I heard from Robustus Hax of MBC. The name SLebrity had been considered but there may be some Linden Lab involvement in the show, which may cause problems. Why? Because the word SLebrity is clearly a portmanteau of SL and celebrity, and the SL element is trademarked. There may be a case for LL to go up against MBC because of this.
I say "maybe" because you can't trademark a word, only a mark. The word slebrity (no upper case for the first two letters) exists outside of the Second Life universe. For example, on May 11th, 2006, a blog post appeared entitled SLEBRITY SPOTTING, with the words in a caps font.
So the word slebrity cannot be trademarked retrospectively, although maybe SLebrity can. I'm certainly not going to consult my real life patent attorneys on this - and those of you who have such people working for you know the cost involved! - but from what I know of past work with them, I bet slebrity is OK but SLebrity is not: The former predates Linden Lab's annoucement in 2008 about branding and the latter is obviously SL related.
I may have some challenges of my own at some stage. My name, Sigmund Leominster, is mine, and mine alone. My initials happen to be SL. My blog, SL on SL is a gray area, but I have it as SL© on SL™ because the first SL is my intials, and I can copyright these, but the second is an abbreviation for Second Life, for which I use the obligatory ™ marking.
My friend Seikatsu Koba is working on a logo for me. I think it should be fun to see what happens if his starts appearing in the Second Life press!
Jan 11, 2009
I Want To Be A Celebrity; Or A SLebrity
Either I am ahead of the curve or one step behind. I'm certainly not slouch when it comes to starting a post with a mixed metaphor.
Metaverse TV have announced a new program, I Want To Be A Celebrity. I could kick myself repeatedly for missing the opportunity to promote the use of SLebrity here, especially since I do some work for MBC! Here is the danger when you live outside the loops. Clearly the folks at MBC have been working on this but I'm not in the Inner Circle so didn't know.
Maybe it is not too late. My next step is to alert the good folks at MBC that SLebrity is better - especially for search engines.
Stay posted; I'll let you know how it goes
Metaverse TV have announced a new program, I Want To Be A Celebrity. I could kick myself repeatedly for missing the opportunity to promote the use of SLebrity here, especially since I do some work for MBC! Here is the danger when you live outside the loops. Clearly the folks at MBC have been working on this but I'm not in the Inner Circle so didn't know.
Maybe it is not too late. My next step is to alert the good folks at MBC that SLebrity is better - especially for search engines.
Stay posted; I'll let you know how it goes
Jan 10, 2009
Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
I noticed lately that whenever I log on to Second Life, no-one IMs me until I have IMed them. the must see me log on but clearly don't have anything to say to me. What does that tell me?
OK, so if I analyze a little more, I do have IMs waiting from one or two people, but I still feel a little like a ghost. My friend list is, as I have said before, relatively small, but I thought it was selective. However, it turns out that I am deluding myself. My SL footprint is smaller than I trick myself into believing.
Maybe this is not unusual. Maybe the majority of folks in SL wear small shoes. I don't know. I also know that when I click on my Google Alerts for "Second Life," I find many many blogs with no comments - the spectral writings of more virtual world phantoms.
So the question is; should I stay or should I go? If I left, would there be any impact? Sadly, I believe not. Yet if I stay, will there be any impact? Again, I fear not. Perhaps for 99% of people, our Second Life existence "don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world."
I need time to think.
OK, so if I analyze a little more, I do have IMs waiting from one or two people, but I still feel a little like a ghost. My friend list is, as I have said before, relatively small, but I thought it was selective. However, it turns out that I am deluding myself. My SL footprint is smaller than I trick myself into believing.
Maybe this is not unusual. Maybe the majority of folks in SL wear small shoes. I don't know. I also know that when I click on my Google Alerts for "Second Life," I find many many blogs with no comments - the spectral writings of more virtual world phantoms.
So the question is; should I stay or should I go? If I left, would there be any impact? Sadly, I believe not. Yet if I stay, will there be any impact? Again, I fear not. Perhaps for 99% of people, our Second Life existence "don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world."
I need time to think.
Jan 6, 2009
New Blazer and Scarf
I wanted a new striped blazer, preferably in red and green narrow stripes, or possible yellow and black. I stopped off at Emery and found no such blazer but I did find a great yellow plaid scarf.
I went to Xtreet SL online to find a blazer - the Vintage Tennis Blazer by Young Urban. It isn't ideal - there could be more stripes, particularly on the arms - and I'm not over-thrilled by the hem, which would have been better as a skirt perhaps. However, the built-in shirt and tie is nice, with the tie being a classic club stripe.
So here I am looking as if I'm about to step onboard my yacht. Except that I don't have one and I'm not really a sailing type, RL or SL. Still, I like it overall.
Pants and shoes are Redgrave - art by J.W. Waterhouse. If you ever want to see my art collection, just ask.
I went to Xtreet SL online to find a blazer - the Vintage Tennis Blazer by Young Urban. It isn't ideal - there could be more stripes, particularly on the arms - and I'm not over-thrilled by the hem, which would have been better as a skirt perhaps. However, the built-in shirt and tie is nice, with the tie being a classic club stripe.So here I am looking as if I'm about to step onboard my yacht. Except that I don't have one and I'm not really a sailing type, RL or SL. Still, I like it overall.
