Dogear Nation » Podcast

144 – South by Southeast

Michael Rowe — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 12:53:01 +0000

The Michael’s wish Andy a happy birthday and hope that he’s off enjoying himself. We also get a listener tag for a bit of birthday music. We also decide that this week’s show will honor South by SouthWest, which we are competing with this week by talking about Music, Movies, and Entertainment. Enjoy the show!

Show Tags

What’s Cool
For Andy — Happy Birthday via @gypsychk
Michael R — DiggNation Raleigh? and Leo’s Meme this week
Michael M — 8-Bit New York City (via heidigoseek)

SExSE
Geek Music epredator
it’s 2010 and my jetpack is here billsweeney
Irish Fireside (Bonus Link)
Engineer barbie lx5
Ada Lovelace Day and Shift-Run-Stop Episode (Bonus Link)
Death on a Pale Horse (Bonus Link)
Tron trailer
Bruce Boxleitner – Babylon 5 (Bonus Link)
A-team trailer

Final thoughts
Michael R — Hoodie to laptop bag via tweets
Michael M — Curtis Blow — They’re playing bas-ket-ball

143 – We Can’t Count

Michael Rowe — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 13:57:59 +0000

This week Andy and Michael begin the show and evidently can’t count, next week is episode 144. We also try our straight blast thru format of listener tags again this week. Tell us what you think? Do you like this format, or are separate and unique sections the way we should go. We like to experiment! And don’t forget to rate us on iTunes, tell your friends, drop us an email at dogearnation@gmail.com

What’s Cool
Andy – DC Interview
Michael R – Comdex goes Virtual

Listener Tags
Mind Crime! – epredator
Do Avatar’s Change the Way we Think – epredator
Companies are using more online communities- rawnshah
Management thru collaboration – rawnshah
Stonehenge Comes Alive – lx5
BBC Domesday book – BONUS TAG
Youtube allows HTML5 – lx5
New SecondLife Viewer allows for Shared Media – MattSimpson

Quick Hits
Google Liquid Galaxy – lx5, epredator
Are virtual worlds over – uncommonman, epredator
Infectious cool – carolinabigblue
COBOL takes on Ruby on Rails, with COGS! – uncommonman

Final Thoughts
Andy – Greatest Lightsaber Fight you’ll Ever See
Michael R – Speaking about Gaming and Developer Teams

142 – Back to the Future

Michael Rowe — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:40:44 +0000

Back to full strength for the start today, but we do lose Michael M. due to conflicts midway thru the show. We go back to the Future and talk about Linden Lab’s new SecondLife Viewer Version 2.0, which comes to us from many of our listeners. We also look at how European privacy and media laws are starting to impact Google and social media sites. Thanks for all the great tags this week!

What’s Cool
Andy — Flower Power Lights
Michael R — Roadie
Michael M — Lego Mindstorms robot solves Rubics cube under 12 seconds via lx5

Obligatory 3-D Internet
SL following Web Browser metaphor – mattsimpson
SL goes 2.0 with webby viewer – epredator
Sneak peek at new SL viewer
Linden hosting a registry of SL viewers – andypiper
Syntensity 3D game builder for the masses – epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Awesome Cast Wraps – uncommonman
Italian Google privacy case – billsweeney1
Facebook opens Hamburg office, now under German data privacy laws – rickmans
NASA’s Lunar Electric Rover iPhone game – allerhed
Google Buzz and Parental Controls – wideawakewesley
Google buys reMail application, removes from appstore
Mozilla Ubiquity no more (or is it?) – heidigoseek

Final thoughts
Andy — Opportunistic Development for Ubuntu
Michael R — Twitter perceptions of Google Buzz and Effie’s Designer Cakes
Michael M — IBM as a digital dancing elephant via lx5

141 – Dingbats

Michael Rowe — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 20:36:41 +0000

While we start with a full crew, we ultimately dwindle down to one Michael, due to network issues and other interruptions. A great set of listener tags all seem to be converging around Google this week. And we find out that Michael R. can actually pronounce Ubuntu.

We also go off on a rant about how badly the eWeek iPad article is designed. What is your least favorite way of presenting information on the web?

We really look forward to hearing from you… Please drop us a note, or comment, or rate us on iTunes. We are also looking to add more guests to the show, so let us know who you want to hear from.

What’s Cool
Andy — We need some nerd badges
Michael R — Great visualization – The known universe
Michael M — Intel’s serious game IT Manager III What happened to 1 and 2?

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Nooka augmented reality accessorizer – wideawakewesley
360 CNN video of Haiti – uncommonman

Tech-no-tronic
Make your reference URLs more suspicious – heidigoseek
Google Sitebricks – duckboxxer
On Demand Virtual Assistant – allerhed
Bonus Link
Siri – iPhone assistant
Google Buzz separate from Gmail – lunamoth rickmans heidigoseek (all tagged this!)
Google acquires Aardvark – lunamoth duckboxxer

Mac-a-rooni
10 things about the iPad that eWeek doesn’t want to show you – billsweeney1

Social Networkin’
ubuntu fair trade cola, so refreshing – lx5
Peeps diorama contest! – Heidigoseek
Bristol Lightsaber Flashmob – wideawakewesley

Final thoughts
Andy — Network problems
Michael R — The truth about Macworld Expo and Lotus Symphony and The Stealth Mac Podcast
Michael M — TriOut NC – Wayne Sutton

Episode 140 – Great Buzzing Arc

Michael Martine — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:42:43 +0000

Andy and Michael M hold down the fort on a wide range of listener tags — starting (and arcing back at the end) with Google Buzz. Mobile Social Networking, Gamification of business (hmm… where have we heard that before?), and that innovation really takes place in the social area between corporations. Michael shares a couple of interesting visualizations and Andy gives some pointers to creating an out-of-the-box Boxee setup.

We’re holding off on a full MacWorld report pending Michael R’s return.

What’s Cool

Andy — Google Buzz
Michael R — going to hear Leo, Photoshop classes and more at MacWorld 2K10, MacWorld not quite the same w/o Apple
Michael M — Animator vs Animation

Obligatory 3-D Internet

Flicker founder’s new game: Glitch lx5
Game Neverending

Lego 3 year deal with Unity Technologies epredator

Tech-no-tronic
chrome canopy fractal visualization z303

vanity barcodes heidigoseek

#Musicblogocide2k10
rickmans

Social Networkin’

cloud, multi-touch, mobile, agile to have big impacts in 2010 allerhed

IBM Global Innovation Outlook

“gamification”, mobile social networking, more predictions from Global Human Capital Journal epredator

Final thoughts

Andy — out of the box boxee
Michael M — inudge via Phil Hartman

Announcements
http://oggcamp.org
OggCamp is a free software / free culture unconference organised by the presenters of the Ubuntu UK Podcast and Linux Outlaws. This year’s OggCamp will take place at The Black-E in Liverpool on the 1st and 2nd of May.

UNC’s Institute for Arts and Humanities is organizing the inaugural Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology (C.H.A.T.) Festival (http://www.chatfestival2010.com ) next week from February 16-20 on UNC’s campus. The festival will seek to explore the impact of technology on the arts and humanities, including the evolution of “how we learn, think, know, teach and express ourselves both as individuals and as communities”.

Mac-a-rooni
while we didn’t get to these during the show, we found them intriguing…
iPhone as IE6 wideawakewesley

make your own iPad out of paper heidigoseek

Episode 139 – Fubar

Michael Rowe — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:06:25 +0000

Michael R. forgot to hit the big red button this week, so we have an abbreviated show with Andy and Michael R, going thru all the excitement you missed. This random walk is brought to you by the letters F-U-B-A and R.

Links

Lights Out for the Dark Star – wideawakewesley

Star Wars – Fail – ePredator

Shift – Run – Stop – lxs

Symbian – Opensource – About Time/Too Late – lxs

Private Surfing – lxs

Paid to Play – ePredator

BBC Documentary about the Internet – lxs

Google’s Social Circle – andypiper

A Day without Google – andypiper

Iron Man Sticker – michaelrowe01

Episode 138 – iPawned

Michael Rowe — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:49:08 +0000

The Michael’s welcome Rawn Shah to the show. Rawn just published a new book on social media which caught our attention. A long time gamer and social media expert, Rawn helps people within IBM adopt social software. We also talk about wireless charging, humanAPIs, and the pro’s and con’s of Apple’s long awaited tablet.

What’s Cool
Rawn — Host encouraged – shameless self promotion!
Michael R — iPad Perfect for Mom!
Michael M — Stolen, Augmented, Cool! – epredator

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Virtual worlds — still worth your time – epredator
LL switch to OpenSim? – andypiper

Tech-no-tronic
IBM System P – allerhed
Wireless charging – @mjones via lx5
Discuss, develop and prototype new kinds of browser based applications – Z303
Eco jammin’ – ragtag_2

Mac-a-rooni
iPad #lame – rickmans
iPad #lame reprise – heidigoseek
Lenovo’s Cool Tablet
iPad not a kindle killer – billsweeney1
Mr. Edison’s kindle – billsweeney1

Social Networkin’
YouTubin’ with POTUS – mattsimpson
82% increase in social networking – rickmans
Yes, Virginia, the authors are listening – billsweeney1

Final thoughts
Andy — We Miss You!
Michael R — Wishing for Snow, so I can relax.
Rawn Shah — Vacation, while on vacation
Michael M — Thunderbird upgrade

Bonus Links
Zork online
Infocom Games online
Lemmings Online
Windows 3.1 in a browser

137 – Three Miserable Geeks

Michael Rowe — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:54:03 +0000

Andy, Michael, and Michael must be having a crazy overloaded week and the show title shows it. The good news is we have a great set of listeners who tag some fantastic sites for us to talk about this week. We also, somehow, don’t talk about any tags for some possible upcoming device from a company in Copertino. But our robot overlords won’t let us anyway…so why try. We also see the power of the Dogear-Nation bump see here ->

What’s Cool
Andy — Tungle Me!
Michael R — Star Wars shirt
Michael M — CauseWorld

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Second Life economy grows rickmans
Utah 3D sweettt

Tech-no-tronic
Playing games with your webcam lx5
Visual search engine set billsweeney1
Seesmic Look andypiper

Social Networkin’
Bedwarming Service billsweeney1
SarcMarc rickmans

Final thoughts
Andy — contemplating the announcement of the shiny new device next week
Michael R — Lame accessory
Michael M — Non-Beer Guinness

Dogear-Nation – Episode 136 – Unbreakable

Andy Piper — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:43:10 +0000

With a full complement of hosts, our friend Matt Simpson from Sweettt.com joins us to review the news of the week, and we comment on the big topics from last year. Unlike some of our competitors, this podcast is unbreakable! (ooops… did I just say that live on air?)

