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Being a little distracted, I almost missed LukeConnell Vandeverre's live talk yesterday at 4 p.m. PST - almost, since I was able to watch the recorded version today on the WSE Live site. As you can see, in the image, he is speaking in person instead of through his avatar - and has pretty much restated everything he said in the initial live announcement that I wrote of earlier (WSE's Live Announcement Redux).

Some things worth noting:

• Luke's wearing a nice WSE tie. Expect a CafePress store.
• While he again drew the distinction about 'limited license to use' with the Linden dollar, and added some really nice PR material for Linden Lab, he later almost fumbled while talking about the second WSE closure (along the lines of this): He almost said Linden Dollars instead of his 'limited license' in conjunction with 'loss of millions of...' Funny.
• He begins rocking back and forth about 1/3 of the way through. Very exciting. Suggest sitting for the next video, Luke. Works a lot better.

So - basically, this was the same speech as covered in WSE's Live Announcement Redux with Luke showing his real world avatar.

I do believe he believes what he is saying. The question is whether I do - and I obviously see a lot of holes in what he is saying. I do have to respect what he is trying to do - but respecting the goal does not include respecting the means by which he is trying to attain his goal.

Meanwhile, other exchanges are trying to grow.