Robert Bloomfield

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This Monday, April 21st, 2008, at 11:00AM-12:00PM SLT (2:00-3:00PM EST), Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics will host Mitch Wagner of InformationWeek and Gartner Fellow Steve Prentice. They will discuss prospects for corporate investment in virtual worlds, the state of the competitive landscape among developers and worlds, and the future of Second Life.

Here is some recommended reading for this week:

1. Read Mitch Wagner's commentary about Qwaq, the virtual world tailored to business collaboration.

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Last Monday, April 7th, 2008, Robert Bloomfield and Metanomics hosted a panel to discuss the challenges and opportunities of conducting economic experiments in virtual worlds. Our guests included:

- Tom Chesney, Lecturer in Information Systems at Nottingham University Business School
- John Duffy, Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh
- Steve Atlas, economics graduate student at Tufts University

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Most followers of Metanomics probably know that Philip Rosedale has stepped down from his position as CEO of Linden Lab. .

Mitch Kapor, who is the current Chairman of the Board of Linden Lab, was in Second Life to give a keynote speech as part of UBM Think Service's Life 2.0 conference. That gave me a chance to ask the following during the Q&A session:

Do you have any comments on the change in Philip Rosedale's position, and your stepping down as Chairman of the Board of Directors? Along similar lines, what can you say about Linden Lab's short-term and long-term strategic plans?

Mitch's response was largely what you might expect. Here is my attempt at paraphrasing:

Metanomics host Robert Bloomfield was mentioned in three major media outlets over the past two days. He was quoted extensively in today's Christian Science Monitor article by Chris Gaylord, "Can Web-Based Worlds Teach Us About the Real One?".

Second, a front-page Wall-Street Journal Article by Robin Sidel quotes Bloomfield in "Cheer Up, Ben: Your Economy Isn't as Bad as This One," which discusses the SL banking crisis.

Finally, he was also quoted in an article by Alana Semuels
about the fallout from the Ginko case, which appeared in yesterday's LA Times.

Those who have been following the SL financial crisis over the past two weeks may be interested to read how it has been covered by the print media.