What’s Cool
Matt — photo of the day and CoolIris
Andy — a different take on Tetris
Michael R — oldtech new again
Michael M — drake equation

Obligatory 3-D Internet
100 virtual tours (epredator)
playing in virtual worlds (epredator)
AR helping mechanics (wideawakewesley)
LEGO Universe (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
Reigniting the patent discussion (lx5 / ragtag_2)
Unbreakable phone breaks (billsweeney1) – also on Failblog (andyp)
blessed blackberry (lx5)
third and the seventh art & architecture (z303 /epredator)

Mac-a-rooni
This slate intentionally left blank

Social Networkin’
Monetizing Twitter on a personal level (billsweeney1)
Privacy? No Problem at Facebook! (heidigoseek)
map-a-rooni google to upgrade billboards in street view (heidigoseek)

Final thoughts / best of 2009
Michael R — augmented reality really coming to the surface
Andy — location based internet – sharing location
Matt — the Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun
Michael M — – social computing / games driving more collaboration example: www.waze.com

Episode 135 – Generation M

Michael Rowe — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:25:29 +0000

As we begin a new year we’ve got no time for any look back (this week), way too many great tags from you our listeners. Also, Andy continues his holiday and will be joining us again next week. Next week we will talk about the tags that have stuck with us the most from 2009. But with CES going on we look at some cool new tech. Michael and Michael talk about Generation M’s impact on the enterprise (thanks to a great tag by billsweeney1 and rodent). We look at the best business model yet, and deal with the twitter nay-sayers. And thanks to ePredator we have to ask, has this augmented reality thing gone too far? Happy New Year!!!

What’s Cool
Michael R — AR Drone
Also AR Drone – listener tag wideawakewesley
Michael M — You Rock!

Augmented Reality
iphone in an iphone epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Google’s openness duckboxxer
CES kickoff by Ford’s President & CEO Alan Mulally, discussion on MyFord & Microsoft Sync

Social Networkin’
Snowmash 2.0 lx5
Facebookisation of the enterprise billsweeney1 rodney
Mother of all business models rickmans
TV scrobbling lx5
It’s 2010 and if you don’t embrace the web it shows you don’t care rickmans
Criticizing twitter heidigoseek

Final thoughts
Michael R — Roots are beautiful
Michael M — Trade Show? There’s an app for that

Dogear-Nation – Episode 134 – Happy Festivus

Michael Rowe — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 13:49:36 +0000

The Michael’s end the year, while Andy is off partying (Happy Festivus, Andy!). The Obligatory 3-D Internet section is back, thanks to listener ePredator! There’s a great list of virtual worlds, with video samples, that we recommend anyone interested in getting into the 3D Internet check out. Andy provides us with a great link (perhaps this is his gift to all of us!) on playing Guitar Hero on your garage. For our old school listeners, check out the link on playing Dungeon and Dragons on a Microsoft Surface. Phil_hartman gives us a great visualization of the Browser Market! The Mac-A-Rooni section is back too…And as delusional iPhone users we thank Rickmans for a great tag.

What’s Cool
Michael M — Lame Government Encryption!
Michael R — Holiday Props to the Bell Ringers

Obligatory 3-D Internet
There’s a world for that – epredator
A view into virtual universes – epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Bright lights, Big City – lx5
Guitar Hero Garage – andypiper
Surface Dungeons and Dragons – wideawakewesley
sho.rt – billsweeney1
Browser marketshare – phil_hartman
Parallax effect – wideawakewesley

Mac-a-rooni
iPhone users are delusional – rickmans
Gesture based security or thumper for your iPhone – lx5

Social Networkin’
Unbelievable 10 #FB stories of the year rickmans

Final Thoughts
Michael R – BMW Makes PCs – Badly
Michael M – Geek Holiday Gifts Guide

Dogear-Nation – Episode 133 – Please Make This Stop

Michael Rowe — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:09:39 +0000

Andy and the Michaels can tell the holidays are here… our tech-no-tronic section is overflowing with excellent tech thanks to our listeners (duckboxxer, rickmans, bradicle, philhartman, and billsweeney1). It appears that the 3D internet must be fading back into 2D, due to all the very cool augmented reality capabilities being brought to phones, so we have gotten the message from you, our listeners, and have left the Obligatory section as optional.

Our words of the day are (Andy) – Flible, (Michael M.) – None- he’s saving up, and (Michael R.) – Is.

What’s Cool
Andy — Raffle it!
Michael R — Metallica pussy cats
Michael M — Airlock

Obligatory 3-D Internet
This space intentionally left blank

Tech-no-tronic
Going to bing? – duckboxxer
Facebook turning its square into a triangle – rickmans
Eye-fi / google deal – bradicle
True random numbers – philhartman
100k words per american per day – rickmans
Kindling competition – billsweeney1

Social Networkin’
Whose social network is stronger – Simon Cowell or everyone else? – rickmans
BBC Mashup shows – jtonline
Twitter demographics – jtonline
Twittering bed of the newly wed – wideawakewesley

Final thoughts
Andy — iPhone vs girlfriend
Michael R — Clash of the Titans
Michael M — Amazon Innovates again

Dogear-Nation – Episode 132 – Party, Party, Party

Michael Rowe — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:21:55 +0000

Andy, Michael and Michael are together again this week and decide that the obligatory 3-D Internet section didn’t have any content this week, so we let it slide. Is it still obligatory? Come post comments on the blog and let us know…Eroding your electronic brand… Printing a new kidney… More augmented reality… and a ton of news links from Andy… All this and more on this week’s Dogear-Nation!

Thank you for all your tags this week. And if you can figure out the video game that Michael R talked about during the Tech-no-tronic section…comment on this week’s show.

What’s Cool
Andy — Bobba Bar
Michael R — You’ve been Googled!
Michael M — I see you!!

Tech-no-tronic
Dual screen laptop! – duckboxxer
Branded tablets – uncommonman
Printing money by printing organs – epredator
Arcade expressionism – heidigoseek
Web 2.0 expo – mobthink

Social Networkin’
AR Twitter location – wideawakewesley
More AR Twitter location – heidigoseek
Waze crowdsourcing game
Backfiring Rewards – Rickmans
Social Media – Rickmans
Management access to social media – Rickmans
Tired of Waving yet? – lx5
Is super-cali-frag-a-twitter search – lx5

Final thoughts
Andy — superfast news roundup

Google DNS
Google Dictionary
Bing Crash
YouTube 1080p and Feather
LG Watch phone
SquareUp – NB correction to what Andy said in the show, this is a new venture from Jack Dorsey from Twitter, not Biz Stone.
Waze
Minimalist Google search page
translated Google search

Michael R — What’s TWiT worth to you?
Michael M — Lego Rock Band

Dogear-Nation – Episode 131 – Black Friday

Andy Piper — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:54:47 +0000

It’s a black, black Friday as the Michaels both enjoy the long Thanksgiving weekend and Andy rambles his way through the tags on his own.

Obligatory 3D Internet

Skape | Building information modelling for major UK cities – online (epredator)

Procedural Inc. – 3D Modeling Software for Urban Environments (epredator)

Augmented reality rig that turns you into a character in a third-person game – Boing Boing (wideawakewesley) and Avatar Machine (and Wes’ podcast Weekly Geekly)

Future Tech / Technotronic

Teleportation (IBM Research) (phil_hartman)

F.lux: – ergonomic tool for working at night on your computer (lx5)

Gaming stuff

Microsoft patents in-game guide system (epredator)

British intelligence spooking Xbox Live – Xbox 360 News at GameSpot (epredator)

Lunar Lander (epredator) and Roo’s Shift Run Stop podcast

Non-gaming stuff

IBM n.Fluent Translation Tool with a Human Touch (lx5) and IBM Dogear

Is Wikipedia maxed out? (rickmans)

Choose your own adventure visualization (lx5)

The week in space / the year in space (michaelrowe01)

Martian landscapes (michaelrowe01)

Fun

Life In Latin (rickmans)

Final What’s Cool Thought Thing

Trinity – Help!
and Lego Matrix

Dogear-Nation – Episode 130 – What’s Happening

Michael Rowe — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:44:27 +0000

Hey, Hey, Hey, What’s Happening? Raj, Rerun, and Dwayne are all back this episode for some good old fashion fun. After meeting up at our favorite lunch time place, the 3D Internet, we venture over to a strange and wonderful tech-no-tronic world full of scalability and youtube. Ultimately Dwayne asks, What’s Happening? and we end up thinking some Final Thoughts. Thanks for all the great tags from – rickmans, epredator, blebs, wideawakewesley, jtonline, heidigoseek, and lx5

Please note, we are aware of the problem with our iTunes feed and have been trying to get it fixed. You can still subscribe and will get the current episode even if the iTunes store shows our last episode being in August.

What’s Cool
Andy — Microsoft surface
Michael R — Smarter than a Cat
Michael M — SAP’s Augmented Reality

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Stick’em in your Eyes – radio waves power contact lens — rickmans Thanks for this one
N-Dubz augmented reality — epredator
Second Life still around? — bluebus

Tech-no-tronic
Holy See — wideawakewesley
Breaking things is not hard to do — Jtonline
1000 users on a sim — bonus link
Youtube captions — heidigoseek
21 heros of Data Visualization– lx5

Social Networkin’
What’s Happening?

Final thoughts
Andy — Google — chromium OS, captioning in YouTube, google image swirl, site hierachies google blog — location tagging blog post
Michael R — TomTom for iPhone
Michael M — AM Radio

Bonus Links
Izzy

Dogear-Nation – Episode 129 – Creamy

Michael Rowe — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:18:38 +0000

Michael, Andy, and Michael are all back together again, and have a blast dealing with all your tags. This week’s tech heavy show gives us plenty of excitement, including more eye-ball stories to keep Michael M. happy. (Keep tagging great tags about sticking things in your eyes.). We also welcome new tagger Bradicle.

What’s Cool
Andy — Roocast
Michael R — Supporting Space Science!
Michael M — Text to speech / lane guidance

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Space invaders in 3D – heidigoseek

Tech-no-tronic
Dashing through the wifi halls – duckboxxer
The wifi gift that keeps on giving – lx5
Eyewriter – The Story – bradicle
Eyewriter source code – andypiper
Eyewriter – The site
Quantum Physics made relatively (heh) simple – phil_hartman
E-waste Guiyu (Where our stories end up) – gypsychk
Cool capital – phil_hartman
Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers – SarahAires

Mac-a-rooni
RFID on iPhone rumor – heidigoseek

Social Networkin’
Cream then jam – jtonline

Final thoughts
Andy — Original DOOM available & multiplayer – vintage video maker
Michael R — AT&T Microcell
Michael M — sousaphone!

Michael on The Field

Dogear-Nation – Episode 128 – “bits”

Michael Rowe — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:01:31 +0000

Andy and Michael enjoy a non-controversial show, with Michael R not able to make the record. While podcasts enable you to build your own radio station, and only find things you agree with, both Michael and Andy agree that it makes you smarter (thank you new tagger rabiakiva). We also get to hear Andy laugh over mouse overs on the twategy site, and then we hear him gush over the wonderfulness of Twitter Lists. He loves it so much he’s created one list. (While editing the show, Michael R. does learn about Google Reader bundles, and agrees this is cool).

What’s Cool
Andy — Dr. Horrible Update
Michael R — It’s a man, made from gir-ders! / flame on!
Michael M — basketball season!

