All the Important Stories are Gone
July 30, 2008Johnny Ming just said that he thinks that they covered all the pioneering stuff and while there’s still stuff to talk about, they covered the momentous stuff.
EVERY generation thinks that after they step aside and let others come in. EVERY generation thinks they covered the important stuff.
Secondcast did cover some interesting stuff. And I have respect for Johnny. But this statement just seems absurd. Technology will ALWAYS be changing in SL and there’s always going to be things that the people of the time feel are momentous, whether they really are or not.
Henry Ford probably thought he covered all the important aspects of automobiles too.
This is why I broke up I, Podjacker into individual
Crap Mariner | July 30, 2008This is why I broke up I, Podjacker into individual interviews.
You get voices of the past, of the now, of the future… various communities… various goals and strategies.
Britney/Dave had the “Golden Age” attitude. As opposed to Banana/Yxes, who looked to the future.
I’m going to turn up the aggression knob and get some more folks. And I’m going to call out the folks I’ve tried to contact and haven’t responded.
For instance, CC has a history of charging up like a puppy, slobbering and happy, and then running off.
I cringed when I heard Dave refer to the "Golden
John Swords (Johnny Ming) | July 30, 2008I cringed when I heard Dave refer to the “Golden Age” as well. What I said today was not meant to come off sounding similar, but I guess it did
I respect you for calling me out on it too.
In contrast to many of the “golden age” podcasters that hastily came in and ran out of Second Life, it is very important to me that it’s made clear that all of the members of SecondCast had been residents of Second Life as either charter members from 2003 or shortly thereafter. And with the exception of myself and Walker Spaight (Mark Wallace), Torrid, Lordfly, Cristiano and even our guest co-hosts are all still quite active residents.
When I said “pioneering era” today during the talk I was referring to a comment made recently by Linden Lab board member Mitch Kapor. I agree with him that the era of Second Life “when settlers survived in difficult conditions, building a new world, with few rules and lots of freedom” is drawing to a close. Mitch thinks its ending now but I actually believe it ended in early 2007.
I enjoyed reporting on Second Life when it was the wild west — unregulated gambling, no age or identity verification, and general lack of policing of user activity by Linden Lab. Things have drastically changed since those days. Many things are easier to do in Second Life and Linden Lab has grown and matured.
What I don’t mean to say is that interesting things will now cease to happen in Second Life, it’s actually quite the opposite. With more residents and system capabilities than ever before, I expect that there are many times the amount of things to report on.
Take care,
Johnny
Cool, thanks Johnny. Posted my thoughts in response in a
Radar | July 30, 2008Cool, thanks Johnny. Posted my thoughts in response in a new blog post.