All memos tagged #secondlife

Awakened Lawyer is a product concept for an Augmented Human lawyer that lives inside Slack and handles routine legal requests using a library of simple, plain-language agreements. The concept starts...

I was the CFO of Second Life from 2006 to 2009. I estimate we traded nearly $250m of Linden Dollars to USD on the LindeX during my time (see NBC News, Virtual Fed Chairman Guides Second Life). Second...

When I was in 8th grade, I programmed an Apple II Plus to solve the Rubik's Cube. I was 12. I bought the computer for about $2,000 in 1979 money. I earned that money as a newspaper carrier for...

In 2020, Linden Lab was acquired by an investor group. Ginsu Yoon held a Zoom closing. We were invited back to Philip Rosedale's backyard in Hi-Fidelity. Related Second Life ginsu-yoon...

One of the first things I did when I started as CFO of Second Life was to throw away the audit that the previous accountants had done. The report had incorrectly recognized revenue. They were...

Similar to the early days of the virtual currency of Second Life, the implementation of Cash Distribution Agreements brings with it some potential regulatory hurdles we need to be aware of as we...

Second Life is an online virtual world launched in 2003 by Linden Lab, the San Francisco company Philip Rosedale founded in 1999. Its world is created almost entirely by its users, who build, buy,...