Archive for September, 2008

SLENTRE.COM Reader Contest: SLentrepreneur Giving Away $10K Linden and Counting Votes for “SLentrepreneur of the Year 2008”

September 24th, 2008  |  by  |  published in SLENTRE.COM Updates

SL Entrepreneur Profiles: Saffia Widdershins owner of Prim Perfect Magazine

September 24th, 2008  |  by  |  published in SL Entrepreneur Magazine, SL Entrepreneur Profiles

By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor When your staff creates a special blog suggesting you for Entrepreneur of the Year, it has to be a good thing. This is the case for Second Life® resident Saffia Widdershins, owner of Prim Perfect Magazine, Prim Perfect blog, and host of SLCN’s Meta Makeover show. I TP’ed first to […]

Virtual World News: OpenSim Development: Show Me the Money!

September 24th, 2008  |  by  |  published in Second Life News

  By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor At this year’s Second Life™ Community Conference (SLCC) in Tampa, Florida, a group of OpenSim developers and Linden Lab® employees ran a session called “Open Software for Open Worlds.” One of the topics that came up was whether the OpenSim environments would be able to use Linden™ dollars. From […]

Second Life Traffic Report – August Proves Second Life is Unpredictably Predictable!

September 10th, 2008  |  by  |  published in Second Life Traffic Report, SL Entrepreneur Magazine

Compiled by Avarie Parker There are a few new hot spots this month, including House of V and Sanctuary Rock, but the rest of the chart has remained remarkably constant. Jimmy’s has consistently placed at number one since SLENTRE.COM began compiling the traffic report – amazing! So what happened to the wild west of virtual […]

The 4C’s of 3D’s: How to Succeed with Virtual Worlds

September 10th, 2008  |  by  |  published in SLENTRE.COM Magazine Feature Articles

Op-Ed by Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Most commentators on virtual worlds are still happy to use the words “infancy,” “early stages,” “developing” and “growth period.” The concept of online interactions is as old as the bulletin board, the first public version of which is typically cited as the Computerized Bulletin Board System of Chicago, developed […]

Virtual Job Candy opens its first virtual office in Second Life and kicks off open house during Virtual Worlds Expo September 3 – 4

September 4th, 2008  |  by  |  published in Second Life News

First job board and career site dedicated to real jobs in virtual world development,animation, and 3D design offers special promotions at Expo and in-world.

SL Entrepreneur Profiles: Rusch Raymaker

September 4th, 2008  |  by  |  published in SL Entrepreneur Magazine, SL Entrepreneur Profiles

  By Sigmund Leominster, News Editor Rusch Raymaker has been a resident of the Second Life virtual world since March 23rd, 2007. She is the successful owner of AVENUE Inc., a management company overseeing a number of other ventures. A quick glance at the AVENUE Models blog demonstrates the depth and breadth of Rusch’s domain. […]

The Meta-Village SLENTRE.COM SL500 August Edition Download Available

September 4th, 2008  |  by  |  published in Second Life Traffic Report