SLCC
Ola! Long time no update, I know. Busy busy. Just a quick note saying I’m off to SLCC, and feel free to come up and say hi if you see me (I won’t have on the cowboy hat). Love to chat with people who actually use Sim-Neighbours or Babbler.
good idea
I really like that facebook offers a special feed for developers. It seems nuts and bolts so far, and that’s Good Thing™. It’s a quick heads up for developers to check if there’ any problems with fb platform itself. hint hint LL.
thanks
just wanted to take a minute from my crazy sex,drugs n’ lsl lifestyle to extend a thank you.
First to the yahoo! pipes team for a nifty service, and for being so accessible and open when i write them about problems (props to daniel :) ).
I’d also like to extend a thank you to people who answered my call in the Babbler group the other night for people to help test out the latest version. You know who you are.
And, last but not least, i’d like to thank all the users who take the time to give me feedback, good and bad :)
-max
An Open Comment on an Open Letter
There’s this open letter to LL making the rounds.
I share the sentiments - just the other day i wanted to smash my keyboard due to the frustration [scroll down a few posts] - LL needs to be more transparent with details of what’s going on, and what’s being done to fix it.
I disagree with a lot of the implications of the letter though: Does anyone really think LL isn’t aware or working on those issues?
Most people in-world have never experienced ghosting. When I joined, it was an ongoing problem. For a good while. Eventually, it got resolved.
I think all of the problems in that letter will go the way of ghosting.
It totally blows that things like friends & notices have busted. Building is an insanely frustrating experience at times. We know though these aren’t permanent features but temporary problems.
And here’s the But™.
But™ I knew getting into SL, and trying to develop there, that it was going to be like this. This is the risk of being tied to this ship.
I don’t get where people had any expectations of it not being like that. Things were going to change. New things come, some things break. I’ve been bit by change in SL before, i expect to be bit by them again.
This is the cost of early adoption - and that’s what this is - make no mistake. The letter implies that phase is over, but i think that’s just because of the echo chamber effect. A buncha oldbies talking to each other. No one knows what platform will become the standard for the sort of experience SL is now uniquely providing. Maybe it will be SL, maybe not.
At the moment, SL is suffering from what some are calling a bubble. Seems more like fear to me. No one wants to miss the boat, the way a lot of companies did when the ‘net came around, while others are having dreams of riches generated by the gross misperception that money is just growing on trees on the grid.
Obviously, I have no special insight into what goes on inside LL. It seems though a general consensus in software development that just throwing more people at a problem doesn’t necessarily fix it any faster, and can often do the opposite. Maybe they need more expertise, but its an open secret that LL has recruiting issues. And the whole she-bag it certainly isn’t made easier by operating on a moving patient.
The simple fact is there’s nothing like SL at the moment, and that shit breaking is just the cost of business. Otherwise, you can always go over There. I hear Laguna Beach is nice this time of year.
[update] cory’s blog post.
You may have noticed a bandwidth exceeded msg last night. apologies to anyone trying to use the site or any of my services. end of month combined with spike in traffic from ite, mixed in with babbler traffic spike. :) resolved. thanks mr. f.
Babbler3 BETA
On my way to bed, but thought I would share this.
Been working on Babbler3 - Nothing ground breaking, just combining Babbler & De-Babbler into one device, some housecleaning. IT STILL NEEDS POLISHING, but it all works. I think the controls are obvious enough for exprienced Babbler users. Please give me any feedback regarding the new layout. To get a copy, just join my Babbler Group, and there is a Notice with the new Beta attached.
Looking for Phreaking DJs!
Some of you know i do a regular show on phreak-radio, every monday night (7pm pst).
We’re looking for djs - heres the info if you’re interested: Looking for Phreaking DJs!. In particular, I’m calling out my international readers. i use google analytics, so i know you’re there. :)
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My Super Villian results
So I took the super villian test, and the results are in:
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email bankruptcy
Forgot to mention, I declared email bankruptcy a few days ago, though I didn’t go to the length of emailing all the pending addy’s, since a number of them were SL IM->Emails. But if you sent me something, and I haven’t replied, please, feel free to re-contact me. I’m trying to be better with email, honest. I’m being merciless with filters, which helps a bit more.
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