Wow. That was some big news last night with the XStreet SL/OnRez acquisition by LL! If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out the LL Blog, where they announce that Onrez is closing within the month and XStreet SL is being worked in to LL’s existing services. ...
Read MoreWherein a Canadian working remotely for an American company has questions about taxes…
This is the second year running that I’ve had to look in to the implications of being a Canadian consultant working for an American company. Of course, it seems like one needs to relearn the ropes every year when tax time rolls around, and since the US files its taxes one month earlier, this is a good time for Canadians to get on the ball about their taxes too. I wanted to put this post together because i’m pretty sure about...
Read More2009 – change for the better?
Decimating primmage at Sylvan I’ve been in talks with Spin Martin for some time about his sale of Saijo City. Some time amidst all the hubbub of the Openspace debacle (though I’m sure mostly unrelated), Spin piped up in a friends conference chat and said he wanted to sell Saijo. Why? Mostly because he was fed up with the limitations of SL as a platform for his Saijo concepts, and that it was pretty much time to move on. (Spin,...
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