The strike is over. Access to posts and pages of this blog has been reenabled.
Thank you for having been such a wonderful audience, ladies and gentlemen, and please give the performers a big hand.
This blog is on strike until April 18th. Read why.
The trademark issue is not going to just dwindle away, it seems. With the blogosphere coming to realise that besides dealing more than brusquely with their core user community, Linden Lab are putting themselves in a position to censor any uttering on their products by residents both in-world and off-world, protest is gearing up. Read about the petition to Linden Lab to amend their last policy change.
The Second Life Blogger’s manifesto on the trademark guidelines issue, reprinted in full to show my support.
An open letter to Catherine Linden, concerning the new Linden trademark guidelines, and their application to my blog.
Taking a look back at some recent debates, as well as some very personal talks I have had lately, I have come to wonder if the key to the virtual is not letting go of our concept of identity. Read what I mean.
Augmentation versus Immersion seems to be good for a heated debate any day, people butting heads and heading of in a huff. Which makes me ill at ease, because I don’t get the point of the debate. At all.