesses.  Several of them, we are [...]

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Celebrate Christmas in Caledon with Meta Makeover!

The latest episode of Meta Makeover is now available on the Meta Makeover website at SLCN – and can also be downloaded free of charge from iTunes.
In this show we visited the gorgeous Victorian sim of Caledon Cay, to see how Caledon celebrates Christmas.
Join us as we visit Miss Summer Gildea’s beautiful home and see [...]

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