Monthly Archives: August 2007

Concierge support moves to 24/7

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Jack Linden

Concierge customers will probably be aware that we have grown the team considerably in recent months as we have sought to improve response times, and provide fast and effective telephone support. Although that process is still ongoing, we are pleased … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements & News, Concierge | 123 Comments

Music Development Mailing List

Posted on August 31, 2007 by Jesse Linden

At SLCC this year we offered to setup a music development mailing list to facilitate discussion around a very large topic – music in Second Life! Resident musicians, venue owners, buillders, scripters, audiences, and promoters are all invited to participate. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements & News, Community, Creativity & Ideas, Music, Resident Experience | 101 Comments

[RESOLVED @ 12:13 am PDT] Packet loss under investigation

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Teeple Linden

[31 Aug, 07 @ 12:13 am PDT] Our normal routes have been restored for our use. Thank you for your patience, and good night 🙂 [30 Aug, 07 @ 10:58 PM PDT] We’re currently taking advantage of some alternate routing … Continue reading →

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Tip of the Week: How to move your camera further and better

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Torley

Friendly greetings! It’s me again, Torley Linden, and continuing from last week’s tip to turn off the typing animation + sound, I’ve got something really useful for any time when you’ve wanted your avatar to see further away without having … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Creativity & Ideas | 114 Comments

July 2007 Key Metrics Released

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Meta Linden

Hello everyone, I am finally publishing our Public Metrics in Excel and OpenDocument and Google Doc formats through July 2007. I apologize about the delays in getting these posted, but hopefully the addition of some new data should make this … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy | 82 Comments

[RESOLVED @ 4:01 a.m. PDT] Recovering from a service interruption

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Teeple Linden

[4:01 a.m. PDT] All Grid services have been re-enabled within the past few minutes.  Thanks for your patience, and good night 🙂 [3:00 a.m. PDT] The in-world Search system is about to be disabled for a bit, while we troubleshoot … Continue reading →

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New Update Process: Introducing Release Candidate Viewers!

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Bridie Linden

Happy Wednesday Everyone! We’re changing our release process for Second Life viewers that we think everyone will benefit from. Going forward, optional viewer updates containing the latest round of bug fixes and/or soon-to-be-released new features — referred to as Release … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements & News, Bugs & Fixes, Development, New Releases, Quality Assurance | 142 Comments

Mainland supply rates for early September 2007

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Jack Linden

Further to the previous post announcing the rate of mainland supply, our rate from 1st September until 14th September will be slightly reduced, down to no more than 8 regions per day from 10 per day currently. In addition, there … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements & News, Land | 124 Comments

Last Call for Machinima Entries

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Robin Linden

The Machinima Europe Festival 07, taking place at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK is soon coming to a close (Sept. 01, 2007 is the deadline!). If you’re a machinimator and still haven’t submitted your work (or know of others … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity & Ideas, Movies & Machinima | 18 Comments

Identity Verification Comes to Second Life

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Robin Linden

Trust is the foundation of any community. And one cornerstone of trust is identity. You’ve got to know something about the person you are dealing with before you can trust them. Knowing who to trust in an online environment presents … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements & News, Community | 157 Comments