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Linden’s behind the firewall product & apps marketplace – epredator
Babel fish augmented reality glasses – epredator
Break on through to the other side – epredator
Augmented Reality for Hursley

Social Networkin’
Listening to podcasts make you smarter – rabiakiva
Bespoke tweets for the elite – uncommonman
Who moved my blackberry
Twitter lists show social media misunderstandings – heidigoseek
Twitter lists illustrated
Jobs’ 5 presentation secrets – rickmans
Has Google gone to the dark side – rickmans

Google privacy dashboard explained – lx5

Final thoughts
Andy — pondering when the presentation secrets of Michael M…
Michael M — unique identifiers on election ballots

#Fail
Andy can’t believe that the Michaels forgot to mention Sky-net in our discussion of robots on last week’s show.

Dogear-Nation – Episode 127 – Attack of the Killer Robots

Michael Rowe — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:12 +0000

The Michaels enjoy a great set of listener tags. Andy has to take customer calls, and is unable to join us this week. We take this time with Andy away, to have a few shameless self promotions and tell you what we’ve been unto in our day jobs lately. Michael M. tries to infect the world with his coughs as he is in the scary eastern parts of Tennessee, but since it all via skype you are all safe — Happy Halloween.

Thank you to all the listeners who make this show possible each week with your tags – epredator, wideawakewesley, lunamoth, billsweeney1, ragtag_2, rickmans and lx5

What’s Cool
Michael M – Shameless Self Promotion
Michael R – Shameless Self Promotion

3D Internet
Future of the Enterprise: Special Event Live from San Francisco – epredator
Hands on with Acer’s 3D laptop – wideawakewesley
The Value of Virtual Worlds – epredator

Tech-No-tronic
Which is easier to understand: Google Wave or Cardiothoracic Surgery? – lunamoth
Beyond the Kindle: Color, Video E-Paper Devices Are Just Around the Corner – billsweeney1
Robots Tiptoe toward terminator – billsweeney1
Amazon goes Window shopping – michaelrowe01
CoolPics, CoolLens, CoolIris- Whatever!
Photo editor online – Pixlr.com edit image – ragtag_2
Internet rules and laws: the top 10, from Godwin to Poe – rickmans

Social Netorkin’
Peace on Facebook – rickmans
D&D on Google Wave – michaelrowe01
Listorious: Discover the Best Twitter Lists – rickmans
In Authoritarian Regimes, Social Media Doesn’t Only Help Social Activists – rickmans
Privacy is dead and social media hold smoking gun – rickmans
Facebook ‘memorialises’ profiles – wideawakewesley
Uni adds Twitter to the curriculum – rickmans
Reading the Telegraph costs the British economy £1.38bn – rickmans

Da Governator
Track where US gov bailout trillions went with augmented reality mobile app – wideawakewesley
Net set for ‘language shake-up’ – lx5

Final Thoughts
Michael R – Alternative Mac software – AlternativeTo.net
Michael M – Real Life iPhone Costumes Put Your Crappy Halloween Outfit to Shame and Smart Phone Etiquette

Dogear-Nation – Episode 126 – Windows 7 Launch Party Live

Michael Rowe — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:26:24 +0000

After some major user issues with talkshoe Michael, Michael, and Andy do our much hyped Windows 7 launch party. We thank the team over at BeanTraders coffee shop for allowing us to record the show with a live group of listeners. Even though this was our Windows 7 party show, our great listener tags gave us some great 3D internet and Tech-no-tronic topics. Keep on tagging!

Andy joins us remotely -

Andy Via Skype

What’s Cool
Andy — Barcamp London
Michael R — Tweet Tags in 3D
Michael M — House of Seven Gables and Virtual College Fair

Win7-a-rooni
Windows7 hotter than the Nimbus2000!
Windows 7 Whopper
Linus Torvalds – Windows7 get a big thumbs up
IBM teams up with Ubuntu (ragtag_2)
Trust me Mac ad (carolinabigblue)

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Augmented Collaboration in Mixed Environments (ACME) – watch out for that virtual anvil! (uncommonman)
IBM, Nokia and VTT — virtual meetings in physical spaces
Cisco’s 19,000 people can’t be wrong – gaming and virtual reality (epredator)
‘Explodes’ off page (wideawakewesley)
Total Engagement (epredator)
Hacking iphone for true AR (heidigoseek)

Tech-no-tronic
Taste test search engines – you be the judge (lx5)
Broadband in a backpack (wideawakewesley)
Al Franken mobile satellite uplink
Hacking the weather — give someone else a blizzard (gypsychk)
You can lend a book to a crook or a schnook and get it back without a hook — if you use a nook!

Social Networkin’
Sellin’ Tweets to Bing & Google (heidigoseek)
Add a dash of fun (lx5)
Mary Poppins Principle

Final thoughts
Andy — Shiny new Apple things
Michael R — Bean Traders
Michael M — Bluetooth Banana

Dogear-Nation – Episode 125 – Century and a Quarter

Michael Rowe — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:44:38 +0000

Thanks to ePredator, Michael R. spends a significant amount of time talking about World of Warcraft, while Michael M. wants to play MMO’s by himself. Andy reiterates that Matt needs a Mac. We are all incredibly excited by LX5’s link on molecular printing — Here comes the Star Trek replicator — way cool! Andy reminds us, if you make a website, don’t loop your midi file… it’s really really annoying. We also have started a Dogear-Nation wave on google wave, so let us know if you have a Wave account and we’ll add you to this wave.

Thanks for all the great tags this week: epredator, mattsimpson, lx5, heidigoseek, rickmans, phil_hartman, and wideawakewesley.

What’s Cool
Andy — Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 Karmic Koala on Acer Aspire One 110L
Michael R — Emotiv headset Update and Headset in pieces
Michael M — It’s Gobbledygook!

Obligatory 3-D Internet
MMORPG scaling (epredator)
Thriller in SL (MattSimpson)

Tech-no-tronic
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot — molecular printing (lx5)
Tiny living room (heidigoseek)
Why is Wave so complicated? (rickmans)
Pulp Fiction as a Google Wave – NSFW (via Twitter – wideawakewesley)
Temporary disposable email (phil_hartman)
Chronological email (wideawakewesley)
Mind to mind communication (epredator)
Dyson bladeless fan (lx5)

Win-a-rooni
Which version of Win 7 do you need

Final thoughts
Andy — Still waiting to Choose what Version of Windows I need
Michael R — Google hides the Usenet
Michael M — Google Starting Book Store

Dogear-Nation – Episode 124 – Not Being Cool Enough

Michael Rowe — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:00:03 +0000

Andy and Michael soldier on without Michael Martine this week, but Michael, ever the professional, drops us a few inserts to make sure that he’s cool enough. This week’s tags are a great collection of technology and geekiness including – Spheres, spiral galaxies, and assassins. Thanks to all of you who tag, and come meet us on October 23rd if you are in the RTP area of North Carolina as we do our Windows House Party.

What’s Cool
Andy — Magic Wand
Michael R — MythHackers
Michael M — Red Shirt Cologne And Star Wars at National Mall in Washington, DC

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Spherical Virtual World (epredator)
Augmented Reality showing Twin Towers (wideawakewesley)
Augmented Reality apps to buy now! (kevinaires)
Unlock content by snapping a picture of a logo (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
MS-Mouse on multitouch (wideawakewesley)
Netflix Prize awarded (lxs)
3-D Stellar wiki (Philip Hartman)

Social Networkin’
GPS Assassins (Philip Hartman)
(Bonus)Halting State by Charles
Top collaboration tools that aren’t Google Wave (Rick Mans)
Analysis of leaked/weak passwords (wideawakewesley)

Final thoughts
Andy — Micro Men on BBC4
Michael R — Emotiv Headset – Developers Kit!!
Michael M — Everything’s L$10 and here’s a voucher

Episode 123 – Easy as Do-Re-Mi, A-B-C, 1-2-3

Michael Martine — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:28:43 +0000

Andy and Michael M hold down the fort, with Michael R feeling under the weather. With cool things to play with such as the Bomomo painting program (see the handiwork below), Opensim in a Browser, Stonehenge, Google Wave, homages to great commercials and great movies and an article that attests that Social Media junkies use email more. We don’t believe that for an instant, do we, Luis?

To end the show, Andy tries his hand at channeling Dr. Evil and Michael M brings up Elwood Blues.

Thanks for the links from Epredator, Rickmans, Michael Haglund, James Taylor, Kevin Aires, Lbenitez, Heidigoseek, Ruscb, and Lxs!

What’s Cool

Andy — Western Digital mybook studio edition
Michael M — Bomomo

Bonus – our Bomomo artworks!

Andy

Michael

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Opensim in a web page (epredator)

Heritage-key (epredator)

we want our 3D and for free! (rickmans)

Tech-no-tronic
Just say no to buttons (rickmans)

1984 Apple remake for Doubletwist (michael haglund)

Doubletwist

full names being displayed now in delicious!

Star Wars uncut (James Taylor)

Social Networkin’
London as Social Media capital? (kevinaires)

Dara Obriain on the British bonus link

Ghandi Birthday Google Doodle

Dogear-Nation – Episode 122 – Ghost Tweeting

Michael Rowe — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:50:32 +0000

We must be getting closer to Halloween, since we have death and undead on our minds. In our 3-D Internet section, we have people living out their lives in robotic forms. In our Tech-no-tronic section, we have the ability to will our Twitter account to someone after we die (could this end up causing a bit of Ghost Tweeting?). In our Win-A-Rooni section, we have Microsoft Windows’ attempt at rebirth with Windows 7 and house parties. And finally, in our Social Networking section, ma.gnolia comes back from the dead with a new invite-only social bookmarking tool. I think it’s time to play with the undead and head over to World of Warcraft!

What’s Cool
Andy — Lego t-shirt
Michael R — Heads up GPS on iPhone
Michael M — Augmented Reality and Bionic Eye, The future mashups are bleeding into the 3-D Internet.

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Linden Speaks at Metanomics Show (epredator)
Linden Lab says SecondLife is Huge! (kevinaires)
Surrogates (wideawakewesley)
Business users who don’t get it — doomed to failure (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
Living will for your digital assets (lx5)
Fitbit launched (kevinaires)

Win-a-rooni
Host your own Windows 7 House Party! (lx5)
In da House (uncommonman)
Dogear-Nation’s Windows 7 House Party
Zune OLED screen outshines iPod and Video

Social Networkin’
Magnolia’s ba-ack! – Sorta (heidigoseek)
Visualization for local twitter trends (heidigoseek)

Final thoughts
Andy — Apture (rucsb) Checking Facebook during a burglary and Poken for Business
Michael R — Evidently not playing enough WoW
Michael M — Honda’s Segway-like Unicycle (via kevinaires)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 121 – Happy As A Clam

Michael Rowe — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:23:36 +0000

It’s a very silly episode this week for some reason. No, not silly, Happy, Happy as a Clam. This phrase sets the tone of the show for some strange reason. Could it have been the rainy day in North Carolina infecting us all with crazy, silly? Or is it that international talk like a pirate day happening on Saturday? Who knows? All we know is we have a great set of tags this week from: wideawakewesley, epredator, kevinaires, rickmans, lbenitez300, heidigoseek, and bluebus. Enjoy the show!

