Nice new garden outsideRune Shamen and Cierra Loxely runs Shamen Galleries - not long since I was there. But I've been getting these group messages about a new exhibit closing soon, so I made it my first stop on my list tonight.
Trasgo Beaumont has made this great classic statue - with some SL twists
Redecorated inside shows the fabulous range of artists these curators knowsI'm not really very knowledgeable when it comes to art. But every now and then I encounter works that just seems to reach some spot deep inside me.
gliding gulls in black sphere - I am enchantedWho other than my favourite SL artist, Fuschia Nightfire, have made this innovative work? Fuschia , thanks for beeing in SL still. You give me a reason to stay too.
While looking at art I started getting group chats from Maximillion Kleene, a singer I have heard before. He was about to start a live concert at the Romantica Yacht Club. The black glass sphere was burning in my Recent Item pocket, but I felt for some music before rezzing it at home.
The one and only Tipping Cow:-)"What a day for a daydream" is making me smile even as I write this:-) I just so enjoy this artist.
I do love watching Kevin Spacey finding his second youth, quitting his job, working out, flirting with his daughers girlfriends. But a great concert in SL is just such a nice end of the day too.
Now, this strange neighboor is throwing out his son because he thinks he's gay - and he runs away with Kevin's daugther LOL - but who did really shoot him at the end? The freak and the daughter? The wife? The poor mad gay colonel? hmm, I have wathed this movie several times, but I'm still not sure:-)
Ener wrote a great post the other day (she often does btw; she is just so productive, I can't really understand how she manages, something strengtening in the poutine?) Anyway, she wrote:
because LL is shifting does not mean it is evil
So true. LL is focusing. One may not like the focus, or the lost opportunities to make easy money (wow, I remember the fun I had, buying land at the auctions and selling it for profit, was so easy I almost got a bad concience LOL). Those days are long gone. But SL still grows. Art and music is thriving. And there are lots of places to explore.
I will add:
because competition grows in virtual worlds does not mean SL will not be able to compete in lots of areas.
Now Kevin is undressing his daughers GF, not understanding how bad he is off until she reveals she's a virgin. Now, they're sitting the kitchen, drinking coffe, he asks her if her daugher is happy. So cute.
SL's strenght is in the social networking sphere. But being strong there will keep other markets away. Because if you do education, you may want to keep the flirting and the dancing a bit distant, just to ensure seriousness. If I ever want to convince my employer to use virtual world technology to communicate, it seems much easier to use a grid that is not seen as a kind of game. That's just one reason I have faith in OpenSim grids like ReactionGrid.
The man is dying wathcing a photo of his lost family, finally being happy and content with the life he had lived.
The other reason is standardization. If you create content targeted to Second Life, it will not neccessarlily work in any other grid. If you create content in any OpenSim based grid however, it will be portable to any other grid or hosting provider. You can develop offline, just giving the provider a single .oar file to publish your complete region. You can copy your region to other worlds, or just move it. The lack of such possibilities have allways limited creators.
Yes, that thing of beauty is finally home in my living room!"It's hard to stay mad when there's so much beauty in the world." says the dead Kevin. I guess that is true regarding Linden Lab as well.
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hey thanks on the really wonderful compliment! i just love blogging so it comes easily (although some days i really have to stretch to get inspired)
Linden Lab is a big company and worth millions. to get to that size means lots of decisions, many of which seem whacky to us. but they have a mission, they do employ like 300 people, and are the "real deal"
it is easy for me to complain and whine and say i know better, but i don't
if i actually did know better, then their would be "Poutine Life" or "Ener Land" or something that was bigger and better than Second Life
so it's good to dissent and offer constructive criticism, but without being the head of Linden Lab and seeing their course from their perspective - what the heck do i or anyone else know?
it's all just feeedback and no one actually knows better, they (me too) just like to moan and groan and pick
so unless you are an actual company bigger and more successful than Linden Lab, your (mine too) words are merely words
actions speak the loudest and LL will likely survive and find their niche
even though virtual worlds are a decade old, they are still relatively young and have some significant hurdles to overcome before being mainstream
as much as i like to love to hate sl (i don't really hate it at all) it's pretty darn good. competition is coming and OpenSim is growing fast, but it still is not as good as Second Life for mainstream consumption
thank you again for the very kind words and i am glad you can see my message through my grammar and all that =)
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