I like the new logo, which I think is like PigPen’s hair and aura, and that’s fine. I’m told by Joel it’s a Rorschach blot, and many people see different things in it.

Best of all, the website has shed that idiotic registration that 57 Miles/Nick Wilson imposed on it which made it so clunky and irritating and which didn’t really create accountability in posting anyway.

So now that I can post there without having to register, i.e. have the ban that existed under the old registration system for no reason other than hysteric thin-skinned geeks ARing me, I will likely continue posting.

I bet this new site is not made with Drupal. I don’t see that what it is, but it doesn’t seem clunky and over-complicated like Drupal.

I note that M didn’t say anything about copyright for the world — oh, he did say something about copyright for himself and his friends: “We have no plans to release the server code.” Good!

I note also that Keystone Brouchard did NOT turn this build for Metanomics into a collective farm/group build/shared object blah blah. It’s just by him. That’s great! It’s not on share or copy. Even better! I’m all for geniuses working in solitude, creating, and putting IP protection on their creations! Good!

However, note that *collaboration* can still take place, as Dusan and others do push pieces of builds into the picture. So it has its group qualities, but without being a collective nightmare.

Actions always speak louder than words on a build like this.

I know for me personally, this was the first time I got to hear M Linden respond to users first hand. Of course he’s talked in the past, but this time was the time I got to be involved…. when that happens with the Lindens and residents, it’s a very powerful thing.

I would suggest and encourage ALL the Linden employees to make an effort to come inworld, host talks, parties, gatherings, sessions.

And the Skype emoticons are horrible in comparison with Second Life

O.o

Thats good. Will give new people coming from 2D networks something they can relate to and use immediately while they trying to figure out how the rest of it works.

There is an excellent business case for the company leadership to identify something concrete and visible they can get done in the near future and making it a priority.