Linden Lab

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On Monday, April 21th, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics hosted Mitch Wagner of InformationWeek and Gartner Fellow Steve Prentice, who expressed concerns about Linden Lab's strategic position. At the end of the show, Linden Lab CFO John Zdanowski (aka Zee Linden) made a surprise visit to address the analysts concerns and discuss the thinking behind the land price changes.

The event occurred at CMP's 4-Sim Amphitheatre on CMP Island.

Transcripts are now available from the interview and backchat. Additionally, the video and audio are available, courtesy of SLCN.tv.

ANALYSTS FROM INFORMATION WEEK AND GARTNER ON METANOMICS
APRIL 21, 2008

Backchat and Local Chat

[2008/04/21 10:25] JenzZa Misfit: Welcome everyone - we are just doing the pre show set up here
[2008/04/21 10:25] JenzZa Misfit: Gametime is 11 amSL :: *lol*
[2008/04/21 10:25] Yxes Delacroix: ST, are you one of the guests for the show?
[2008/04/21 10:25] Quinn Houston: I hear you
[2008/04/21 10:25] IM: Dahlia Trimble: will the discussion be shown on sltv?
[2008/04/21 10:25] IM: JenzZa Misfit: yes it will Dahlia
[2008/04/21 10:25] IM: Beyers Sellers: http://slcn/tv
[2008/04/21 10:25] IM: JenzZa Misfit: it will be broadcast LIVE
[2008/04/21 10:26] IM: Dahlia Trimble: ty :)
[2008/04/21 10:26] JenzZa Misfit: yay
[2008/04/21 10:26] JenzZa Misfit: looping
[2008/04/21 10:26] Joia Sands: Did anyone attend the Virtual Worlds conference in
New York City? I'm curious how many people attended
[2008/04/21 10:26] JenzZa Misfit: hi LifeFactory ! :)

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Last Monday, April 14th, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics hosted Cory Ondrejka, who recently stepped down as CTO of Linden Lab, and W. James Au, author of "The Making of Second Life."

The event occurred at CMP's 4-Sim Amphitheatre on CMP Island.

The interview and backchat transcripts are now available. Additionally, the video and audio are available, courtesy of SLCN.tv.

LINDEN LAB: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

This Monday, April 7th, 2008, at 11:00AM-12:00PM SLT (2:00-3:00PM EST), Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics will host Cory Ondrejka, who recently stepped down as CTO of Linden Lab, and W. James Au, author of "The Making of Second Life."

As these two guests have been closely involved with Linden Lab from the beginning, this week's event will focus on the past, present and future of the organization responsible for developing Second Life. In particular, we will discuss the development of a world filled with user-generated IP as well as more recent controversial policies such as restrictions on residents' use of the Second Life name and recent promises for the supply of cheap and abundant land. Naturally our guests will also discuss the recent managerial changes at Linden Lab as well as the future of Second Life.

Monday's event will take place on CMP's 4-Sim Amphitheatre on CMP Island as well as through our event partners, and filmed and streamed live on SLCN.tv.

Afterward, if you wish to discuss the topic further, miss the live event, or hope to network with others in the virtual business community, attend "Metanomics Rewind" on Muse Isle. This week's episode of Metanomics will be rebroadcast on Tuesday at 3:00PM SLT. Contact Bevan Whitfield or JenzZa Misfit in SL for more details.

Our event partner locations are listed after the jump.

This Friday, March 28th, 2008, at 10:30AM SLT (1:30 PM EST), Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics will hold a special session of Metanomics. We will be joined by Mitch Kapor, Chairman of the Board of Linden Lab. Bloomfield reports, "We will talk about his vision for virtual worlds technology and business strategy and, of course, the future of Linden Lab and Second Life."

Kapor is a pioneer of the personal computing revolution and has been at the forefront of information technology for 30 years as an entrepreneur, software designer, activist, and investor. He is widely known as founder of Lotus Development Corporation and the designer of Lotus 1-2-3, the "killer application" which made the personal computer ubiquitous in the business world in the 1980s. Other organizations in which Kapor has played an integral role include UUNET, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Real Networks, the Mozilla Foundation and Linden Research.

The event will be held onCMP's 4-sim Amphitheatre as well as by our event partners, and filmed and streamed live on SLCN.tv.

Our event partner locations are listed after the jump.