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The guys are excited to have our master tagger ePredator (or as some may know him – Ian Hughes) on the show this week. And while ePred is best known for his work within the 3D Internet, our tags this week focus on cool tech and social networking capabilities, with a slight diversion to legal action be brought against Apple. We also indulge in our inner geek with the new Thor trailer, even if some of us weren’t able to view it during the show – Michael R. assures us all that the link is still good (having tested it during the editing of the show). So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show.

What’s cool?
Ian / epred — Manchester Fablab and New Chairman of British Computing Society group for Animation and Game Development
Andy — Presentation about Social Software Adoption in the Workplace
Michael R — IT Crowd Series 4 Coming to the US
Michael M — Burningman visualzation

Obligatory 3-D Internet
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Tech-no-tronic
AR drone (not the vuvuzela kind) – allerhed
Forget the OLPC — how about a $35 tablet – gypsychk
London Zipbike Locations – bluebus

Mac-a-rooni
iPad doesn’t work like a book? – heidigoseek
iPad owners are selfish elites – billsweeney1
Users now free to break out of jail, on the iPhone – heidigoseek

Social Networkin’
HRH Flickerstream – gypsychk
Life, don’t talk to me about life – epredator

Final thoughts
Michael M — Michael Loves the Loved Game
Ian — Really irritated by Bejeweled Blitz and Michael Jackson Zombie removed from PvZ
Andy — MS Street Slide and Microsoft can still Innovate
Michael R — THOR! – we hope the link still works

bonus links
Gamestorming
Star Wars trench run
#wookieleaks meme
Experts question the $35 tablet

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This week, we continue to be at full strength, wondering how long that will last? We have a light selection of listener tags this week, but the ones we get are loads of fun, leaving us to wonder if we will all be playing games driven by social engineering. So listen in to this week’s show, and don’t forget to keep on tagging with “dogear-nation”.

What’s cool?
Andy — Michael Bay’s secret lego movie
Michael R — Favors from designers via Effie & bluebus
Michael M — Brick foosball

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Ikea augmented reality iPhone catalog heidigoseek
Metaio iOS4 augmented reality heidigoseek

Tech-no-tronic
Let the children lead the way – Future Tech from their POV heidigoseek / epredator
Telescopic Eye Implant – allerhead
Art of analog computing heidigoseek
Latest Kindle- Does it matter
iPad usage report

Final thoughts
Andy — Stickycomics
Michael M — Social vs sociopathic applications or why do people play farmville?
Michael R — Fifa World Cup – it’s been fun

Final final thought (from Andy)
Really sorry for the problems with my audio in this episode – I know it isn’t the easiest listen! Thanks for supporting the podcast.

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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

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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)

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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

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