Pants and shoes are Redgrave - art by J.W. Waterhouse. If you ever want to see my art collection, just ask.
Jan 5, 2009
Queen Media, Kinji Lockjaw, and a TV Show
Actress and model, Kinji Lockjaw, is set to revive her Queen Media venture. Her plan is to start a TV Chat show this year. I'm all for this because she asked me to be a guest. Well slap me with a fresh haddock and call me Shirley! Any exposure is good exposure as far as I am concerned, especially if it promotes me and edges me ever closer to SLebrity status (see, I'm using the word!)
And sh0uld you happen to read this one, Kinji, I still suggest you get that glorious red dress from Mami Jewell's Azul store - it's upstairs ;)
And sh0uld you happen to read this one, Kinji, I still suggest you get that glorious red dress from Mami Jewell's Azul store - it's upstairs ;)
"Straight Talk from SL"
Yesterday I had a chat with my friend MTD1952 Timeless. He's one of the many stylish gay guys in Second Life. In fact, my guess is that the majority of fashion-orientated guys in Second Life are gay. And if this is the case, then I have a niche - the Straight Male Fashionista!
MTD writes for Ammon Pera's InV Daily, a lifestyle blog that is read by many. He suggested I contact Ammon to sign up as a writer. Mmmh. Recognizing that InV is gay-orientated, I proferred the column title, Straight Talk from SL, which clearly plays on the "straightness" angle and has the bi-readable "SL" for Second Life and Sigmund Leominster.
So, keep an eye on InV to see if I appear at some point.
MTD writes for Ammon Pera's InV Daily, a lifestyle blog that is read by many. He suggested I contact Ammon to sign up as a writer. Mmmh. Recognizing that InV is gay-orientated, I proferred the column title, Straight Talk from SL, which clearly plays on the "straightness" angle and has the bi-readable "SL" for Second Life and Sigmund Leominster.
So, keep an eye on InV to see if I appear at some point.
Who Do I Have To Fuck?
After a year of blogging, the number of people who actually read my stuff appears to be so small that there is talk of a new word being used in Physics - the Sig, which is defined as "a number so small that current technology has no way of measuring it, and which makes zero fucking huge."
Of course, I'm willing to accept that what I write is crap and unreadable, but then again so is 99% of what passes for blogging. It may also be that I am tragically useless as self promotion, missing all the important parties and not shouting load enough to tell folks how truly wonderful I am. Or maybe it is the opposite - people don't like me because I tell them how truly wonderful I am.
What to do, what to do.
I know that I don't have a blog roll. This seems to be the usual way of cross promoting; a mutual appreciation society whereby I scratch your blog, you scratch mine. But then nobody - and I can quantify the "nobody" as being at least 3 sigs - has every asked me to do any cross-linking, so I can only assume that (a) no-one is reading, or (b) nobody is interested.
That said, should I stop the blog? After all, if I spent the time I blog freely writing things I get paid for (thank you, at least, to all of you who hand over lindens for my efforts!) then I'd at least have more money, even if I have no blog readers.
I will go on the promotion offensive. This does NOT include taking my clothes of for the Herald, taking up escorting, or becoming a male model - although the later does appeal to my shallow ego. No, I'll just work a little harder at convincing people that I can... well, do something that is interesting!
Oh, and the other possibility: shorter but more frequent blogs. Some bloggers write maybe a couple of lines, toss in a picture, and call it a blog. they do that five times in a day and folks seem to love it. Must be something to do with short attention spans.
On that basis, this blog is too long. It's over. Move on to my next one - please!
Of course, I'm willing to accept that what I write is crap and unreadable, but then again so is 99% of what passes for blogging. It may also be that I am tragically useless as self promotion, missing all the important parties and not shouting load enough to tell folks how truly wonderful I am. Or maybe it is the opposite - people don't like me because I tell them how truly wonderful I am.
What to do, what to do.
I know that I don't have a blog roll. This seems to be the usual way of cross promoting; a mutual appreciation society whereby I scratch your blog, you scratch mine. But then nobody - and I can quantify the "nobody" as being at least 3 sigs - has every asked me to do any cross-linking, so I can only assume that (a) no-one is reading, or (b) nobody is interested.
That said, should I stop the blog? After all, if I spent the time I blog freely writing things I get paid for (thank you, at least, to all of you who hand over lindens for my efforts!) then I'd at least have more money, even if I have no blog readers.
I will go on the promotion offensive. This does NOT include taking my clothes of for the Herald, taking up escorting, or becoming a male model - although the later does appeal to my shallow ego. No, I'll just work a little harder at convincing people that I can... well, do something that is interesting!
Oh, and the other possibility: shorter but more frequent blogs. Some bloggers write maybe a couple of lines, toss in a picture, and call it a blog. they do that five times in a day and folks seem to love it. Must be something to do with short attention spans.
On that basis, this blog is too long. It's over. Move on to my next one - please!
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