G’DAY WORLD #287 – Kevin Anderson, The Guardian’s Blog Editor (X | Media | Lab)

by | Sep 8, 2007 | Podcast, Video

Another video from X | Media | Labs (yes, Caroline and Melissa, I’m getting there)… this one is with the gentleman I prefer to think of as Mr Suw – Kevin Anderson. Kevin is the Blog Editor at The Guardian in the UK. In this short video (my tape ran out at the end of a long day), Kevin gives his views on how MSM sites distinguish between a journalist’s blog and their articles.

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    Mr BugMeNot Revealed!

    by | Sep 7, 2007 | Melbourne, Uncategorized

    One of the regular surprises at MODM is the people who turn up. I’m always meeting people who run companies I have heard of but never knew they were from Melbourne. Last night it was the guy from BugMeNot. I can’t tell you his name. And I can’t show you his face. All I can show you is this shot. He’s threatened me with physical pain if I show you any more. But he does have a very exciting new project coming out soon which G’Day World will have an exclusive on. Right, guys?? Right???! Don’t forget – I’ve got the goods to blackmail you now if I don’t get what I want.

    Mr Bug Me Not

    Thanks to everyone who turned up last night. Lots of new people came for the first time and I think everyone had a great time. MODM 6 will be on October 4. Register here.

    Is Linden Labs Suffocating Second Life?

    by | Sep 6, 2007 | Uncategorized

    On Thursday the 6th of September, at 10am SL time, there will be a meeting in the amphitheater in Arsheba Academy Campus, Evenstar region in Second Life, where a bunch of disillusioned SLers will be talking to the media about the growing list of problems they see appearing in Second Life, including: Camping, Traffic System, Search, Linden, Privacy and Security, Anshe Chung, increasingly intrusive policies, failure to fix bugs instead focusing on fluff features, the general hijacking of what WE created, dictatorship, and interfering and competing against businesses here when their job is to provide the infrastructure racket, a level playing field, steadily declining server performance, bandwidth, and all but cookie-cutter support.

    I would attend but it’s 4am AEST and I’ve got an important meeting in the morning I have to be fresh-faced and bushy-tailed for (which is hard enough for me at the best of times at that hour of the morning).

    It certainly seems like a lot of old-timer SL people I meet in-world these days are growing tired of the long list of problems that Linden seem to be allowing / encouraging.

    I have been forwarded a transcript of a recent chat session held by a group of disaffected SLers and it’s a long, long list.

    These are people who are SL’s biggest supporters – hard core SLers who have spent an enormous amount of time and energy invested in making Second Life what it has become. I hope the Linden folks attend tomorrow’s meeting and take the concerns of their citizens seriously. It would be a shame to see SL self-destruct.