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Michael and Michael enjoy a great set of listener tags from – Heidigoseek, dbartek, andypiper, tweetweek, sweettt, uncommonman, and toastymel. The show includes helpful Google tools, Treats for your Tweets, fun new iPhone Games, and a whole bunch of Soul Sucking Video Games. We also visit the demise of Google’s virtual world Lively, and end up with some deep thoughts around Women and IT. So don’t forget to tag your favorite sites this week with “dogear-nation”.

Searching for love (in all the wrong places)
Let Me Google That for You –> (Heidigoseek) 
Peer to Patent –> (dbartek)
Twiturly –> (andypiperuk)

Wattsamatta you
Papa John Facebook –> (tweetweek) 
Bojangles on Twitter

Social networkin’
Online time is good for teens –> (andypiperuk)
Tweet Week
Most memorable new product launch –> (tweetweek)
Jellycar
ZiiBii

Obligatory 3D Internet
Obama’s net neutrality (but is he chaotic good?)
Lively shutdown
Google earth (ancient rome)
Soul Sucking Video Games –> (matt simpson)
2KSports NBA 2K9 
MS Flight Simulator
Virtual World timeline 

Mac-a-rooni
Gascubby
Gloves w/removable fingertips –> (andypiperuk)
iPhone update: Categorzies –> (andypiperuk)

Women and IT
What has driven women out of IT degrees –> (hedigoseek)
Women against fantasy sports –> (toastymel) 
Smallball

Final thoughts
Michael R — Monty Python channel
Michael M — Rack-a-node (uncommonman)

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Michael and Michael have fun catching up after a week off for recharging. Unfortunately our special guest Phaedra Boinodiris got caught up in her day job and couldn’t join us, but her tag on Hacking the Olympics sparked a great discussion on information hacking. Speaking of hacking, we review how Mobility hacks up your personal life, no way to get away from work. Duckboxxer and Andy Piper provide some great tags on Twitter. We also talk about the perils of location based services. We bring back a brief discussion on the 3D Internet, looking at where has all the hype gone. And end the show in honor of all those parents and students dealing with back to school.

Star Wars stuff
Timeline
Merchandising

Heroes of Olympic proportions
Hack the Olympics
Inquiry on Chinese gymnasts
Nerdlympics

Mobility
mobile@ibm
Toybot
Mobileme hack

Twitter SMS support / Duckboxxer
Twitter limiting followers / Andy Piper
Bird eating Tarantula
Eagle Feed / Duckboxxer

Obilagatory 3D Internet
Where are we in the hype cycle
Carlota Perez
Google lively was a failure

Final Thoughts
Michael R. Mathway
Michael M. Scary as hell

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Michael and Michael welcome special guest Ian Hughes (AKA – ePredator). Ian is IBM’s metaverse Evangelist from the Hursley Lab. We spend time reviewing a bunch of open source and open platform virtual worlds. We also look at cross world integration with IBM and Linden Lab’s Open Grid Beta. Both Ian and Michael R. welcome listeners to come visit us at the Virtual Worlds’ Conference in LA and join Michael R. at GDC Austin. This week’s show was streamed live on Kyte.tv.

emetaverse 101
eightbar team
Unity 3D
Real Xtend
Open Croquet
Electric Sheep’s Webflock
Exit reality
Google’s Lively

emetaverse 201
Open Grid / ugotrade
Virtual Worlds LA 2008
Game Developer’s Conference – Austin

(duckboxxer) – Spherical Display

this week in spam
UK lottery – We Won!

final thought
Michael M – iphones in Japan
Ian – Rooparture in lego minifig style!
Michael R – Up to 5.57 by keeping vista off – rock solid!

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