i check in with SharesPost on occasion to see how they are currently valuing Linden Lab’s private capital stock. lately it’s been pretty flat but i missed a may 16th “Research Update” (probably because i haven’t looked in the last two weeks) =p the research report is created by Candlestick Advisors who also evaluates companies like [...]

first things first – it’s Queen Victoria’s birthday – a time to reflect over how much better off the world was when the sun never set on the British Empire. we’ve never forgotten that in Canada and love being in the Commonwealth. but . . . that’s easier for us to do because we don’t [...]

facebook had it’s IPO last week and one big reason they are worth so much is because of you, not them. the demographics (dems) are what make facebook worth so much and those demographics are metrics about you! what a way to seperate the human being from the dollar eh? you are an account, an account [...]

over on Hypergrid Business i saw a link to a legal firm that has started a blog dealing with legal issues specific to virtual worlds and video games. video games are often big money and involve a much larger community, so it’s natural to expect legal issues. as virtual worlds continue to grow, we will [...]

last week i was tasked with making a waste-to-energy plant and as with most thing i build, i like to let the idea roll around in my head for a few days. i already had a head start with a great illustration of the major parts that i need to include (thanks to ecomaine). i [...]

on may 24th, 2009 i made myself a commitment to publish at least one blog post a day without missing any days that will be three years ago next week – phew! we haven’t missed a single day and have averaged 1.333 posts per day (1459 posts in 1089 days – wow, that means we could take [...]

3D printing is cool and becoming more affordable . . . kind of you can pre-order a Cubify printer, which does nylon 3D printing like downtown Boston below, for $1,299 with cartridges that are $50 each. i don’t know how long a cartridge lasts but some ink cartridges are more expensive! 3D printing can print all [...]

some people like to take a break and explore being anything they want to be – from blue flying bears to little beavers to pink-haired winged emo wannabes to robots, others like to share their music and play for VW concerts and clubs, some like to create fantasy lives with wild houses, flying machines, and [...]

Linden Lab makes serious scratch with an estimated $5.86 million USD per month from private and mainland tiers (from Tyche Shepherd’s Grid Survey). add to that membership dues, Linden Exchange fees, and even texture upload fees – back in 2008 they were making $90,000 USD a month just on those uploads! how much of an [...]

the other day we gave a tour of some of our virtual world science activities and usually a visitor likes what they see and “understand” how OpenSim stuff is created the understand part is something i bet everyone in our community can identify with whenever you have been in a situation where you are explaining what [...]

my answer would be yes . . . and that’s just an opinion based on the “vibe” out there and the reviews on Glassdoor. also my opinion is that when companies get to be of a certain size, that “love” which was possible with the early employees and a small company size simply get pushed [...]

i came across the article below because it used one of my pictures, which is a good reason to set a Creative Commons license if you want more online presence (presents?), and a Google Alert sent me the link the article is interesting because Google sees that the video game look works and they are [...]

i know i am a snob on many things (i’ll blame the french of french canadian on that) and i was almost humbled at how snobby i must be regarding virtual worlds with this post’s title! =o by all accounts, what i’m mentioning here is 3D and a virtual world – just different than what [...]

i don’t know much about the viewers out there and my viewer of choice is still Imprudence 1.3.1! i’ve used Zen and love it for photos plus it has sim-on-a-stick in its grid manager =) thanks to Sarge of Excelsior Station i can easily learn about eleven viewers he did tests with this week (dang, [...]

everyone loves logos and everyone thinks they are easy to make. most people (including me) want to put too much “stuff” on a logo. too much stuff makes a logo unusable at very small sizes and/or in black and white like you might see on a business card of letterhead for example, the Nike logo [...]