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DWELL ON IT JULY 8, 2011 Google seemingly split on pseudonymous Google+ accounts and Google Profiles – It’s okay until it isn’t It all comes down to what is considered to be an ‘authentic’ name. If, for example, you’re a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild, you probably never use your given name – as the SAG requires names on its rolls to be unique, and never used before. Google+ really seems to want your original name. The one that maybe hardly anyone actually knows you by. MORE >>	DWELL ON IT JULY 11, 2011 Follow-up: Google confirms “real” names a requirement for Profiles/Plus … mostly Last week, there was an apparent contradiction in Google’s recently published policy in the use of pseudonyms for Google products versus its actual practice. After obtaining additional clarification, that contradiction has gotten far more pronounced. except where Google decides for some reason that you don't have to. MORE >>	RECENT POSTS MAY 15, 2012 \| DWELL ON IT Victoria’s mental health professionals MAY 14, 2012 \| DWELL ON IT Lumiya 2.0 now with some limited 3D MAY 13, 2012 \| DWELL ON IT Six years ago MAY 13, 2012 \| DWELL ON IT Is it fixed yet? MAY 10, 2012 \| DWELL ON IT The Gaming Session MAY 9, 2012 \| DWELL ON IT 20 words or less
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DWELL ON IT AUGUST 2, 2011 RedZone creator goes to prison zFire Xue (AKA Michael Prime), creator and operator of RedZone, has been remanded to the custody of the US Marshals and is off for four months in prison. bet you thought you’d heard the last of him already. This may very well be the last you hear of him. MORE >>	DWELL ON IT JULY 25, 2011 Self-published author finds success in Second Life marketing strategy Angela Yuriko Smith writes about using Second Life for promotion of her book, End of Mae. I used Second Life as part of my promotional campaign, building a virtual version of the house from my book in that world so that I could have a visual center of operations. This was excellent for taking photos and hosting social opportunities. MORE >>	DWELL ON IT MARCH 6, 2012 Who really controls Second Life? The answer to that is a little tangled, but it isn’t Linden Lab. Read more. Ads by Project Wonderful! Your ad here, right now: $0. Second Life Virtual Environments/Virtual Worlds Linden Lab / Linden Research Inc Opinion Virtual Environments and Virtual Worlds MORE >>	DWELL ON IT JANUARY 30, 2011 Soleil exemplifies the power of virtual worlds Author: Tateru Nino - Soleil is an art/music project that is the brainchild of Nicole Marie and Tasuku Arai. MORE >>
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DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011
Second Life mesh-upload to be separately controlled

Looking at the Mesh Upload Enablement test-plan on the Second Life Wiki (created today as Scobu Linden’s first Wiki contribution), it appears as if the ability to upload mesh content is going to be restricted on a per-user basis, independent of any other factor. MORE >>

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DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2011
Calendar to feature images from Second Life

The distinctive clock-tower at the University of Western Australia is going to be in the 2012 UWA Friends of the Grounds calendar. Not an image of the actual clock-tower, but a photograph of a virtual-world representation of the clock-tower, called “Reflections of Winthrop”, made by Jay Jay Jegathesan / JayJay Zifwane. MORE >>

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DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2012
Ball State University buys rights to Blue Mars platform

Under Ball State’s terms of agreement with Avatar Reality, the university will begin to fully operate Blue Mars for non-commercial purposes, expand upon the source code, increase its research and academic initiatives, and enhance the community of Blue Mars. Read more. Ads by Project Wonderful! Your ad here, right now: $0. MORE >>

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DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2011
The Bluest Mars – what went wrong

Author: Tateru Nino - By now you know that Avatar Reality is scaling back development on Blue Mars, abandoning the PC as a platform for it and has laid off a bunch of staff including CEO Jim Sink. What you're probably wondering now is MORE >>

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DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2011
VastPark launches OpenAvatar for virtual worlds and games

VastPark, an industry leader in virtual worlds, launches OpenAvatar to create an open source standard generator for avatar development for the virtual world and gaming industry. MORE >>

