Announcing the $10,000 (USD) Linden Prize

Awww Toy, how can you say that!!

Would an entry on how to get your CEO to live up to his promises and interact with his customers in a virtual world be a valid proposition?

I see that some companies are having real problems with their communications, and well, SL should be good communications.

Maybe I should suggest how these CEO's should actually come into SL and look at the market.

sorry Robin, I can say no more just got a warning.

Lindens,

We really dont care what you spend your overhead on. You have already costs us all thousands of dollars, and are dipping into our pockets again with this stupid $125 a month Open Space fee.

No one will be around come January we will all have been forced to leave, by you.

Enjoy unemployment.

I only hope for any possible winner, that the money will come in one portion and without transaction-hickups. Not thinking about a maybe hidden clause, that it will be payed in portions like 1 L$ per day, or so... because it is around 2,6 Million L$... I go now counting, how long in years I would have to sit on an average camping chair for that... Friendly greetings from Vienna. We austrians are ever a bit crazy at late nights and especially while full moon actualy. Ahm, and the valuta zone in the upper right corner of the viewer is prepared for such a big number: 2600000 ?

And here I was being nice and celebrating such a wonderful announcement. I understand the pain and indignation of the people hurt in the Open Spaces fiasco and could easily look past the posts which don't really have anything to do with the topic. I will still be around and anxiously wait to see who all is nominated and who the winner will be but whoever it is will you please get off your power trip and leave Toy alone? Fours years of contributing to both SL and to the forums should not be rewarded in such a manner.

I know, you think I'm being sarcastic and mean, but gosh I just need to ask that question.

Why you ask? Well, I was just perusing the Application Form, and checked it out, submitting what I thought was THE BEST on-going project ever, and noticed there's a BUG on the Application Submission page.

I would think, that whoever wrote these pages would have checked them, then his/her boss would have checked them, then his/her boss would have checked them, etc. IF this happened, I gotta say, you guys suck as seeing issues.

I really shouldn't tell you, but since you think I'm just being a sarcastic snob, I will. When going to the "Review Application" page, the Second Life Name isn't right. Instead you fill in the Real Name and the Second Life Name with the same variable.

Now, you see what I mean by catching the obvious?

Now you see why I say these guys suck?

I mean if you can't catch the simplest of errors, it's no wonder why SL is in such a mess.

Have a pleasant day, and oh BTW - Nice idea, but isn't it just another way to take an idea from a SL Resident and use it towards your own, "Bring Corporations to SL"? The $10K sure blinds a lot of people from seeing the obvious nature of this, but I see it for what it is, getting SL Residents to do your all's job, because apparently you can't think of any "good" ways to get Corporations into Second Life.

Let me tell you, it's not the fantastic projects SL Residents have going on that will bring more Corporations into SL, it's FIXING SL as a whole. If you Linden Lab employee's can't see that, then you "suck".

Maybe it's the way Linden Lab has chosen to NOT answer questions from us Old Timers and refuse any Communication what so ever.

Then again I could be wrong.......NOT

Linden Lab Interpreter Initialized.....working.....computing.....done:

"But yes, it's our hope that everyone will forget the cruddy way we've treated everyone and will work for us, because we don't have any original ideas of our own."

Linden Lab Interpreter Initialized....computing....working.....done:

"Qie, we favor everyone and no one. We are asking everyone to do our work for us, because we just would rather work on projects more fun then this. Having SL Residents do this means we can spend more time being "OPEN and TRANSPARENT" in our communication."

Linden Lab Interpreter Initialized.....working.....computing....done:

"Uh oh, you hit it on the head, better SPIN. Mitch Kapor is a always good to throw people off the track...Of course we are trying to divert everyone's attention....who wouldn't after the week we've had?"

I see a possibility of people trying to eliminate the competition with false abuse reports.

On a different note, LL says it uses SL in it's daily operations. What use can they make of SL is better than groupware that includes email, instant messaging, wikis, video chat, voice chat, application sharing, desktop sharing, etc.?

Thanks for the heads up Bob. We've already received a few applications, and they're coming in correctly. But you're right that there's a problem, so we're asking our web developer to make sure it's working correctly.

Robin

$10,000 -- I really would hate to be the avatar to win that. Can you imagine the # of intrusion attempts he or she is gonna get once the lucky winner is announced?

Lol I'm sorry couldn't resist 10k lindens lol lol!

@67: See my earlier answer to Qie. The intent of the Prize is broad, not narrow. Without making a judgment on the quality of the projects you describe, if the project in world demonstrably and tangibly shows great results outside of Second Life, then they are eligible. The most important thing is to document that impact.

We have tested the form. I do not get the error you describe. Apparently, others have. Do you have any more info that would help describe the problem?

If you or others can describe more fully what your bug is, we'll test it.

How about someone that's done New Resident Education for 5 1/2 years? Oh wait, that doesn't count, he's an Old Timer and you are trying to get us to leave SL.

Well gee Everett. You want me to just dig into the source code and tell you just what the problem is? How about you send me an employment contract first. I don't work for Linden Lab. I described the bug to detail, that anyone should be able to figure it out. If your "web developer" can't figure it out, then perhaps you need to find a new "web developer".

good job, wrong company, unless the pay is good i can`t do worse then your guy
heck, even upgrading a forum doesn`t take me 2 years

Let's hope that companies like Rivers Run Red are excluded through a 'conflict of interest', as you're partnering with them to sell that 'immersive workspace' thing.

There's a lot more talent out there in smaller organisations and individuals that never get the recognition they deserve.

/me wonders if the 5 O'Clock Somewhere beach I've had for 2 years and which I have dozens and dozens of people who have told me how their RL life has changed thanks to that one place - would qualify.

Somehow I doubt it - I'm just one of the many in SL who created a space for thousands people to meet, hangout and that all-important - COMMUNICATE.

For anyone's interest, I get around 200 real live people through my sim each day as an average - not one camper or bot to be found - just real people...and that's been consistent for most of the 2 years. And I have a wonderful, loyal and growing membership of well over 1100 who all consider each other as friends.

Oh well, I get a huge satisfaction from knowing they enjoy the place and each other. I'm just sad that I'll have to reduce their play space by 2 OS sims in the next few weeks.

When this leads to me, a Brit, getting nagged by no end of robo-call bots, written by enterprising folk with an eye to this prizes, for my views on some proposal of interest only to American voters in their home state, I am going to be so cross.

From what my American friends have had to say about canvassing techniques in their recent elections, I don'[t think they'll be too amused either.

And when I start getting canvassed in a language I don't understand for my views on a domestic issue in a country where English isn't the main language....

Just curious, is this contest being used as a way for LL to receive a large pile of new creative inventions so LL can then continue to advance these ideas as their own?

Does every and all entry retain 100% ownership of the creator?

... we all know you cant copyright ideas..... so doesn't it seem sketchy to divulge many many ingenius ideas to LL. I'm hoping LL will scrap and forget about all of the countless inventions they receive.