We previously reported on Cherub Spectre, one of the genius inventors behind the great office-style productivity tools found at PixelTrix. I recently caught up with them to find out what was new, and discovered plans to create a Second Life interface for Google Calendar. I tried to get them to commit to a time frame, but unfortunately they remained coy on that point. Metaversed will certainly be following this story closely, as it has the potential to change the way people do business in Second Life.
Of course this won't be the first use of the Google Calendar API in Second Life. Alidar Moxie from Mechanized Life has had her Calendar Cogs product on sale for a long time now. Still, there remains much that could be done with the API, and a new interpretation would be welcome.
Fittingly, Cherub Spectre will be speaking on Thursday about the development cycle for new products. "Every single Pixeltrix product started with a need, and I figured if I need it, someone else does too." After drawing up the idea and a feature list, they split development into three stages. First comes the construction of a prototype, followed by bug testing and feature tweaking, and finally release and final bug fixing based on customer feedback. You can hear more from Cherub Spectre at her Life 2.0 lecture coming up this Thursday.