Today is a special day - it’s the Step Up! for content creators day . It’s a grid-wide protest, attempting to bring attention to the ongoing issue of content theft. You’ve heard about it before; rip-off artists show up with advanced tools that...
Topics: copying, revenue

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I attended Tymmerie Thorne’s amazing Halloween party the other night, where I saw many totally amazing costumes. I believed mine to be pretty good, but it paled in comparison to most of the others, especially Tym’s iron cage skirt, which must have..
Topics: effects, halloween

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In an attempt to increase sales, I’ve been fiddling with my product boxes, and thought readers might be interested to see what I’ve done. But first, the problem: In this case, sales were low, and my new theory is that shoppers get most of their...
Topics: business, Ideas, revenue

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Like most virtual designers, I am often collaborating with other designers or clients in efforts to build something or other. Initially this was pretty easy, as Second Life is a pretty decent environment for collaboration: You’ve got voice, text and...
Topics: communication, tools

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I haven’t done any shameless advertising on this blog for quite a while, so I thought I’d mention a few items in my shop that you might find very appropriate for the season. And that season is of course Autumn (at least in the Northern Hemisphere)...
Topics: effects, particle effects

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