What’s Cool
Andy — Speaking about on-line Personas and Social Collaboration
Michael R — Dungeons & Dragons online
Michael M — Ben Stiller shills for followers

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Augmented reality futures (wideawakewesley)
SL and 3D Models merger? (epredator)
Cisco Virtual Event Analysis (kevinaires / epredator)
Should have schools embraced SL by now? (wideawakewesley)

Tech-no-tronic
Augmented reality contact lens (rickmans)
Cordless electricity WiTricity (lbenitez3000)
We control the horizontal… stereoscopic pictures (uncommonman)
Beethoven visualization (heidigoseek)
Taking pictures with a CRT (doorstop) (rickmans)
The sky of earth (bluebus)

Social Networkin’
jajah @call twitter calling (lbenitez3000)

Final thoughts
Andy — flickroom
Michael R — nutin
Michael M — Monopoly City Streets Reset!

Dogear-Nation – Episode 120 – Quantum Cables

Michael Rowe — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:33:44 +0000

Michael and Michael end up without our intrepid English co-host due to scheduling issues this week as we welcome new tagger bluebus to the show this week. We explore the astral world with Ghostwire, the Quantum World with Pigeons, and the old world with a Commodore 64 emulator for the iPhone. At the same time we ask the important question – Do you Twitter to Facebook, or Facebook update your Tweets? Which one makes you smarter? Thanks for the great set of tags this week to: wideawarewesley, epredator, lx5, billsweeney1, heidigoseek, duckboxxer, bluebus, uncommonman, and lbenitz3000.

What’s Cool
Andy — Electric Light Orchestras (with iPhones) – via @rucsb on Twitter
Michael R — Monopoly City Streets
Michael M — New iPhone features in OS 3.1

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Ghostwire Nintendo DSi as a PKE meter (wideawakewesley)
Augmented reality Wiki (epredator)
Mydeco 3D home design (lx5)
Ultravox Freeman’s Sears Video

Tech-no-tronic
Pigeon powered network (billsweeney1)
Google Streetview Explained (wideawakewesley)
Asus e-Reader (heidigoseek)

Mac-a-rooni
Commodore 64 emulator for iPhone (duckboxxer)

Social Networkin’
Screencasts on Twitter (bluebus)
Dogear-Nation Screenr Test
Digital Distractions (uncommonman)
MIT’s personas- They’re back (lx5)
Facebook intelligence greater than Twitter intelligence? (rickmans)
Tweet MyMac (lbenitz3000)

Final thoughts
Michael R — Meerkat Viewer for Secondlife and Opensim
Michael M — BMW and Windows 7 —
looking forward to the Durham Bulls Blues Festival on Saturday, Sept 12th

Dogear-Nation – Episode 119 – Heebie Jeebies

Michael Rowe — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:15:30 +0000

This week we enjoy giving Michael M. the Heebie Jeebies as we talk about Augmented Reality contact lenses, proving that we won’t all need glasses one day. epredator provides us with the most challenging game ever, and Douglas Adams’ wisdom continues to be right, 10 years later. We also pick up a few new reviews of the podcast from The Thinking Man’s Podcasts, Anne and the Podcast Place – Thanks guys!

What’s Cool
Andy — The Thinking Man’s Podcasts, The Podcast Place and Anne is a Man review Dogear-Nation.
Michael R — Lenovo A600 All-in-One desktop
Michael M — Noobs ain’t a word ’cause it ain’t in the dictionary

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Operation Unholy Rage (kiambogo)
Mannahatta project — Manhattan in 1609 AD (lx5)
Augmented contact lenses (andypiper)
Augmented contact lenses (kevinaires)
Bonus Link — Michael Hedges — Great Guitar musician with Augmented reality
One button jumper (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
Sony Ericcson Ap Store / Open GL ES 2.0 (uncommonman)
But will it run Windows 7? — Restoration of the Harwell (1951 computer) (kevinaires)
Microsoft Requirement for 1280×720 resolution being dropped (wideawakewesley)
What hole has Michael M. been in? (billsweeney1)

Social Networkin’
Douglas Adams on the Internet (rickmans)
Knoyce +1 (duckboxxer)

Final thoughts
Michael R — Windows 7 Launch Party on Dogear-Nation
Andy — Star Wars Force Trainer and Lego Escher
Michael M — Lego house

Dogear-Nation – Episode 118 – Social Privacy

Michael Rowe — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:24:05 +0000

We would tell you where Michael M was this week, but given the tags this week on the lack of privacy in social media, we are sure you can find out yourself! We wonder whatever happened to Sony’s Playstation Home. We take some time and review the privacy settings of Facebook and other social media networks. And finally: has augmented reality finally gone mainstream with the iPhone? All this, and more of your tags, this week on Dogear-Nation.

What’s cool
Michael: Mythical Venn Diagram – Via @kevinrose tweet
Andy: 8-Bit Video

Obligatory 3D internet
How to Salvage Sony at Home – epredator
EduStyle Winners – lx5
Online 3D Pics Created – lx5

Social media security
Facebook Privacy, Fail!
Adobe Flash Cookies, Fail! – rickmans
Filesharing Tells preferences – lx5
MIT Persona Project – heidigoseek
ID Card Cloners – wideawakewesley
45% of all Employers use Social Media Screening – heidigoseek

Augmented Reality / iPhone
3 Augmented Reality Apps on iPhone – andypiper
AR in Paris – uncommonman
Evolution of Augmented Reality – uncommonman
Spotify For iPhone Approved – lx5

Final Thoughts
Andy: A Single Molecule – lx5
Michael: Ultimate Gadget Blog – lx5

Bonus Tags
Evolver – epredator
Mixamo – epredator
Fabrege Shampoo
Knock Three Times

Dogear-Nation – Episode 117 – Avatar Playboys

Michael Rowe — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:15:24 +0000

All three of our hosts this week got hooked on the video from The Guild – “Do you want to Date my Avatar” after a great – quick hit post from our good friend epredator over at Feeding Edge… Thanks Ian for making the week a lot more fun. We continue to look for your feedback on making your show better… remember we are podcasting your tags. We appreciate all the tags we get each week, and the feedback that we receive via Twitter, emails, and the site. Spend some time this week telling your friends about us, and take some time to comment about the show, either on the site or on our iTunes feed.

As we continue to look at the convergence of our digital and physical worlds, this week’s tag from gypsychk is talking about videos in printed magazines, you have to see this to believe it… here!

Uncommonman shows us that First Person Shooters (FPSs) work in the real world too! And Michael R’s rant – fizzles quickly when Andy points out — The Rest of the Story!

Special thanks to – kiambogo, epredator, uncommonman, gypsychk, lx5, rickmans, tomppayne, and @jamestenniswood for your tags this week.

What’s Cool
Andy — Quake Live!
Michael R — Scary Robot… it’s fast and accurate
Michael M — Rent your next textbook at Cheeg – And while you’re at it – Listen to Random-Abstractions!

Obligatory 3-D Internet
A Second Chance for Second Life (kiambogo)
Second Life API for rich media beyond Quicktime (epredator)
FPS with real guns (uncommonman)
Date my avatar! (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
Video killed the magazine ad, well not really… (gypsychk)
Esquire’s cover
nano-origami DNA lithography (lx5)
Billing for your time (rickmans)

Mac-a-rooni
Why AT&T killed Google Voice (kiambogo)
iPhone is not easy to use (rickmans)

Social Networkin’
Has Twitter’s popularity peaked? (tomppayne)

Final thoughts
Andy — Woofertime! – @jamestenniswood via Twitter
Michael R — Could this be the best Private Cloud architecture out there??
Michael M — Beer and Blues

Bonus Links
Proton Media
Launch.com
innovation!
iPhone Time Travel
Lotus Connections for Corporate Micro-Blogging

Dogear-Nation – Episode 116 – Opting Out

Andy Piper — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:32:01 +0000

Andy and Michael R are joined by John Martin of Reallusion who tells all about WidgetCast and iClone. There’s tag talk about virtual worlds, visualizations, and the latest movements of planetary destroyers around the interwebs. Michael M drops in for a microscopic final thought. Remember to leave feedback to enter our swag contest!

Thanks to Z303, wideawakewesley, uncommonman, rickmans, lx5, duckboxxer and epredator for some great links! We can’t do the show without listener tags, and we always appreciate them.

What’s cool
Andy – 3D etch-a-sketch on Current and Make (lx5)
Michael – LG wristphone (duckboxxer)
John – Reallusion new products WidgetCast, iClone4 and CrazyTalk6

3D internet
Virtual Singapore in Twinity (andypiper)
Can Virtual Reality be even better than face-to-face in delivering world-class professional development events? (epredator)
Augmented Reality Gary Coleman bobblehead Facebook app (carolinabigblue)

The web and business
Red Gate startup incubator coworking space (lx5 via @andrewferrier on Twitter)
Why social marketing gets viral (lx5)
Amazon’s acquisitions (andypiper)

Social networkin’
The Facebook Death Star (lx5 via @dr_rick on Twitter)
Twitter Retweet API (andypiper and carolinabigblue)
Google Caffeine (duckboxxer)

Final thoughts
Andy – London Underground shower curtain
Michael R – Google to let users opt out
Michael M – nanotube

Where to find John
Twitter, machinima, YouTube, Reallusion

Dogear-Nation – Episode 115 – The Intercasts!

Michael Rowe — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:52:40 +0000

Michael and Michael enjoy an old school episode, while our guest has to reschedule due to travel issues – John we missed you and will get you back on the show soon. Andy takes a well deserved break, but as always gives us a great “What’s Cool” – Can you spot the edit? This week’s show includes a great set of Augmented Reality, Robotic, and Party Picture links, all surrounded by a Soundtrack captured in 140 characters. Thanks for all the great tags. Don’t forget to check out our contest, and provide us with feedback.

Special Thanks to – epredator, kevinaires, duckboxxer, wideawakewesley, mobthink, and rickmans for helping to create this week’s show with your tags!

What’s Cool
Andy — Touch Note
Michael R — Pentatonic Scale
Michael M — Bata-Bing?

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Augmented Reality — living in a box (epredator)
Pixel Men!
Augmented ID (kevinaires)
Augmented Lego Reality (kevinaires)
SL feeling the lag of artificial life (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
MS-Roboto (duckboxxer)
Flying Festo Penguins (wideawakewesley)
The Beep should be beepin’ beep beep beep beeped! (wideawakewesley)

Mac-a-rooni
Port your iPhone App to Windows Mobile (duckboxxer)

Social Networkin’
Marines vs ESPN vs IBM (mobthink)
Twitter and Facebook down, DogearNation.com Up! (andypiper)
Party like you wanna — Sony’ll take your picture (kevinaires)
Name that tune – in 140 characters or less (billsweeney1)
Who’s unfriending who? (rickmans)

Final thoughts
Andy — Dogear-Nation Contest
Michael R — Controlling your mind
Michael M — Open Source Cycling (via lx5)

Tags we couldn’t get to
Pulse Laser: “Preparing Us For AR”: the value of illustrating of future technologies (epredator)
Weekly Geekly – Geekly News – Augmented Reality Shooter (wideawakewesley)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 114 – Hazardous Gaming Ahead

Michael Rowe — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:50:16 +0000

We welcome Chris Hazard – CEO of Hazardous Software to the show this week. Chris is developing a great new time-travel game that you can check out at his YouTube Channel. We get insight into time travel and the various paradoxes that you face… Along with your Tags. Don’t forget to subscribe to us on iTunes, or via the links on our blog at http://dogearnation.com.

