Second Life 2010 Predictions

Here are my predictions for Second Life 2010 below in a list. At the end of next year I will review how many of the below predictions actually happened or not. 2009 is almost over and 2010 is now about 7 weeks away.

• Second Life Viewer 2.0  (December 2009 release possible)
• SL will become more social (facebook, twitter, web etc)
  
• Teen Integration (Merge of grids)
  
• Second Life grows in popularity around the world
• OpenSim grows and more 3rd party viewers
  
• Second Life Enterprise will let customers extend their businesses to virtual world environments
• Cheaper homesteads and new additional fees for services
• More news press from RL sources and SL sources
  
• Official SL Shadows in viewer
  
• Mesh Exporting
• New creation tools
• More Linden Lab HQ’s around the world
  
• Windows 7 compatibility support for SL
• Relay for Life 2010 will hopefully raise more than $500, 000
  
• Second Life online residents to reach the 100, 000 milestone mark (new record)
• Total SL registered accounts will exceed 18 or 19 million
• And theres more…

• Have I missed anything else out ?
• What are your top SL 2010 predictions ?
• Please comment and I’ll add it up!

Previous Predictions by others

• 2009 Virtual World Meta-Predictions
• The Traditional Predictions List for 2009
• Ten virtual worlds predictions for 2009
  
• Second Life Predictions for 2008!
• Prokofy Neva’s Predictions for 2008
• Second Life Predictions for 2007

My SL Monthly Twitter Stats

I use Twitter a lot these days to stay updated on all things Second Life and real life. Today I created a SL graph showing monthly usage on Twitter for Second Life using TweetStats. You should check out TweetStats and graph your SL monthly tweets.When you first visit TweetStats you will need to enter your twitter account name and then press Graph my Tweets!. Wait a few moments and then enjoy viewing your monthly stats. :D

My Twitter Stats so far

• Highest SL tweets was August 2009 with a total of 456 tweets.
• Lowest SL tweets was February 2009 with 1 update.
• I normally tweet between 4pm to 8pm UK time.
• Wednesdays are most busy during the week.
• Average of 7.1 tweets per day.
• Joined Twitter back in December 2007.

My 3rd Rez Day in Second Life

Today (31/10/09) marks my 3rd year Rez Day in Second Life. 3 years have passed by and I have loved every moment of it. In days that’s 1095 days old in SL since I first registered for (TSL) = SL back on 31st October 2006. I transferred to the Main Grid last December and since then it’s been awesome.  I love this time of year because it’s Halloween and it’s lot’s of fun  in SL. I still ask myself the question why I registered on Halloween, hahahaha. Perhaps you could tell me? *giggles*

Thanks to my friends, fans and everybody else for following my adventures over the years. I love you all! :D

3rd year SL anniversary celebrations start now!

Previous Rez Days

1st Rez Day in 2007 – LINK + LINK

2nd Rez Day in 2008

2009

I love Second Life!

It’s been an amazing journey so far

Let the adventures continue!

Happy Halloween 2009

SL October Highlights 2009

Key Highlights during October 2009 from around the Second Life community. It’s been a very busy month!. My Blog and other stats will be published next month. For my September 2009 highlights check out this. :D

• iHeartSL.com blog has moved to different hosting – 4th October 2009
• Linden Lab rounds up and ejects a bunch of copyright infringers – 5th October 2009
• Mentor Lounge group in SL turns 1 year old – 9th October 2009
• Philip Linden leaves the Lab, retains Chairman position – 15th October 2009
• Burning Life 2009 Opens – 17th October 2009
• SL has passed the 17 million signups milestone – 19th October 2009
• Knowledge Base (KB) has been moved to the Second Life Wiki – 19th October 2009
• Third Party Viewer Policy - 20th October 2009
• SL Viewer Adds Avatar Breast Physics, Attracting Controversy, 50K Downloads – 21st October 2009
• Windows 7 launches – 22nd October 2009
• Halloween Fun starts - 26th October 2009
• SL Logins were temporarily disabled for a few hours – 29th October 2009
• Teen Grid Merger with Second Life Low on the Radar – 30th October 2009
• Halloween 2009 – 31st October 2009
• My 3rd Rez Day in Second Life – 31st October 2009

What have you enjoyed or least enjoyed during October 2009 ?

What are you looking forward during November 2009

Things you should know about Daniel Voyager’s SL Feeds

Daniel Voyager’s SL Feeds

Here are some key points below about my SL Feeds, created by using Netvibes. In upcoming months you can expect to see more new SL tabs, links, improvements and much more. Feel free to contact me with suggestions and new SL links to add to the SL Feeds online portal. Tell me what you think and check out my DV tab for contact info.

