lol, i think subQuark gave up for the moment (he is not as stubborn as me) plus we have family visiting this week and he is a far more attentive host than i am) =)

i’ll get him setup and i don’t think he needs anything for a month or so

I hope we’ll be able to finish developing the convertible currency capabilities we have planned and start working on multi-region worlds soon. I can’t wait to be able to finally visit Enclave Harbour on Kitely :-)

I’m busy working at the salt mines, so Ilan has to do the talking for both of us. How’s he doing ;) But Ilan can’t do the READING for both of us, unfortunately (think of the possibilities!), so I lurk on your blog (and many others as well). I’m absolutely amazed that you managed to write a blog post every day for so long. My own blog is languishing from lack of attention.

Thanks for trying out Kitely! I’m reinforcing it now in preparation…

instead of slow, you and i are thoughtful and deliberate builders =)

well Ilan, i’m sure all will go well and when it does, subQuark will do a few blog posts – even though he hasn’t spoken at conferences for the last two years, he still is known in the eLearning circles

i think i can speak for subQ as well, neither one of us has an interest in making virtual money (i have been deeply there with my $3,000-5,000 USD a month days inSL) BUT subQuark’s angle on VWs might lead other corporate eLearning developers trying it out

his conference attendees always had a keen interest to try SL out but could not justify $1000 down and $295 a month just to try it out. later he steered them to sim-on-a-stick but Kitely would be easier for them to use

and spot on Sarge – all of Canada’s early history (especially Quebec) revolved around the outstanding Canadian Beaver. i’d argue the best beaver hunters in the world are Canadians. we so love them that the nickel has Her Majesty on one side and Her Royal Beaver on the other!

p.s. LOL at Sarge’s beaver comment!

That sound’s like a great plan, I look forward to seeing your armaments in action :-)

We fooled them good! They forgot that we got the best beaver in the World!

Getting an inworld currency in Kitely is a huge step forward, easily on a par with megaregions. I look forward to opening an Excelsior Armaments shop as part of my own restructuring on Kitely. And will still work on a suitable continent for the future.

We’re so happy we’ll finally get to enjoy your company in Kitely :-)

BTW, we hold weekly Kitely Mentors Group meetings which you, and other people who join the group, are invited to attend. In those meetings our users get to share their priorities regarding which features we should work on first – and we do our best to take their wishes into consideration. For example, following our last meeting we decided to delay improving and rolling out megaregions in order to first make Kitely Credits into a convertible virtual currency. It may take us a while until our anti-fraud mechanisms are good enough to enable cashing out, but people should be able to start using KC for tipping/giving/buying within 1-2 weeks.

There are already thousands of dollars worth of KC sitting in people’s accounts. People active on Kitely either buy KC or are on premium plans that include a significant amount of KC each month. Because of how our system works the amount of KC in circulation has grown even before people can actually spend them on virtual goods. It will therefore be interesting to see how Kitely’s inworld economy will evolve once people can start spending those, and yet to be “minted”, KC on content that is created by people coming over from SL.

Opening a presence in Kitely is free and, if you earn enough KC to cover your own time inworld, you can have a business on an entire sim of your own without needing to spend a dime out-of-pocket.

Now, we only need to let more people who have a business in other grids hear about the opportunities that will be opening on Kitely soon…