Thanks to all who tagged this week, sorry we couldn’t get to all of your tags. Gypsychk, cjhazard, epredator, kiambogo, archatechoem, crwmn, lx5, jtonline, duckboxxer, richmans, kabren, kkganesan, and wideawakewesley.

What’s Cool
Andy — Moovie Mania and Mooseum
Michael R — Berlin wall grafitti animation
Michael M — Portable Tailgate (via gypsychk)
Chris — Braid – The Game (cjhazard)

Obligatory 3-D Internet
GI Joe Rise of Cobra (epredator)
New Platform-Dubit (epredator)
Economist life in virtual reality after all (kiambogo)

Tech-no-tronic
Microsoft FAST search (archatechoem)
Synch all your devices (crwmn, lx5)
Techno-culutural snobbery (gypsychk)
New Barcodes (jtonline)

Mac-a-rooni
I quit – the iPhone (duckboxxer)
Do You See the new Invisible iPhone (jtonline)
Is Apple Big Brother (rickmans)
Apple Is Growing Rotten (kabren, Kkganesan)

Final thoughts
Andy — Alien – Prequel
Michael R — Guitar rock tour
Michael M — Facebook, Who you know, Twitter, What you know
Chris — Retrograde the Game

Find Chris at
Achron Game
NC State

Wanted to get to…
Social Networkin’
Spam filter for twitter (duckboxxer)
Government Twitter Guidelines (kevinaires)
Using twitter during conferences (rickmans)
Viral Wedding Video (wideawakewesley)

Bonus Links
Aura

Dogear-Nation – Episode 113 – Don’t Tick off a Musician on YouTube

Michael Rowe — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 12:35:59 +0000

Michael, Andy, and Michael welcome special guest Matt Simpson from Sweettt to talk about the segregation of adult content within Second Life. Michael M. would have talked more about the conference he was at last week, but then he would have had to kill us. Is shameless self promotion on Twitter OK? Is it OK for Amazon to remove books from your Kindle? Can you build a token economy within Social Networks? Is Best Buy being fair with their Web vs. in store pricing? Are luggage handlers, mis-handling your luggage? All these questions and more will be addressed this week on Dogear-Nation!

Thank you for your tags: Sweettt, kevinaires, epredator, gypsychk, uncommonman, wideawakewesley, lx5, rickmans, and jtonline

What’s Cool
Andy — iSnapShotter and Photoshop Like App for iPhone
Michael R — WoW the Movie has a Director
Michael M — Gaming for Peace
Matt — ebook reader by Plasticlogic (sweettt) and Catching Kindle (sweettt)

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Long Tail for Virtual Worlds (kevinaires)
Babylon SLURL
Castle Wolfenstein 3D source code available – man the parapets! (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
Wakey-Wakey watch (gypsychk)
Swpppt — sound of whispernet taking books *off* your kindle (uncommonman)
Spotify adds 2m more tracks (wideawakewesley)

Social Networkin’
House tweet party (lx5)
Monetizing twitter (lx5)
When did you join Twitter? (kevinaires)
Me me me me (all about me!) (rickmans)
Another bad twitter brand story (rickmans)
Note to self: don’t piss off a musician (uncommonman)

Final thoughts
Matt — Singingbowl
Andy — Dogs Who Twitter
Michael R — Image-based Search (previously mentioned on Episode 71)
Michael M — Temporal photos

Links we didn’t get to
Attack of the 50 foot twitter! (wideawakewesley)
Gardeners tend their social networks too! (jtonline)

Bonus links
A different kind of TV Remote Control
Comic Themes for Google
Dave Carroll
Andy’s blog post on 140 characters

Dogear-Nation – Episode 112 – Save our stories

Michael Rowe — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:00:43 +0000

This week Andy and Michael R. welcome “TheRab!” AKA Ryan Boyles, IBM Project Zero’s community manager, to talk about the Enterprise 2.0 conference, his love of comics, and social networks. We keep getting many more tags then we can talk about, and we are glad to extend our “Cool Stuff We Had no Time For” section this week… you are all amazing! Michael M was doing what he does best (a speaking engagement, getting people excited about gaming and business), but he will be back next week.

Show Tags

What’s cool
Ryan – e20 Conference – How to spark a fight and Reflections on Boston…also Dogear-Nation e2Conf and All e2Conf Tags
Michael – Tether iPhone, breaks phone features (michaelrowe01)
Andy – Star Wars themed links Tauntaun Sleeping Bag (carolinabigblue); Star Wars uncut (carolinabigblue) and John Williams acapella (andypiperuk via kellypuffs)

Technotronic
Akamai Study: Broadband Traffic Grows Worldwide (kevinaires)
Akamai visualizer (andypiperuk)
BBC Digital Revolution and What is Digital Revolution (epred and wideawakewesley) and BBC SOS (andypiperuk)
Dyson using 3D printing of prototypes to speed innovation (epredator)
Spotify wins award (uncommonman)
and MSFT to start a competing service (wideawakewesley)
Kindle about to hit the UK (michaelrowe01)
Super cluttered website (lx5)

Social networkin’
Tech Crunch web trend visualisation on Zoomarama (wideawakewesley)
Online consumer trends (epredator) and epred’s analysis (lx5)
Texting teen falls down manhole (gypsychk)
How teenagers consume media (lx5)
(bonus link – Roo’s take)
Why teens aren’t using Twitter (wideawakewesley)
Who uses social networks and what are they like (heidigoseek)

Final thoughts
Andy – Coffee themed links – Tips and Tricks for better Coffee and Beautifully Delicious Coffee Designs
Michael – Doom on the iPhone and… he can’t remember (bonus link – Worms for iPhone)
Ryan – Best east coast Comic Con! and The Dance of Community Management

Where people can find Ryan
Twitter http://twitter.com/theRab
Blog http://mobthink.com
Project Zero

Thanks for contributing…
billsweeney, wideawakewesley, heidigoseek, gypsychk, uncommonman, epredator, lx5, kellypuffs, kevinaires, kiambogo… and our Twitter friends!

Cool stuff we had no time for
Craziness
Shadow art from junk (gypsychk)
Eternal moonwalk (wideawakewesley)
Girls making boy sounds (andypiperuk)
omgrofl programming language (lx5)
Social network pillows (andypiperuk)
Cardboard tube fighting league (kellypuffs)
Tweetcraft (andypiperuk)

Mac-a-rooni
iPhone 3G-not-so-S (kevinaires)
Smarter city + phone = win (kiambogo)
iPhone doormat (carolinabigblue)

Apparently-optional 3D Internet
Sketchlife (andypiperuk)
Virtual guidedog (carolinabigblue)
Cross reality – sensors and VW (heidigoseek)
Augmented reality starts becoming reality (kevinaires)

Other
Google Voice (US-only though!!) – (billsweeney)
IBM to provide core of UK biometric passport system (wideawakewesley)
Tech too cheap to meter, plan for abundance (epredator)
Bill Gates to stop hurricanes (wideawakewesley)… Does anyone else think this is a very, very bad idea??
MSFT vs Chrome (lx5)
Office 2010 in the cloud (gypsychk)
Swearing can make you feel better (!) (gypshychk)
Elf island, kids VW gaming for good (gypsychk)
Tesco supermarket API (lx5)
1979 iPod patent?! (gypsychk)
Pirate Bay to become a pay site (wideawakewesley)
Opening the Poken platform (andypiperuk)
18th century gadgetry (gypsychk)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 111 – People Are Very Attached to their Faces

Michael Rowe — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:33:23 +0000

Michael and Michael do a special segment with David Gardner, CEO of The Venue Network, who talks to us about his new virtual worlds business platform Venuegen. The goal of this platform is to allow people to create quick and professional events, which provide the immersive nature of the 3-D internet for the masses. Beta access can be requested by all of listeners over at Venuegen. Come back to the blog here later this week for a video of the platform.

We then jump into a great set of listener tags that we can’t hope to get to all of them. Thanks for the tags! — (Lx5, epredator, wideawakewesley, gypsychk, heidigoseek, billsweeney1, uncommonman, duckboxxer, kevinaires)

p.s. We missed you Andy!

p.p.s. Thank you Thinkingmachine for their song Lies!

What’s Cool
Michael R — The interview with David Gardner!
Michael M — Real cash delivers the virtual goods

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Venuegen
Rezzme Project
Lost London (lx5 via epredator tweet)
Augmented virtual reality (epredator)
Nearest tubes augmented reality (kevinaires)

Mac-a-rooni
RunPee (wideawakewesley)

Social Networkin’
#moonfruit – darn, that contest is over…

Final thoughts
Michael R — PrePurchased Windows 7 – Should I install the RC on my Vista Machine?
Michael M — Open source NGO disaster managementM (via lx5) and Shameless Self Promotion – Event on the 16th/17th

Just some of the Fantastic links we did not get to… thanks & keep on tagging!
Nothing more social than competitive eating (billsweeny1)
Social networking in the workplace (heidigoseek)
95% accurate brainwave controlled wheelchair (gypsychk)
Were the pirate bay people aware of this? (uncommonman)
Maybe the pirate bay people were… (wideawakewesley)
A shiny new OS from Google (wideawakewesley)
And maybe something shiny coming from Microsoft? (wideawakewesley)
Not quite an iPhone steadicam, but getting close! (andypiper)
I’m a Poken, you’re a Poken, wouldn’t you like to be a Poken too? (kevinaires)
Power of positive thinking can be negative (gypsychk)
Ekopedia (lx5)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 110 – The British Are Coming

Michael Rowe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:39:24 +0000

We decided to balance out the show today in honor of the US celebration of the 4th of July. @WideAwakeWesley joins us on the show this week, helping us with a dose of non-Virtual World and non-Apple Fanboy credibility. Our topics include some great gaming mashups about Michael Jackson, some overly mashed-up cars with drunk driving in Grand Theft Auto, getting mashed and trapped into a platform based on ecosystem lock-in, great music mashups via Spotify (perfectly legal – just not available in the US) and getting your Twitter account mashed into a pulp via too many Tweets per hour. Happy Independence week to all our listeners!! Keep on tagging!

What’s Cool
Andy — RFID-enabled Dogear Nation mug (buy your own non-RFID-enabled mug in the store!)
Michael R — First person shooter disease
Wesley — Michael Jackson / Rag Doll Kung Fu mashup
Michael M — Everybody needs a site to love!

Obligatory 3-D Internet
China bans gold farming (epredator)
Studying effects of alcohol in virtual reality (lx5)
Glasgow Caledonian University to teach creation of virual worlds (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
FireFox 3.5 — with even more .5 than before! (wideawakewesley)
The Pirate Bay has been boarded by Global Gaming Factory (wideawakewesley)
What exactly has been sold by The Pirate Bay? (uncommonman)
Computer, translate. (gypsychk)
Upsidedown remotes for those down under (lx5)
Google without the affiliate links (lx5)

Final thoughts
Andy — UK heat tweets
Michael R — iPhone programming class from Stanford (michaelrowe01)
Wesley — See Spotify run (wideawakewesley)
Michael M — Arcade Lego Videos and
So, how fast can you tweet? (via emily)

… and the stuff we didn’t quite get to… (thanks for the tags, great stories!)