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The voices in our heads DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011
Try out the new Second Life search, without the new viewer DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2011
Not a good day for all concerned DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, MAY 22, 2011
How to: Building a solid PC for fast Second Life use DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2011
The unwisdom of crowds DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2011
Events: “All Aboard Grand Tour” on Saturday and Sunday DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Google still can’t get its names policy straight, even internally DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2011
Now I know why I didn’t take to Avatars United DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2011
Virtually face to face: enriching collaborative learning through multiplayer games DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2011
Looking for Second Life users to connect with on Google Plus? DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011
AM Radio’s Second Life art installations to shutter later this year DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011
Second Life 3.0.0 now available in beta DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2011
Second Life viewer 1.23 disappears due to upcoming incompatible inventory protocol change DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012
Qarl contributes alignment tool to Linden Lab DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 2012
Second Life’s greatest strengths are also its greatest weaknesses DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2012
BBC, News Limited, others, gulled by hoax study into IQ/Browsers DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2011
What is Second Life user-concurrency? DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2011
No more quarterly or annual Second Life economy reports, says Lab DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
Is it fixed yet? DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2012
The right choice DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, MARCH 19, 2011
A good year DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2011
Behind the curtain: Talking with Rod Humble about usability DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2011
Where do furries come from? DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011
Linden Lab betas bouncy body bits DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2011
Linden Lab seeks social media marketing manager. Objective. DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2011
Spin Magazine wants to snatch a user’s twitter handle due to a coincidence of names DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2011
And then there’s the bad news DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012
Third-party viewer policy change: the power of veto DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Like many children DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2011
Video game-designer and Maxis co-founder Will Wright now a Linden Lab director DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2011
Linden Lab can't turn Second Life into an engaging digital experience DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2011
Theorem DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2011
The dynamism of Second Life DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
A landmark ruling DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Chunks of Twinity go offline in map-data fiasco DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012
Well, I suppose age-verification doesn’t get much simpler DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, JULY 1, 2011
A second Second Life for Duran Duran DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2011
Goodbye translation HUDs and built-in Second Life chat translation? Google translate API to close DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2011
Second Life Marketplace troubles continue DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012
Linden Lab seeks company spokesperson DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011
Second Life can survive as a niche product DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
Google eliminates appeals option for names and service infractions DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2011
Linden Lab lays off two senior product managers DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 2012
Qarl turns back on Lab rejection, “the code is open” DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2012
Second Life users raise $371K for cancer research this year DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, JULY 18, 2011
The end of the world (as we know it) DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012
Meeroos master account blocked by Linden Lab. All Meeroos stores offline DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2011
Linden Lab comments officially on RedZone DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 2011
The Second Life diaries DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2011
Inara’s excellent viewer frame-rate comparison DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2012
The effects of the Mesh content-type on Second Life DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2011
Second Life user-concurrency falls to lowest levels in two years DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011
Linden Lab rejects Qarl’s prim-alignment tool DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2012
Google insists on the right to choose your name DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, AUGUST 7, 2011
Of nyms and names DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011
So, now’s your big chance! DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2012
Second Life’s new Premium Wilderness in a nutshell DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2012
2ndMe Launches Final Version and Offers Free SL Export DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2012
User experience is problematic when users are the actual experience DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2011
Linden Lab alerts third-party viewer developers to active security exploit DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2011
Problems with Lab’s local payments system put Second Life sims at risk DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011
First Second Life mesh code rollout imminent DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2011
Poll: Linden Lab Q4 2010 report-card DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011
Linden Lab going mobile, seeks senior software engineer DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2011
Linden Lab answers questions about the third-party viewer policy changes DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2012
You’ve got squat DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012
American Library Association scales back Second Life presence DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2012
The pants-theory of Google Plus DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011
Two-sim invention, or what the Tortoise said to Achilles about physics simulation DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2011
Lab announcement on Tuesday DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2011
Linden Lab abandons XMPP replacement for Second Life messaging. Again. DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2011
USMC files abusive DMCA notices against Second Life creators DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2011
Second Life rebranding in 2011? DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2011
If third-party viewers don’t keep up, things will break, says Oz Linden DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2011
There are no cyber-bullies DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011
Linden Lab sells virtual bears to raise funds for earthquake and tsunami relief DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011
Teens moving to main Second Life today and Friday DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2011
zFire collecting and sharing passwords and geo-locations? DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2011
It’s the little things DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
RedZone maker banned, RedZone deleted DWELL ON IT | TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2011
RedZone service probably cracked, data exposed DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2011
How to send Qarl money DWELL ON IT | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2012
Second Life to bring back A-Life support DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2011
Second Life Q2 2011 metrics and economy analysis DWELL ON IT | SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011
Linden Lab repeating Second Life “Become your avatar” marketing-campaign DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Second Life mesh upload questionnaire now usable in beta DWELL ON IT | THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011
Pseudonymity doesn’t necessarily foster bad behaviour DWELL ON IT | FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2011
Mass-deletion of staff user-pages from Second Life wiki DWELL ON IT | MONDAY, MAY 9, 2011
No IPv6 plans for Second Life? DWELL ON IT | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011

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