Ebbe Altberg has arrived with a bang in some circles, before he has even officially started work as the new CEO. His start date, I’m unreliably informed, is Monday February 10th 2014. I’m writing this for reference for future blog posts.
Inara Holmes has once again donned her deerstalker, puffed on her pipe and investigated the man to come up with a rather deep short profile on Mr Altberg. This time Inara has been able to demonstrate her science of deduction without having to call upon the assistance of Gray Of The Lab from San Francisco.
Ebbe was born in Sweden, the country that invented Blocksworld and the country next to the country that invented Lego. Unforunately Ebbe has so far been unable to convince Swedish super group Abba that they should perform inside Second Life for tips only. However give it time, Linden Lab has opened the door to a Viking invasion and those guys like to party.
Mr Altberg has previously worked for Microsoft (hooray), Yahoo! (boo) Ingenio (?) and BranchOut (??) who were linked to Facebook (Boooooooooo!). For full details, please read Inara’s informed post, carry on reading here for an uninformed post.
So far Mr Altberg seems to have been enjoying himself as the new found leader of the virtual revolution and other products and has been particularly active on Twitter, where you can find him under @ebbealtberg.
Mr Altberg has also been to SLUniverse, we think! There’s someone claiming to be him there anyway! However there is concern on the Second Life forums that he hasn’t been seen there yet. However as I said earlier, sources suggest he hasn’t started work yet, so patience young (and old) Padawans, patience.
@lmiladyl hi, I have not even started the job yet ;).
— Ebbe Altberg (@ebbealtberg) February 6, 2014
We don’t even know if he’s going to be E Linden, Ebbe Linden or an alt, or as they will be known going forward, Altbergs.
#LindenLab announces new policy: No more alts, only altbergs #SL #secondlife @ebbealtberg
— Danko Whitfield (@DankoWhitfield) February 5, 2014
However Mr Altberg has been very busy on Twitter, engaging in much fun and games with the welcoming committee.
@Ciaran_Laval @ebbealtberg I assume the retweet means he accepts the mission!
— JustOneMore Loon (@JustOneMoreLoon) February 6, 2014
Don’t know yet…“@JustOneMoreLoon: @Ciaran_Laval @ebbealtberg I assume the retweet means he accepts the mission!”
— Ebbe Altberg (@ebbealtberg) February 6, 2014
Love it! “@JustOneMoreLoon: @snickitty @vaneeesa @Ciaran_Laval @ebbealtberg I expect he’s sitting at home… face-palmed “WHAT DID I DO?!””
— Ebbe Altberg (@ebbealtberg) February 6, 2014
The arrival of Mr Altberg has also made the news elsewhere:
Business Wire – Ebbe Altberg Joins Linden Lab as CEO.
Polygon – Ebbe Altberg joins Second Life dev Linden Lab as CEO. That one also has a link to a good interview with Rod Humble in October 2012.
Joystiq – Second Life developer Linden Lab picks new CEO, Ebbe Altberg.
Hamlet Au over at New World Notes has also hinted that he will soon have an interview with Mr Altberg and hopefully Inara will get the nod via a telegram from Gray of The Lab to interview him too, but I’m speculating there.
The new CEO is very much in his honeymoon period, well he hasn’t even packed his cases and checked in yet. For Second Life users, when no-one else can understand them, when everything they do is wrong, he gives them hope and consolation, he gives them strength to carry on but will he always there, to lend a hand in everything they do? That’s what they wonder, they wonder of you.
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