Social Networkin’
RIM analysis (uncommonman)
Top CEOs not connecting via social media (heidigoseek)
Social media as “business operating system” (duckboxxer)
Checking up on job applicants (heidigoseek)

Bonus links
Spotify iphone video
Photos of kludges that work, sort of… (uncommonman)
Digital art creation (epredator)
Burning Man & real time search (wideawakewesley)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 109 – Special Edition – IBM Innovators’ Club

Michael Rowe — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:44:59 +0000

This special live recording was made on June 29th, as part of a IBM Innovator’s club meeting. We gave the team a special behind the scenes look at how we started Dogear-Nation, how it has evolved, and how we record a show. As part of that meeting, we did an abbreviated version of the show (really only 15 minutes shorter than our target show length). We want to make a special shout out to all those who tagged links for this special show with the tag “innovators-club”.

What’s cool?
Michael M — The avatar will see you now (via kiambogo)
Andy — Daily Mail 0, Andy Piper 1. Next round, Brazil. The Snowglobe lipsync mentioned in 108 and TinyChat and Twitter (via @mauricioswg)
Michael R — 3D Puzzles and Soccer

Innovator’s Club Tags
Right Ear’d (gpsychk)
Can you believe this Crap!?! (gpsychk)
Social Media conference Future Focus (cliveharris)

Final Thoughts
Michael R — Amazon calls’ NC bluff
Andy — Five Levels of Social Media (andypiper)
Michael M — Another shameless plug! (via lx5)

Special Swag
Commemorative Mug for listeners (UK version here)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 108 – Viralwink

Michael Rowe — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:28:44 +0000

We welcome back Sandy Kearney, who is now the volunteer president of a new organization E426 – The Innovation Corps for America. We have a great time catching up on all your tags… Speaking of Time, the Michaels got to spend some time this week talking with Chris Hazard of Hazardous Software and discuss the coolness of time travel. We also become Outovators (as opposed to Innovators), describing a bunch of potential ideas that people can use in the area of Time Travel. In that spirit we are aggressively leveraging our innovators – we stick them head first into a cranny!

What’s Cool
Andy — meeting @turbotodd and editing video on the iPhone
Michael R — Delicious Library iPhone App
Michael M — Zoning Out (via Gypsychk)
Sandy — 1,000 inches in Loveland – Rita King is working on this

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Time Travel in Gaming (michaelrowe01)
Hazardous Software YouTube channel
Channel 4 Virtual Worlds Documentary (epredator) Channel 4 for Americans”
Linking real objects to the Internet via physical tagging (ArcaTechOEM)
Twittering house of Andy Stanford-Clark
Alice in Wonderland
New Second Life Clients – Snow Globe
SLURL for Babylon 5 SL

Tech-no-tronic
Sugar on a Stick-One Laptop Per Child (lx5)
Widgets for Tag Clouds & Flickr (uncommonman)
more useful infographics (uncommonman)

Mac-a-rooni
Save $100/yr on MobileMe with this iphone theft detector (gypsychk)
Another transforming MacBook

Social Networkin’
When you don’t have 140 char worth of time (uncommonman)
Dunkin’ Run — social networking & coffee! (kiambogo)

Final thoughts
Andy P — One day left to contribute to Jasmin Tragas’ cause for the Philipines and Don’t let newspapers steal your creative commons comment
Sandy — Amazing show (aww shucks!) — Irving Wladawsky-Berger blog on what makes us happy & adapting — e426!
Michael R — Neighborhood Protector seen via 30threads and US Mens Soccer team beats SPAIN!
Michael M — How to support your IT Innovators

Bonus links
Law of Property

Dogear-Nation – Episode 107 – Hijacking the Agenda

Michael Rowe — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:56:43 +0000

The guys once again enjoy an incredible selection of new listener tags, and while we can’t get to all of them this week, we want to say “Thank You! and Keep on Tagging!” Don’t forget to tell your friends and get them to tag and to follow us on iTunes or at the Blog over at http://dogearnation.com. With all the excitement this week around the “Device that should not be named”, we try and steer clear of it. Thanks to UnCommonMan we get to spend part of today’s show describing a great new visual search tool.

Visual Browsing

We also catch Michael R. a couple of times, not focusing on the show. We also have a long discussion on the Political value / situation of Twitter and the Iran Election, Andy doesn’t hold back his opinion on this one, don’t miss it.

What’s Cool
Andy — Mini-Lego yourself via @lancew
Michael R — IBM’s Social Media Marketing Summit ‘09
Michael M — The Perfect Phone! via mattsimpson

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Virtual Olympics (epredator)
Free iPhone app for Wimbledon
IBM @Wimbledon now, with a roof! Smarter Tennis for a Smarter Planet (epredator)
100th dogear-nation post on Wimbledon in the 3-D Internet retrospective (lx5)
A rainbow of fun blasting zombies (epredator innov8)

Tech-no-tronic
Very visual search (uncommonman)
Longest tunnel & tallest elevator (lx5)
Twitter for Commodore (UncommonMan & kellypuffs)

Mac-a-rooni
Decision chart for iPhone 3GS purchase (gleganza via retweet from rwang0)
Stripped iPhone 3GS (michael m)

Social Networkin’
Twitter delays upgrade per state dept request (lx5)
Personal profile aggregator bar” (billsweeney)
Donating used electronics (WillR35) 8gb 1st gen iphone worth $111.50!
Donating used games (gypsychk)

Final thoughts
Michael R — A new device after lunch
Andy — Star Wars ABC and Welcome @mrsjtonline
Michael M — The future is so bright (via lx5 tweet)

Bonus links
Suprglu
SMS your contact info (jtonline)
http://www.multiurl.com/
onXiam
Mazuma mobile
The Internet at 40 short podcast series from the Open University.

Dogear-Nation – Episode 106 – Togetherness

Michael Rowe — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:57:24 +0000

This week Michael and Michael are recording in the same room, for the first time in a long time, while Andy is out sick – Get well quickly Andy! But ever the trooper, Andy provides us a with “What’s Cool” this week. We have a ton of listener tags this week so take a listen and comment on this episode.

What’s Cool
Andy — The Guild
Michael R — Don’t get fooled by tiny urls!
Michael M — Radio wave powered cellphones

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Holodeck demo (andypiper)
Epredator’s blog post on Natal / PS3 convergence (lx5)
Upload your body (michaelrowe)

Tech-no-tronic
Most dangerous search terms (Emily)
Qualify for Amazon free shipping! (lx5)
Data visualization (lx5)
Camera + cellphone + text-to-speech = power! (epredator)

Mac-a-rooni
$1b data center (michaelrowe01)
Apple in NC (carolinabigblue)
Some new cellphone a’comin’…
Leo Loses it on air — (michaelrowe01)

Social Networkin’
Arrgh, it’s a Pirate Party! (helenalindh)
Map of Social Networks (kevinaires)
Meatcards tasty and information-carrying (heidigoseek)
Trolls running social media, or just hiding under the bridge? (michaelrowe01)
Twitter leads to burglary (or @fakeburglary?) (michaelrowe01)
Who are these guys? (michaelrowe01)

Final thoughts
Andy — Cell Phone evolution from @SilviaEmilia via Twitter
Michael R — Thank you to all the people at Charles University Prague!
Michael M — rapleaf / poken / a little scary how easy it is to discover social networking data

Cool Tags we didn’t get to
Dell Twitter Success – (kevinaires)
Digital Designs for Physical Objects – (epredator)
Talkback on Graphics Art (epredator)
TNT Tries sponsored tweets (uncommonman)
Camera Mouse (lx5)
Reputation Defender (kevinaires)
Best Cities (lx5)
ARToolkit download (epredator)
AI and AR (kevinaires)
Reverse Dictionary (lx5)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 105 – The Frankensode

Andy Piper — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 01:12:44 +0000

Special guest Kirk Nelson (@ArcatechOEM) joins Michael M and Andy to discuss Poken, Rapleaf and sharing identities. Everything gets recorded out of order. Andy stays up late fixing a bunch of audio capture problems. The resulting masterwork can only fairly be described as… the Frankenstein Episode!

Taggers this week
Thanks to kiambogo, jtonline, kevinaires, epredator, billsweeney, comcipher, duckboxxer, blowdart1, and lx5. You are all awesome – sorry we couldn’t hit every tag!

What’s Cool?
Andy — Apollo 11 Workshop Haynes manual
Michael M — mobile burger grill

Social Networkin’
Rapleaf aggregating public social networking data (kiambogo)
Thunderbird Rapleaf plugin (kiambogo)
Contxts (kiambogo)
The rise of the mighty Poken (carolinabigblue)
Nabaztag, nano:ztag, ztamp:s (carolinabigblue)
Meetingwave (billsweeney1)
Talent poaching (lx5)
The pros & cons of URL shorteners (andypiper)
Web design – an open letter to AA.com (lx5)

Obligatory 3D Internet
Prior 3-D Internet art (andypiper)
New glasses-based UI (kevinaires)

Tech-no-tronic
Wii Vitality Sensor (andypiper)
Project Natal (kevinaires)
Project Natal news coverage including “Milo” (andypiper)

Final thoughts
Michael M — Stealth computing netbook (via jtonline)
Andy — Voices of Lara Croft video (via “happymaker” @SilviaEmilia)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 104 – A Wave of Links

Andy Piper — Sat, 30 May 2009 12:51:02 +0000

Andy and Michael M debate, um, and, um, err about immersive 3D environments; why everything has to be “social”; waves, bings, BMWs… and paint?

What’s Cool?
Andy — netbook featuring Ubuntu Netbook Remix and Moblin 2.0
Michael M — Intel ad

Obligatory 3D Internet
Web 3.0 will be 3D (lx5)
[bonus link - holodecks are described in the
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Technical Manual!]
Virtual Edge Conference (kevinaires)
Immersive Internet Business Value Study (epredator)

Social Networkin’
No Fear Collaboration (lx5)
Social Alchemy (carolinabigblue)
Getting on the Google Collaboration Wavelength (carolinabigblue)
Techcrunch article on Wave (andypiper) plus an amusing side note
Bing! [bonus link - the machine that goes bing!]

Final thoughts
Andy – drawing the New Yorker cover and Brushes app for iPhone
Michael M — new BMW Z4 and the advert and game

Other links
Neuroscience and the Ultimate Warrior (kevinaires)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 103 – Early Adopters, Shiny Things

Andy Piper — Mon, 25 May 2009 11:58:46 +0000

The regular team is back – temporarily – before Michael Rowe heads off on vacation. Michael, Andy and Michael examine the shinyness of virtual world voice chat and new iPhones, but then realise that the GPS system is about to crash. Oh, and there’s a discussion about ten big tech failures too – any nominations for the official Dogear Nation list?

This week’s editor (Andy) would like to apologise for all the Skype chat noises during the episode – the beating will continue until performance improves!

