Along with his long term Second Life® business partner Tigress Stormwind, Sami Tabla created the successful Second Life® Groups and product lines, "Twelfth of Never" and "S&T's". In 2004, he also founded the Group, "Eternal Newbies".

He worked for several years with SL Exchange (now Xstreet SL) and was the number 2 employee hired by Virtuatrade, LLC, at that time the parent company of SLX. In his role as self confessed Tigress's "Guy Friday", he supplied ideas towards viable solutions concerning problems faced during the growth of SLX. He was also the Customer Support Team Lead for SLX.

Prior to SLX, Sami has worked as a web designer and a multimedia artist, specializing in graphic/3D illustration, animation, music composition and audio/MIDI recording.

Having produced "art" since 1979, Sami has worked in pen & ink, painted using gouache, and acquired primary illustrative air brush skills. In 1996 he made the transition to the digital medium.

Recently he has created the web site "Cell Phone Diaries". The site features videos recorded using his cellphones. These are diary like in their momentary glimpse into others' (and his) lives and surroundings. Check out the site: