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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.

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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

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Andy, Michael, and Michael are back for 2009! In our first episode of the year, we look at some great videos (WoW and Mac vs. PC), make up trends from only two data points, Apple Rumors abound, Walmart is visualized, and our former guest Michael Ackerbauer helps us kill ideas.

We are looking forward to seeing more of your tags this year, so don’t forget to tag with “Dogear-Nation”. And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter at:
Andy – http://twitter.com/andypiper
Michael M – http://twitter.com/carolinabigblue
Michael R – http://twitter.com/michaelrowe01
Dogear Nation – http://twitter.com/dogearnation

Show Links

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Craft of War
(bonus link – The future of Blind)
Princeton departs from SL
epredator’s epredictions
Sim on demand

Mac-a-rooni
Mac vs PC
Snow Leopard screenshots
Apple’s last Macworld

The Future of UI is now
New form factor for iPod touch
Rethink your desktop with Bumptop
The rise of Social Media in the UK (updated with new / working URL)

gaming interlude
Wii Music
The Force Unleashed

Data visualization
Walmart across America
OMG – WTF spectrum

Random stuff
Rating websites!
(bonus link – Parental Guidance advised)
SSL cert hack
How to kill an idea
Merry Little Christmas

Final Thoughts
Michael R – Play Auditorium
Andy P – Podcast Studio Mixer and Moved site to Blubrry PowerPress, let us know if you see any problems
Michael M – Waiting for new Apple toys after Mac World Expo (Apple TV announcement?)

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Michael Rowe gives a quick rundown of Virtual Worlds 2007 conference. With about 1,200 attendees this was THE conference to be at this past week around virtual Worlds. Almost all the big name virtual world vendors and tool providers had booths, while three tracks kept attendees asking and answering questions around the metaverse.

Virtual worlds 2007 – http://www.virtualworlds2007.com/
poser 7 – http://www.e-frontier.com/go/poser
iClone – http://www.reallusion.com/iclone/
IBM and Linden Lab announcement – http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/22428.wss
IBM Leads VW Standards – http://eightbar.co.uk/2007/10/11/ibm-virtual-worlds-and-standards-a-roundup/
My Pictures of Vendor Floor – http://web.mac.com/michaelrowe01/Site/Random_Thoughts/Entries/2007/10/14_Virtual_Worlds_%E2%80%9807.html
There.com – http://www.there.com/
Vivox – http://www.vivox.com/
Electric Sheep – http://www.electricsheepcompany.com/
Sheep is working with CSI – http://www.virtualworldsnews.com/2007/08/electric-sheep-.html
Forterra – http://www.forterrainc.com/
Multiverse – http://www.multiverse.net/
Activeworlds – http://www.activeworlds.com/
Tony O’Driscol – http://wadatripp.wordpress.com/
Ian Hughes – Speaking at Virtual Worlds Forum – http://virtualworldsforum.com/conference-programme/

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