Show Tags

What’s Cool?
Michael R — Are Violent Video Games Adequately Preparing Children For The Apocalypse? | The Onion [bonus link - BFG 9000!]
Michael M — kiambogo tweetup, and cool and unusual ice cube trays
Andy — new Polaroid instant digital camera

TOTDIS (guess the acronym)
The Future is Here….The Virtual World for Large Meetings! – CISCO (epredator)
Second Life Gives Avatars Real Voice (kevinaires)
Second Life Has Skype In Its Sights (andypiperuk) [bonus link - Sparkle IM iPhone SL chat app]

Technotronic
Source Reveals Specs And Release Date of Next iPhone (carolinabigblue)
Sony Pictures CEO hates the Internet (epredator)
Owners’ rights to copy DVDs (lx5)
GPS system ‘close to breakdown’ (andypiperuk)

The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Last Decade (duckboxxer) – do you agree with this list? suggest your own ideas in the comments!
Facebook an OpenID Relying party (uncommonman)
Early Adopters and Finding “The Next Shiny Object” (andypiperuk)
The Great Address Book Cleanup (lx5)

Taking a sidetrack
SOMESSO conference in 3 minutes
ipadio and ipadio iPhone app

Final thoughts
Michael M — soap and LEGO architecture
Michael R — regrets [bonus link - despair.com] and off-the-grid for 2 weeks
Andy — following up contacts from conferences

The best leftover listener links
Cloudy day: Google falters; Packets lost in key cities (mikerowe01)
Augmented Reality & The Web: Present and Future Scenarios (mikerowe01)
Ebay claims victory in luxury fakes dispute (lx5)
Brussels fines Intel record $1.4bn on grounds of antitrust (lx5)
German motorway strewn with notes (lx5)
Visa Develop Bank Card With Its Own Keypad And Digital Display To Combat Online Shopping Fraud (kevinaires)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 102 – Dogear Dogear-Nation on Dogear

Michael Rowe — Sun, 17 May 2009 11:00:06 +0000

Michael squared enjoy your tags this week, while Andy continues his twitter tour of the world. While we missed you Andy, not really, given all the tweets! We also find out that IBM has put out a public Dogear site for everyone to start their tagging! Do social networking people realize the power of social engineering — the Hackers do!! The big questions we wrestle with are – Can social networking be secure at work? Can you play games with fire in the kitchen? Is Second Life still relevant? All this and more, with your tags on this weeks show. Michael M. also needs to learn the difference between a Tweet and a Twit.

Show Tags
What’s Cool?
Andy — ipadio and Andy’s interview
Michael R — Dogear available publicly
Michael M — Participated on panel discussion at Sapphire 2009, moderated by Erik Brynjolfsson, Director MIT Center for Digital Business

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Can Social Networking Secure at Work? (andypiper)
Serious Game — Fire in a Kitchen (andypiper)
It’s Alive. No, it’s Dead. No, it’s ALIVE! (epredator)
Getting Enterprises into 3-D Worlds (epredator)
Simulink (epredator)
Augmented Reality – Nanobots (epredator)
Futuristic Augmented Reality Scenarios without wormholes (michaelrowe)

Social Networkin’
Getting the scoop on Tweets (michaelrowe01)
Twitter visualization (carolinabigblue)

Didn’t get to
Shamwow in a CyberClean Tub (lx5)
Business cards for the times (andypiper)
Where self-aggrandizement meets Twitter (andypiper)
Google’s Fail Whale in the cloud (michaelrowe01)

Bonus links
Yammer
Pornstar name social engineering
Tech tv episode
Revision 3 ROFL show
Digglabs — swarm

Final thoughts
Michael R — Venugen — beta codes
Michael M — Netbooks on a plane

Dogear-Nation – Episode 101 – Too Many Puppies

Michael Rowe — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:00:36 +0000

This week we welcome back Ian Hughes – AKA ePredator, to the show. While Andy is off winning awards in Las Vegas, the Michael’s try to herd a whole slew of listener tags (check out all the ones we missed). Our focus ends up exclusively in the 3D Internet and gaming area (your and our favorite), and we enjoy learning about a few new markets, tools and worlds. We also shed a tear for Duke Nukem’ 3D, which shut it’s doors this week.

Show Tags

What’s cool?
Michael R — Twitterific 2.0
Ian — applying serious games conference 2009
Michael M — #ibmimpact and Innov8

Obligatory 3-D Internet
marketplace for 3-D models (epredator)
3-D meeting (epredator)
track your head (andypiper)
Open University (lx5)
Tony Driscoll
race against the pros (epredator)
YouTube symphony
Ocarana app on iphone
Second Life Suit (carolinabigblue)
Duke Nukem 3D Nuked (michaelrowe01)

Final thoughts
Michael R — Augmented Star Trek reality (via twitter)
Ian — Horizonless Manhattan (jtonline) and View of the world from Manhattan
Michael M — Time to take back twitter (andypiper)

Terrific links that we didn’t get to on the show today
Tech-no-rama
hello? clonecloud? (duckboxxer)
Kindling a new relationship (michaelrowe01)
More tinder to kindle (lx5)

Mac-a-rooni
Mac update day! (lbenitez3000)

Social Networkin’
Social sincerity (duckboxxer)
Another tweeting toilet (andypiper)
And a tweeting house (lx5)

Film
Hunt for Gollum fan film (michaelrowe01)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 100 – 100 ways to do a podcast

Michael Rowe — Sun, 03 May 2009 11:00:13 +0000

Happy 100th to all our listeners. Without your support and tags, we’d never had made it this far. Michael, Andy, and Michael celebrate episode 100 of Dogear-Nation with a great set of listener tags and a return to the roots of it all – GAMING and Virtual Worlds. We also enjoy a few lists submitted by listener LX5.

Show Tags

What’s Cool?
Andy — Radio interview on RSS
Michael R — Triangle tweetup
Michael M — Meatloaf And Fonts from Route 66

Obligatory 3D Internet
Space Invaders! (epredator)
Star Trek Q&A in PlayStation Home (epredator)
Iron man 2 movie picture
pwned like a n00b (Michael R)
Virtual Travel (Michael R)

List of lists
Top 50 iPhone apps for MBAers (lx5)
Top 50 cities (lx5)
25 technologies that refuse to die (lx5)

Social Networkin’
Twitter Quitters (heidigoseek)
Interviews via Twitter (epredator)
What are Friends for? (Andy Piper)
Your friends friends (kiambogo)

Final thoughts
Michael M visible tweets
Andy P Moo.com now in the US! Will be in vegas next week for Impact (check out southpark video)
Michael R Coolest site on creating interesting stuff — LED panel tables (Steven H)

Bonus Links
make a book (heidigoseek)
IBM could be in Jeopardy! (lbenitez3000)
Sock Puppets of the World Unite! (Andy Piper)
Dickensian-izing urls (Andy Piper)
evite for twitter! (Andy Piper)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 99 – Partying Like it’s Episode 99

Michael Rowe — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:00:42 +0000

This week Michael, Andy, and Michael hear Prince, Nena, and other 80’s bands in their heads as they begin episode 99. Or could it be a spy show with Agent 99 from Get Smart? You’ll have to listen to this week’s show to find out. Michael R. gives a big shout out to our good friend Matt Simpson over at Sweettt for a great cup of coffee.

Show Links

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Virtually there (mattsimpson)
Mindreading headsets (epredator)

Social Networkin’
Brain-twitter (andypiper)
Analyze this! (andypiper)
Punch screen (heidigoseek)
GenY no buy? (andypiper)

Tech-no-tronic
e-bomb (michaelrowe)
To Boldly Go to Playstation Home (andypiper)
Braille ebook (heidigoseek)

Social Responsibilty
Blackout europe (andypiper)
Earth day – make it count (lx5)

Final thoughts
Michael R. — Triangle Tweetup
Andy P. — 15 Minutes of Fame
Michael M. — Death of a bookstore

Dogear-Nation – Episode 98 – Inside Baseball

Michael Rowe — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:11:40 +0000

Michael, Andy, and Michael are back talking about your tags. Is the Zune cool again? Was it ever? Michael R. remembers a story completely incorrectly…. Is this something new? Take a listen to our new intro and let us know what you think. Also, send Michael M an email and ask him to get a new microphone. Also Twitter Michael M about the Peepfest. And click here to email Michael. Also, come meet the Michaels at the Triangle Tweetup if you are in Durham NC.

What’s cool?
Andy – Blue Eyeball!
Michael R – Interactive Unemployment Map
Michael M – Apple goes up to 11

Obligatory 3-D Internet
The Avatar (andypiper via @malburns)
Blurring digital & real (heidigoseek)
Bonus link – Me the Media book with augmented reality features

Mac-a-rooni
Chrysler’s iPhone dashboard (michaelrowe01)
Bonus link – V-Cockpit GPS iPhone app with HUD
Zune-a-rooni HD (michaelrowe01)

Social Networkin’
Twitter Roundup, Amazon, Kickbee, Twisitor (heidigoseek / emily )
Group self-assembly (triangletweetup)
Twitterchair (andypiper)
Tweeting cat door (andypiper)
Spreadtweet (carolinabigblue)
Danger Will Robinson (andypiper)

Final Thoughts
Michael R – Ahoy! 4 Mateys in the Brig
Andy – Fun things to do with Peeps — When will Michael M post his Peepfest Review!?!?
Michael M – Another listener to give up on email – (kiambogo)
Andy – Final Final Thought – Oh, Crap!

Dogear-Nation – Episode 97 – Good Friday?

Michael Rowe — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:21:48 +0000

Michael and Michael record this week’s show from their alternate super secret locations, with a host of great listener tags. Andy sends in his What’s Cool section via Drop.io and we edit it in, so cleanly, you won’t even notice . Michael R goes conspiracy theory on one of our listener tags from listener lx5 and ties it to another listener tag form lbenitez3000, could the UK government try to pay for it’s stimulus package with your inbox?

What’s cool
Michael R — Life in the Clouds
Andy — Boombox Pro and Droppler and Sparkle IM
Michael M — Getting ready for picobloging

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Innov8 SvenskaM (uncommonman)
iPhone Virtual World
Wolfenstein 3D
iFighter
Rogue
Activeworlds on iPhone

Social Networkin’
twtrcon sf 09 (lbenitez3000)
Twinkle
Storage of email (lx5)
$948 in your mailbox (lbenitez3000)

Tech-no-tronic
Freaking Huge URL — it’s huuuuuuuuuuge! (heidigoseek)
Easy way to get to your favorite podcast site
Kindle protests (kiambogo)
I’m a PC
Comix for l3t3 (duckboxxer)

Final thoughts
Michael R — Gimee all your cache (31)
Michael M — What Game?

Bonus links
Beaker ode to joy
Microsoft Bob
Episode 4 of Random Abstractions – Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/randomabstract

Dogear-Nation – Episode 96 – Going Somewhere, Solo…

Andy Piper — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:51:33 +0000

It’s a one-man band this week as Andy tries to make up for his time away from the show, and Michael and Michael are unable to join. It’s a bit of a different, shorter show – but the same great listener tags.

What’s cool?
Andy – OMG Wolfenstein 3D for the iPhone!

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Can SL help doctors to treat patients? (andypiper)
SL development tools (lx5)
Trademarking an avatar (lx5)

We Want – Information!
British Government wants to know your Facebook friends (kiambogo)
Questions over Google Book Rights Registry (kiambogo)
Shahi Visual Dictionary mashup (lx5)
Did you know…? video (comcipher)

Green tech
Brits build solar parking bay (lx5)

Final Thoughts
Andy – Come Back Michael R and Michael M!

Dogear-Nation – Episode 95 – Tea for Two

Michael Rowe — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:41:51 +0000

Dogear-Nation – Episode 95 – Tea for Two

Michael and Michael are back face to face for this episode of Dogear-Nation. We are both looking forward to having Andy back with us next week, but we have a great set of listener tags this week. Including a video of some Apple Malware.

What’s cool?
Michael R — Kevin Rose leaks Tesla S pics
Michael M — binary table @ Elementary School Math Night

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Entropria virtual banking (suttree & epredator)
Greenphosphor (epredator)

Social Networkin’
Remotely admin servers via Twitter (tx5)

Mac-a-rooni
iTunes launching variable pricing $1.29
You don’t say! Apple malware?

Tech-no-tronic
Medical records exchange
ICE review
Augmented reality — really! (comcipher)

Final Thoughts
Michael R — Gondoliers
Michael M — Peepfest09

Dogear-Nation – Episode 94 – public by default, private when necessary

Michael Rowe — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:25:36 +0000

This week Michael and Michael welcome Sandy Kearney and Harry Karidis, co-founders of the “Open ThinkTank 3D”, which specializes in developing innovative ideas around the use of all things 3D. ePredator provides us a great link on Next Gen virtual worlds, while kiambogo provides us a link on how games are getting into our every day activities. How fit will the Wii Fit actually make us.

What’s cool?
Harry — Open Thinktank 3D
Michael R — I’m a Tweetaholic
Sandy — Gametech conference and NSF TAxonomy of virtual worlds
Michael — functioning on lack of sleep

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Next gen virtual worlds (epredator)
Data visualization of urban landscapes
Infiltration of play (kiambogo)
Magnificent Mind at Any Age: Natural Ways to Unleash Your Brain’s Maximum Potential

Social Networkin’
Corporate social networking (epredator)
Why the kids don’t use twitter (andypiper)
Tweepme (andypiper)
Social collider (andypiper)

Final thoughts
Michael R — Space Bat (comcipher)
Sandy — all the stuff is integrating closely & tightly together
Harry — Sense of Humor is important
Michael M — Tracking dementia patients with GPS (kevinaries)

Great tags that we didn’t get to in today’s show:
Tech-no-tronic
Current cost software (mardibloke)
Flying cars (kevinaires)
Jotnote (kevinaires)
IBM develops tech to talk to web (huskiesct)

Mac-a-rooni
New iphone OS tech (kevinaires)
iPhone as a modem
Apple’s 99% (jtonline)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 93 – Friday the 13th Part Deux

Michael Rowe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:00:13 +0000

Michael, Andy and Michael are excited to welcome special guest Veronica Belmont to this weeks episode. After a rough and rocky restart (check out the end of the show – I guess that’s why it’s Friday the 13th), we dive right into our listener tags, including 3-D patient records, crazy British dress up day, and ways of getting out of all those social networks you’ve been joining for years. We also spend some time reviewing the new Facebook Privacy application, is it ready for prime time?

What’s cool?
Michael M — Peepfest!
Andy — Blue fusion – Week
Veronica — The vintage web
Michael R — Converting to run Safari 4 as primary browser

Obligatory 3-D Internet>
3-D patient record software – (dbartek)
Prior virtual art or a real case – (kevinaires)

Social Networkin’
Rednosin Day – (tx5)
Facebook privacy application

Mac-a-rooni
Sirius/XM on iPhone in 2Q – “primary distribution outlet, new car ales,” (SIC)
iPhone 3.0 coming

Technotronic
Get out of LinkedIn, find a new place MySpace, no need to be coy, Roy – set yourself free – (mattsimpson)
Patent allowing wearer to dodge bullets – (dbartek)

Final thoughts
Michael M — No plain brown wrappers on the whispernet! – (kiambogo)
Andy – ego — New niece
Michael R — record button is good
Verionia — Sword and Laser – Eye of the world. 2nd book on audible — not so great.

Bonus links from the show
Visible Human Server
The Visible Human Project
The Adam Software
BMW Augmented Reality

Google’s Opt out on Ads
BT claims patents on hyperlinks

Twitterlink – (twitterlink)

Other great links we didn’t get to
Apple Netbook with touchscreen rumor part 347

End of the line for IE? – (huskiect)
Military applications of post-it notes? – (comcipher)

Dogear-Nation – Episode 92 – Manga Tweet

Michael Rowe — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 11:00:46 +0000

Michael, Michael, and Andy welcome special guest Kelly Drahzal, who doesn’t have a twitter weather station at home. Our 3D Internet section is all about augmented reality videos, ads and design. Michael R. is positive that we’ve seen the Mini Cooper ad before; however, our bad show notes don’t help him find the prior episode – perhaps our listeners can help. We once again dig into Twitter and it’s impact on current culture thanks to The Daily Show – with Jon Stewart. And then wrap up the show discussing the new Kindle and the new Kindle App for the iPhone, while Andy gripes about it’s availability in the UK. Has Amazon finally gotten the Kindle right by moving to multiple platforms?

What’s Cool
Shave your head for Charity — Kelly
Episode 3 of Kindle Podcast — Michael R
Twittering Weather station — Andy
Hardee’s Ad Generator — Michael M

Obligatory 3-D Internet
World Builder — (epredator)
Unfolding 3-D worlds — (kevinaires)
Mini ad springs into 3-D
Mini roof designer

Social Networkin’
A Twitter montage — (lbenitez3000)
What the hash!?! — (adreich)

Tech-no-rama
The revolution is now — (kiambogo)
An iPhone Kindle app — (heidigoseek)
Calibre – eBook Helper

Final Thoughts
Michael R — Big basketball game coming up!
Andy — I need to Sort out my Calendar
Kelly — Thank you for having me (follow Kelly on Twitter!)
Michael M — Will Blythe’s book “To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever: A Thoroughly Obsessive, Intermittently Uplifting, and Occasionally Unbiased Account of the Duke-North Carolina Basketball Rivalry “

Bonus links
Mini roof gallery

Didn’t get to these great links today — thanks for the tags!
Apple is techno-non-grata for the Gates kids — (kiambogo)
UI design — (comcipher)
More MSFT UI design futures — (epredator)
Why the Japanese hate the iPhone — (huskiesct)

Next Week’s Guest
We have a potential – really special guest — next week… follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dogearnation

Dogear-Nation – Episode 91 – New Beginnings

Michael Rowe — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 11:00:42 +0000

Michael, Andy and Michael enjoy another Dogear-Nation Friday talking about your tags. This week sees a transition for a long time listener and contributor, and sometime guest – Ian Hughes, who has started a new adventure called Feeding Edge. We also look at hackers enabling multi-touch on the Lenovo ThinkPad, and Politicians everywhere go crazy on Twitter. We hope to be announce a special guest coming to the show soon.

What’s cool?
Michael — Stimulating the economy with heater purchases for home & car
Michael — Learning the benefits and dangers of owning Scott-e-vest products
Andy — Alex Cornish recording

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Feeding Edge (lxs)
Emerging technologies on the radar (epredator)

Mac-a-rooni
Somebody pinch me! — Multi-touch on Lenovo ThinkPads (carolinabigblue)

Social Networkin’
Congressional Twitterers (kellypuffs)
Sweet to tweet (lxs)
Meeting in meatspace (andypiperuk)
Home sweet cube – really! (comcipher)

Tech-no-tronic
InnovationJam 2008 insights (duckboxxer)
Micro contributions (charlottett)
You’ll be wrapped around my finger (huskiect)

Final thoughts
Andy — The secret Life of Stormtroopers -Die rebel scum
Michael R — I need coffee!
Michael M — NEPOMUK

Bonus links
Tweetminster UK parlimentary twitterers
Barclaycard slide advert

Dogear-Nation – Episode 90 – Too Much Twitter

Michael Rowe — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:33:27 +0000

This week Michael and Michael welcome special guest Zack – AKA -@Comcipher, the winner of our Raleigh Twestival contest. We begin the show discussing the pros and cons of businesses in virtual worlds. Are how to books Ponzi schemes? Help us decide on this week’s show comments. More and more businesses are getting into Twitter, is this a good thing? Can Twitter replace regular customer service? Why do we need a blow by blow of a Surgery on Twitter? Is 140 Characters too much for a “real” tweet? Is Andy enjoying Riverdance? Is Creative Commons necessary for Twitter? We decide that all news breaks first on Twitter, can traditional media actually keep up? Does Larry King know the definition of a Blog? We look at these questions, and more.

Show Links

What’s cool?
Michael M — Kingdom of Loathing
Michael R — ThinkGeek Drumkit Shirt
Zach — Man Shoots TV

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Building your Own 3-D Internet business (michaelrowe01)
The Game of Education (carolinabigblue)

Mac-a-rooni
epredator goes Mac – and he won’t go back!
Symphony for Mac

Social Networkin’
twitterbiznezez (adreich)
Clamp. Scapel. Tweet. (heidigoseek)
?twitter for the less verbose. The Much. Less. Verbose. (andypiperuk)
Twitterfriends powers activate! (andypiperuk)
licensing tweets via creative commons (graham_alton)
Facebook TOS, as if someone else needs to talk (andypiperuk)
NZ twitter blackout (comcypher)

Visualization
Mirror, mirror on the wall (comcipher)

Final thoughts
Michael R. : Hunt for Gollum
Zach: Filmblazer & great time at the @raltwestival !
Michael M. : Tweetsie railroad and Tweetsie tweets

Bonus Links:
Lothar of the Hill People
Multitouch open source development group
Larry King Live

Dogear-Nation – Episode 89 – This is a fire alarm test. There is no need to evacuate the building.

Michael Rowe — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:00:18 +0000

Andy, Michael and Michael focus this week’s show on Games, Electronic Cars, and Twitter… Will this Twitter fascination never end? We also do a bit of Kindle 2 Analysis and luckily miss most of the ratholes that are swirling around us. A big shout out to @comcipher who won a guest appearance on Dogear-Nation during last week’s RalTwestival.

Show Links

What’s cool?
Andy — London Twestival and Poken
Michael R — Kindle Usage on the Plane
Michael M — Raleigh Serious Games Day

Obligatory 3-D Internet
We’ve got the Worlds in Motion (epredator)
Ralph Koster’s Metaplace
IBM Serious Games Day
Cyber-hedonism (kiambogo)

Tech-no-tronic
It’s Electric (boogie-oogie-oogie) (huskiesct)
I want my m(Apple) TV (kiambogo)
Kindle2 (huskiesct)
PC Mag review of Kindle 2
Google power metering (kiambogo)

Social Networking
hack-a-tweet (adreich)
Twitter Hacks

Final Thoughts
Michael R – Amazon Affiliate Program and Kindle Suprise
Andy – Not here next week and Human Calendar
Michael M – Smart Home Lights via Twitter and Pro Football causes UNC to win against Duke

Bonus Links
Kindle 2 – NO!
Search thru Twitter (kiambogo)
Flu Tracking
Singularity University (duckboxxer)