Category: Throwback Thursday

Throwback Thursday: There’s an Official Iron Man Suit in Second Life & It’s Fully User-Modifiable — Case Study for Current Metaverse Marketers

December 8, 2022

//embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.js Above: Standard Iron Man with Watermelon-Flavored Iron Man and Duck Head Iron Man (via Torley) I had forgotten about this until Linden Lab veteran-turned-guru VC Hunter Walk reminded me when we chatted for my upcoming book: There's free copies of an official Iron Man outfit in Second Life, part of the promotion for the…
Throwback Thursday: The First Backlash Against Metaverse Real Estate

June 16, 2022

When I express my skepticism over blockchain-based metaverse platforms, despite a "boom" of major companies and brands buying virtual real estate in them, here's why: It's happened before. From 2006-2008, major companies and brands like Adidas, American Apparel, BMW, Dell, Duran Duran, Nissan, NBC, and so on (and on), bought virtual land in Second Life,…
Throwback Thursday: That Time We Noticed Bitcoin Was Being Used Less Than Linden Dollars… in 2013

May 12, 2022

With Bitcoin's experiencing an utter bloodbath today, this may come across as "I told ya so", but hopefully not. For nearly 10 years, Bitcoin promoters and major investors have never been able to answer a question I started asking in 2013, and kept asking over the years: If Bitcoin is such an important virtual currency,…
Throwback Thursday: Metaverse Developers Not Only Testified Before Congress In 2008, Jon Stewart Featured It on The Daily Show!

April 14, 2022

When I was talking to that Government Body That Shall Remain Nameless about regulation of metaverse platforms, and plans to start calling public hearings before Congress and EU Parliaments, they were surprised when I mentioned that this already happened in 2008 with Philip Rosedale and other metaverse developers. "Yeah," I said. "Jon Stewart even did…
Throwback Thursday: Metaverse Developer Philip Rosedale Testified Before Congress… in 2008

April 7, 2022

When I mentioned that metaverse platform CEOs should prepare to testify under oath before Congress soon, that was not an exaggeration: In fact, that very thing already happened in 2008, with Linden Lab CEO Philip Rosedale. (Wearing a suit for the first time that I'm aware of since meeting him in 2003!) Edward Markey (D-Massachusetts),…

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Throwback Thursday: There’s an Official Iron Man Suit in Second Life & It’s Fully User-Modifiable — Case Study for Current Metaverse Marketers

Throwback Thursday: The First Backlash Against Metaverse Real Estate

Throwback Thursday: That Time We Noticed Bitcoin Was Being Used Less Than Linden Dollars… in 2013

Throwback Thursday: Metaverse Developers Not Only Testified Before Congress In 2008, Jon Stewart Featured It on The Daily Show!

Throwback Thursday: Metaverse Developer Philip Rosedale Testified Before Congress… in 2008