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Avatars United — A Sticking-Plaster Solution for Networking in Second Life

So I guess almost every­one who’s going to read this post is aware of Linden Labs pur­chase of Avatars United and the assim­il­a­tion of it’s cre­at­ive minds at Enemy Unknown. Spec­u­la­tion is rife as to what motiv­ated this pur­chase, the grand avatar purge that counts Ener Hax amongst it cas­u­al­ties? Prob­lems with scal­ing? Chances are …

February 2, 2010 – 2:29 am | By Aaron | Posted in Thoughts, second life | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Second Life and Poor User Centered Design

Yes­ter­day I wrote a post about how copy­bot­ting can essen­tially be seen as the con­sequence of bad design, I spoke about how the design of Second Life is such that some people are will­ing to take great risks in-order to com­pensate for design related prob­lems. I think it’s safe to say that much of those …

December 16, 2009 – 2:43 pm | By Aaron | Posted in Thoughts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)