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Linden Lab CEO on Second Life's growth, future

While the recession has been brutal on most technology companies, one venture that has done relatively well is Linden Lab, the parent company of Second Life. When we first interviewed CEO Mark Kingdon in January, he said the company was profitable and growing. Last month, Linden Lab released figures showing increased usage of the virtual world, and a near doubling of the size of the in-world economy. The Standard recently caught up with Kingdon via email to see how the company's enterprise push is faring. The text of the Q&A follows.

| Interview | Internet | 10/16/09 at 8:54 pm |


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Twitter vs. Second Life: A n00b takes another look

Overhyped technology poster child of 2009, meet your counterpart from 2006. We're talking about Twitter -- which, by our reckoning, entered the mainstream at the beginning of this year -- and Second Life, the virtual world which went through its own hype phase in 2006 (BusinessWeek: "Virtual worlds abound in useful business applications!") before being brought roughly back to earth.

| Opinion | Internet | 09/30/09 at 8:46 pm |


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19th-century thinking won't cut it in Second Life

In this day and age, applying old-fashioned ideals to these new technologies is not only counterproductive, it hurts a company's competitive edge.

| Opinion | Internet | 09/24/09 at 3:50 pm |


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Linden Lab: Social networking can't touch Second Life

OK, guys. We get it. Second Life is not a fad. But a rival to social networking sites? We're having a little trouble with that one.

| Opinion | Internet | 09/23/09 at 7:52 pm |


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Chinese government cracks down on virtual currency

Over the past two decades, China has gone from a tightly controlled socialist state to a freewheeling capitalist economy -- in real life, anyway.

| Opinion | Government | Internet | Tech & society | 07/14/09 at 8:50 am |


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