I like the virtual world social networking sites, they give you both personally as well as together with others an opportunity to build your places together and "live" in them to see what you like to don't like. Go to this event and you will have an opportunity to meet with Jim Yang from Linden Lab. See
http://www.lindenlab.com/ for company info.
Here's the SVPMA post of the event info:
We wanted to let you know about the SVPMA events that are happening in
November:
Event Calendar * Monthly event with Jim Yang, Director of Product Management,
Linden
Lab Wednesday, November 5th, 6:30pm to 9pm
* SVPMA Recruiting Table -
Linden Lab Wednesday, November 5th, 6:30pm to 7:30pm (details below)
* Open Planning Session - Volunteer Opportunities
Wednesday,
November 5th, 6pm to 6:30pm
* Product Management - Book Raffle (details below)
Wednesday, November 5thSPEAKER: Jim Yang, Director of Product Management, Linden Lab
WHEN:
Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 - 6:30pm to 9pm
WHERE: Network Meeting Center at the TechMart
5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054FOOD: Yes! Appetizers; so come early and mingle.
COST: Members - Free.
Register Non-Members - $25 for pre-registered.
Register $35 at the door (Cash/Checks only at the door)
*** Note, pre-registration will close
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 ***
Not a member of SVPMA yet? It's easy and affordable ($95/year) to
join.
New Member Registration:
Join Member Renewal ($85/year):
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AGENDA-------
6:30pm - Registration/networking/refreshments
7:30pm - Presentation
9:00pm - Wrap-up/networking
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PRESENTATION
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Three-dimensional, immersive virtual worlds have long held promise for
delivering more powerful and visually richer user experiences for both
consumer (beyond gaming) and enterprise use. But until recently, this
promise has failed to be realized for a range of technical and social
reasons. Now,
virtual world solutions like
Second Life have become a
platform for innovation, rich collaboration, discovery, economics, and
social networking, and enable vibrant eco-systems for developers
to
extend product functionality in a scalable way that a single company
would be hard-pressed to match. Such innovation in turn influences the
evolution of the platform itself, while also blazing new trails in
intellectual property, virtual currency,
open source development, and
interoperability.
This presentation will explore this evolution and describe how a
community of developers and users has shaped today's immersive, 3D
virtual world experiences.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
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Jim Yang is Director of Product Management for Linden Lab, creators of
Second Life and its revolutionary new form of shared experience where
individuals jointly inhabit a 3D landscape and build the world around
them. Jim has extensive
product management experience in consumer and
enterprise software, and has led
product management teams at eBay,
Yahoo!, and Netscape. Jim is passionate about building world-class
products and exploring new paradigms that transform user experiences.
Jim has an MBA from
Stanford Business School and BS/MS degrees in
Electrical Engineering and
Computer Sciences from
UC Berkeley.
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SVPMA Recruiting Table - Linden Lab
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Linden Lab/Second Life: Sr. Product Manager and Product Manager
Locations: San Francisco, Mountain View
Linden Lab, creators of Second Life, is looking for stellar product
management talent to help take Second Life to the next level. These
product managers will perform market and customer analysis, identify
and prioritize customer needs, develop product strategy, and define
product roadmaps and requirements. The successful candidate will need
to work collaboratively with a cross-functional team (that includes
engineering, community, customer support, and data warehousing) to
understand the business needs, create
business cases, and define and
track success metrics for the Second Life product, which includes the
client application, website experience, infrastructure, and customer
support and billing tools.
The ideal Sr PM candidate will have 3+ years of solid
product
management experience building world class consumer web or software
products, with a high degree of comfort with data analytics and
reporting. The ideal PM candidate will have 1+ years of solid product
management experience in consumer software or web applications.
Strong preference for candidates who have relevant domain expertise in
any of the following areas: e-commerce, social networking, gaming,
search, data analytics, corporate collaboration and training, developer
tools, content management, and billing tools.
Please send resumes to
jennie at lindenlab.com-------------------------
Book Raffle - 11/05 Event -------------------------
* Expert Product Management: Advanced Techniques, Tips and Strategies
for Product
Management & Product
Marketing by Brian Lawley
* Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan
* The Product Manager's Desk Reference by Steven Haines
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Upcoming SVPMA Monthly Events
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December 3rd * David Webster, Partner, IDEO
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FountainBlue's High Tech Entrepreneurs' Forum,
Intrapreneurs Speak On Innovation,
Monday, November 10, 2008, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Jones Day,
1755 Embarcadero Road in Palo AltoSVPMA members pre-Register for $18-30 at
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=147314 by
November 7 at noon
or pay $40 plus $4 fees on-site.
More info at:
http://www.fountainblue.biz/* SD Forum
http://www.sdforum.org/SDForum/*
American Marketing Association -
Silicon Valleyhttp://www.svama.org/* NorcalPDMA
http://www.norcalpdma.org/* Churchill Club
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Silicon Valley Product
Management Association
Email:
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