The House Of Cards

Well well much has passed since I last wrote, we launched virtually-Linked London, slowly created a presence in real world, and Virtual through the “greyhound Project” and go for full launch to public on the 26th March using one of our good and oldest partner in this journey Ozone.

We shall also announce the direction we are headed for this year,with our new partners, after achieving all our goals beyond our expectations.

But I of course come to talk of other things, Linden Labs are on their crusade to monetize, and we of virtually-London have gone along for the ride, even changing our name from sllondon at great cost, as we were told we had to conform to passing of laws, and joining the gateway program, with the opening of Hyde Park.

But now I am disappointed, at moves within the process set in motion, which originally was so welcomed, and was perceived as a genuine attempt to gather under the platform known as secondlife, a collection of content, and service providers to take the said platform forward.

It seems all have lost sight of the fact it is the very Platform secondlife is what we stand to lose if this trend is not reversed, and after we all held our collective breaths as Obama went through his, campaign based on change, not only of how business was done, but of hearts and minds, and yet we still get the petty bickering associated with the old regimes.

What happened to Collaboration and Transparency ? there is this sudden urge by everyone to carve their little niche in the market, losing sight that we are yet to convince the organic world that, this market is viable at this time.

As we sit and bicker amongst ourselves sometimes on a personal level, the big boys, and by them I mean the owners of companies who are also aware of the yet to be achieved potential of virtual world and 3D web, watch these shenanigans, and I will bet my bottom dollar they are already rubbing their hands together as they plan to launch their version of virtual community, I stress the word community, because it will work for them as they have learn’t the lessons that we went through, and will provide a platform, monetized from day one, with the users given full control of their destinies.

At this point all our hard work to take our specific platforms forward will be for naught, unless you are in a position as market leader or at least to have been seen to have delivered on promises to your past clients, and therefore will be of use as possible consultants you can kiss your hard work and good bye.

If last years opensim debarkle did not give you an epiphany, then you are lost already, as that more than anything proved the fickleness of this new journey we call virtual worlds is.

And take this on board convincing ourselves its all good is one thing, convincing those you tell how wonderful and collaborative it is is one hell of a story further.

So I will end by saying if you are part of this striving to move forward on any platform, be aware it is not your project at risk at the moment, but the very platform you have put so much blood and sweat into, and if this continues, anyone with sense will already have a bail out doorway set in motion. And be aware it is the content and service that sing, not the theater they perform in.

As I have always said we In Virtually-Linked perceive our business as a joint effort of all friends and partners and some of you who have met me in real life will know that is what I always bang on about, so I plead with some out there to get back to the table, and take gun away from head, cause there is a live round in the chamber.

Further more we will work with any body, as long as there is the transparency, and openness, associated with good business practice.

These are my opinions, and I say them under no duress whatsoever, and you can agree or disagree, what you cannot do is do nothing about it.

Julius Sowu (Kwame Oh) on behalf of Virtually-linked London formally know as SLLondon “grin”