Posts tagged thomas-malaby 
The Virtual Whirl: Cornered!
This week, in The Virtual Whirl, we're looking at a major business pitfall, and one which afflicts many virtual environment and MMOG developers/operators at one time or another. ...
Linden Lab, then and now: Tools, policy, self-perception and anthropology
During 2005, sociocultural anthropologist Thomas Malaby performed an ethnographic study at Linden Lab. Not of Second Life and its users, per se, but of Linden Lab itself, as a key component in the collective structure in and around Second Life. Malaby found an organization whose actions, functions, ...
The Escapist introduces The Virtual Policy Network
The Escapist is carrying a deliciously cogent piece from multimedia writer Wendy Despain, tantalizingly entitled Legislating the Virtual World. In it, she introduces The Virtual Policy Network, founded by Ren Reynolds to help governments, universities and businesses mediate their interests in ...
