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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Peering Inside: A media campaign]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/peering-inside-a-media-campaign/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/peering-inside-a-media-campaign/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/peering-inside-a-media-campaign/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/opinion/" rel="tag">Opinion</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/second-life/" rel="tag">Second Life</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/virtual-worlds/" rel="tag">Virtual worlds</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/peering-inside/" rel="tag">Peering Inside</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lively/" rel="tag">Lively</a></p><p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/07/op1.jpg" alt="" />While the announcement of the <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/look-lively/">Google Lively public beta</a> may have taken many by surprise, apparently it did not take Linden Lab unawares -- their <a href="http://secondlife.com/"><em>Second Life</em></a> messages were already lined up and ready to go.</p>
<p>Indeed considering that information about <em><a href="http://massively.com/category/lively">Lively's</a></em> launch was available to a number of people who were close to Linden Lab, either as partners or ex-staffers, it seems silly to suggest that Linden Lab might not have known <em>Lively's</em> public beta launch date, unless those contacts were aflame with considerable, searing resentment.</p>
<p>Wheezing, clanking and dripping oil from dark and unnameable apertures, one of Linden Lab's most neglected subsystems -- the marketing machine -- arose from it's years-long slumber and went about it's ponderous, mechanical business.</p><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/peering-inside-a-media-campaign/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Peering Inside: A media campaign</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/peering-inside-a-media-campaign/">Peering Inside: A media campaign</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/peering-inside-a-media-campaign/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1254436/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/07/14/peering-inside-a-media-campaign/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>featured</category><category>google</category><category>ibm</category><category>john-zdanowski</category><category>linden-lab</category><category>lively</category><category>m-linden</category><category>mark-kingdon</category><category>marketing</category><category>opinion</category><category>peering-inside</category><category>second-life</category><category>virtual-worlds</category><category>vivaty</category><category>wall-street-journal</category><category>zee-linden</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Tateru Nino]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
