Dogear Nation

This week, the Michaels & Matt are joined by Frank Jania, who shares his insights on idiot speak within the world of business (among other things.)  Please post your comments below!
The Idiots

• business people speak like idiots

• business cliches

• a plane flying behind a cloud or is is in a different frame

Hackday

• Makezine

A Vision for Twitter

• Deal or no Deal

• “What is social software?” twitter fight

• collaborative thinking

• Here Comes Everybody / Clay Shirkey

• IBM’s webbie world

• iGoogle sandbox

Obligatory 3D Internet

• Sony @ Home delays

• PS3 video download service

Final thoughts

• Michael Rowe

• Matt — Matt & Dvorak uses a Pavoni & Veronica didn’t take Matt’s advice

• Frank — http://digitalanalog.net/ & http://www.home-barista.com/

• Michael — espresso machine delivered!

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 49 - Speak Like And Idiot [62:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by Matt

Today’s focus is all about collaboration… We look at many unique uses for social networks, they include - Shopping advice, Expresso Makers, Pictures, and getting arrested. IBM releases a Software as a service solution under the name BlueHouse, and robots come to attack our final thoughts. We also edxplain “How to Tag!” so your voice is heard on Dogear-Nation.Show Links Collaboration! Bill Sweeney listener links

• BazzarVoice

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• Espresso maker / grinder insight
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Bluehouse
• Content becoming a commodity
• Shoeposin
• Twitter is my alibi Dogear-Nation show
• Twitter saves man from Egyptian justice

Collaboration Tech!

• InkSeine Microsoft Research tablet UI
• Whiteboard Photo

Final Thoughts

• Michael R, CCRI h-robots
• Matt, exoskelletons
• Michael M, New Google Maps feature to predict travel time

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 48 - We are the Robots [38:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: BlueHouse, Expresso, Microsoft, robots, Shoeposin, tagging, twitter

Michael and Michael are joined by Andy Piper, while Matt is busy doing his day job. Andy joins the show to talk about the IBM Technical Leadership Exchange. The world of Social activities explodes on this week’s show, with many tags regarding social networks, and ends with a rock’in Guitar hero tag! check out our newly redesigned website at http://dogearnation.com.Social sites:

• Listener - Bryan Jager - FireFox Dogear-Extension

• Yahoo / Microsoft / Google

• Social Networks
• Buzznet
• Crowdvine
• dopplr

• 50 ways to leave your bookmark
• Frank Jania 2007 TLE presentation
• social network wheel facebook app

• Hugh MacLeod — twittercide — and Current post for why

Obligatory 3D Internet

• Daily Show’s Take on Government’s SL hearings

File Sharing

• Bill Sweeney — dropio

• Matt Simpson Guitar Hero

Final Thoughts -

• Michael M - Once you go Mac!
• Andy P - Orlando is Hot!
• Michael R - What game are you playing?

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 47 - Exchanging Technical Leaders [37:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: comedycentral, dailyshow, facebook, guitar_hero, secondlife, socialbookmarking

In this week’s episode…

With Matt and Michael M recording out of their respective offices, Michael R, along with special guest Kevin Aires join from the Javits Center show floor to discuss their experiences at the Virtual Worlds 2008 conference, that is, until they were kicked out of the quiet room they found for recording. With our one year public anniversary on April 5th, and just having past our two year overall anniversary, we are very excited to have been nominated for the prestigious Bafflers award.

Show Links:

Opening

• Mike Rhodin: “email is dead” at VoiceCon 2008

• Mike Rhodin, unified communications keynote at VoiceCon 2008

Twitter

• Twirl - Great client & can manage multiple twitter accounts

• Seesmic acquires Twirl

• Also updating and managing multiple twitter accounts

Obligatory 3D Internet

• VW2008

• Masa Group — ai bots

• Havok 4

• Simulator update

• Windlight New Viewer

• Brian Jager listener link — IBM / SL

• IBM / SL Reuters story

• Scenecaster — embeddable 3d scene in your browser / blog

• mouse 3D Connexion

April Fool’s fun

• WoW new hero class

• Moos Mighty Card

• Nintendo DS — guitar hero

• Gmail

• Maholo Daily

• Fluegel’s B flat story on NPR

• Marketplace economic stimulus story on NPR

Final thoughts

• Matt — new website coming up shortly

• Michael M — Vote for Dogear-Nation! (IBM internal)

 

 Dogear-Nation Episode 46 - Been There, Done That, Bought the T-Shirt [36:01m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: 3dinternet, AprilFools, email, Gaming, virtualworlds, WoW