http://www.itworld.com/second-life xx http://www.itworld.com/internet/81345/linden-lab-ceo-second-lifes-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. http://www.itworld.com/internet/81345/linden-lab-ceo-second-lifes-growth-future#comments Internet Interview linden lab second life Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:54:45 -0400 ITworld staff 81345 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/79445/twitter-vs-second-life-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. http://www.itworld.com/internet/79445/twitter-vs-second-life-n00b-takes-another-look#comments Internet Opinion second life Twitter Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:46:31 -0400 ITworld staff 79445 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/78839/19th-century-thinking-wont-cut-it-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. http://www.itworld.com/internet/78839/19th-century-thinking-wont-cut-it-second-life#comments Internet Opinion second life Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:50:40 -0400 ITworld staff 78839 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/78699/linden-lab-social-networking-cant-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. http://www.itworld.com/internet/78699/linden-lab-social-networking-cant-touch-second-life#comments Internet Opinion linden lab second life social networking Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:52:28 -0400 ITworld staff 78699 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/70867/chinese-government-cracks-down-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. http://www.itworld.com/internet/70867/chinese-government-cracks-down-virtual-currency#comments Government Internet Tech & society Opinion second life World of Warcraft Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:50:49 -0400 abennett 70867 at http://www.itworld.com