• SL Feeds was created in March 2009 and came out of beta on 20th July 2009
• SL Feeds is a large compliation of Second Life community RSS/Atom and SL widgets
• You can subscribe to over 1, 000 SL RSS feeds and lot’s more
• SL Feeds has organized SL tabs making it easier to find what your looking for
• SL Feeds makes it easier to add your favourite and most popular Second Life feeds then add it to your RSS reader within minutes
• SL Feeds displays the latest Second Life news, LL blog updates,  SL fashion feeds, resident blogs, new SL videos, education news, latest SL snaps and much more
• SL Feeds updates in real-time (24/7)
• Whenever you need to know, check out SL Feeds!
• Spread the word about my SL Feeds to your friends and others

SL Highlights of September 2009 in Second Life

My blog metrics So far…

• Total views: 30,543
• Total posts: 504
• Total comments: 215
  

This month’s stats for (September 2009)

• Total blog views this month = 2, 220 (last month = 2, 287)
  
• Average hits per day = 75-85
• 11 new comments

Top posts this month on my blog

• 230 views = Cool places in Second Life Guide 2009
• 128 views = Linden Bear locations in Second Life
• 62 views = 9/11 remembrance in Second Life for 8th

Other Stats

• Passed the 500 blog posts milestone on September 23rd 2009
• 5, 000 views milestone on my Plurk page + (500 plurk friends milestone) on 28th September 2009
• My 1st year anniversary on SL RezEd on 16th September 2009
• My 1st year anniversary on Plurk on 1st September 2009

SL September Highlights & Popular Stories

• SL Login outrage lasted for about 1 hour on 1st September 2009
• Garth FairChang passed away in early September 2009
• 9/11 remembrance in Second Life for 8th anniversary on 11th September 2009
• New Citizens Inc Blog comes back online around mid September 2009
• Second Life Content Creators Sue Second Life Creator Linden Lab on 15th September 2009
• Prad Prathivi creates The Periodic Table of SL Abbreviations and Emoticons on 15th September 2009
• Talk Like A Pirate Day 2009 in SL was on 19th September 2009
• SL Designer Showcase Network hit 10,000 subscribers on 19th September 2009
• Live Panel Discussion on Virtual Goods with Philip Linden, T Linden, Robert Bloomfield on 23rd September 2009
• Linden Lab releases statistics about Second Life on 22nd September 2009
  
• Orange Island in SL announces they will be closing down 29th September 2009
• Linden Lab to step up Second Life marketing with Amsterdam office on 28th September 2009

Upcoming in October 2009

• Burning Life 2009 from October 17th – 25th
• Halloween 2009
• My 3rd rezz day in Second Life on 31st October 2009
• And there’s more…

If I’ve missed something, please comment. It’s been a very busy and interesting month for September 2009 in SL. :D

500 blog posts later

I first started blogging back in late December 2007 when I was on the Teen Grid. Since then I have transferred to the main grid of Second Life in December 2008 and carried on blogging about SL stuff.  I really do enjoy keeping everyone informed on what’s going on in the Second Life community. I’m glad to reach the 500 blog posts milestone and I guess the next big one would be reaching the 1, 000 blog posts milestone.

The feedback has been great so far with more than 200 comments, blog traffic is good with more than 30, 000 views, I’m now on most popular SL sites, and my blog has been featured in many posts over the years. If you are a reqular reader to my blog, thanks for visiting and please tell your friends about my DV blog to add to their Second Life blogs & sites.

I’m always open to suggestions, featuring products, news and links to post on my blog. Check out my Add Me page for more info about contacting me. I hope you have enjoyed my blog posts  over the years. More great stuff coming very soon!

SL: My 1st year anniversary on Plurk

Today marks one year to the day (1st September 2008) since I signed up for Plurk to share interesting things with the Second Life community. I enjoy plurking in plurksville. I’ve been loving the responses from my SL friends and fans over the past year. I look forward to another great year on Plurk sharing my adventure updates in both SL and RL. :D

Since I joined Plurk…

• I’ve had more than 4, 600 views
• Managed to plurk 2, 485 times
• Managed to get from 0.00 in September 2008 to 95.40 in September 2009
• Over 440 friends and over 130 fans

1, 000+ SL Flickr friends

Yay. I couldn’t believe it when I checked my SL Flickr contacts list yesterday (21st August 2009) and saw I had over one thousand contacts (fans). Thanks very much for following my SL Flickr stream and being my friend too. To show how much I care I have created a big collage of all my SL friends on Flickr, CLICK HERE to see it.

When you have time feel free to write a testimonial review about my SL Flickr stream. I would love that!

Rez Magazine 2nd Interview planned

Very soon I’ll be featured on Rez Magazine for doing my 2nd interview about my Main Grid experiences 8 or so months later,  since I transferred from the Teen Grid. The last time I was interviewed by Rez Magazine was back on 6th December 2008 where I was talking about experiences and feelings before the big move over to the Main Grid.  This time it will be about my time on the Main Grid and a round-up on recent happenings which I’m really looking forward to talk about. :)

Trinity Dechou (December 2008): I hope to interview Daniel again in the course of 2009 and find out how has move to the main grid has gone, and if his hopes and fears have been realised.

In-progress – will post shortly!