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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?

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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

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Michael R. takes on the whole concept of Social Networking in this gigantic rat hole of his own making, while Andy and Michael M. bring LotusLive to the forefront of all social networking — in the world!! With a heavy dose of virtual trade shows and some serious Microsoft Surface tension, this show has it all.

Show Notes

What’s Cool
Andy – Twestival
Michael R – Durham Tweet Up WIth Elsua and more!
Michael M – Snow in Chapel Hill – Big Red Sled!

Obligatory 3D Internet
Fractal tree generator — (mattsimpson)
Sony Electronics virtual trade show — (epredator)
Lotus Sametime 3D without the glasses — (epredator)

Social Networking
It’s ALIVE!!! Lotus Live — (epredator)
Zooming editor for stunning presentations — (jtonline)
Tweetgrid — (adreich)
Tweetdeck Adding columns of searches

Cool tech
MS Surface at Sheraton — (sweettt)
TechFluff.tv — (jtonline)
Doll out of living cells. Great balls of collagen. — (epredator)
BugLabs — If you mashup a bug, does it squish? — (graham_alton)

Final thoughts
Michael M — The Inaugural Moment (Fallout 3 version of Inauguration) — (epredator)
Michael R — Don’t sign up for things that consume your entire life? Shows / books, more.
Andy — Unveiled the mashup for twtrctr — Shameless Plug

Bonus links
Artificial life in Second Life (Mar 2007)
Engage expo

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Michael and Michael welcome Pranab Sharma from IBM’s Virtual Universe Community. We focus on Signing Avatars, Real Race cars, Cool Software and $5 Dollar Water.

Communication Section:
Tuba Hero – http://www.theonion.com/content/news/activision_reports_sluggish_sales?utm_source=digg_1
IBM Creates Signing Avatars – http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
Mastor Speech to Speech Translation – http://domino.watson.ibm.com/comm/research.nsf/pages/r.uit.innovation.html
40 Watt Club – http://www.40watt.com/
The Man Cave – http://www.baekdal.com/design/architecture/qube-private-space/

Virtual Worlds Section:
Cisco Virtual Worlds Blog – http://blogs.cisco.com/virtualworlds/
ePredator’s real world drive – http://www.informationweek.com/software/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JSFEGYFBTFRYAQSNDLQCKIKCJUNN2JVN?articleID=201806222
IAC Acquires Majority share of GarageGames – http://www.garagegames.com/news/13587
Only a Lad Paroday – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD7aI45cRrE

Software Section:
Notes code added to Open Office – http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=YQUYWPGKNHSQCQSNDLRCKH0CJUNN2JVN?articleID=201805296
Lotus Symphony – http://tahoe.lotus.com/software/lotus/symphony/home.jspa
Graphics for Mac – http://www.flyingmeat.com/acorn/

Environmental Section:
$5 Bottle of Water – http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html
Eco Drive – http://www.autobloggreen.com/2007/09/12/frankfurt-2007-fiat-and-microsoft-announce-ecodrive-datalogging/

Listener Tag -
Google Zietgeist – http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html

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Michael, Matt and Steven discuss social networking capabilities by using Twitter, BlueTwit and other examples of (near-)instant communications, challenges of virtual currency and VoIP, as well as the increasing focus on games and gaming for learning and leadership development.

Michael R was presenting at Columbia University this week and despite advances in virtual worlds still could not be in two places at the same time.

Steven puts out an appeal for reputable roofing help for his home in Seattle.

Social Networking
Twitter — http://twitter.com/home
Bluetwit — http://bluetwit.hursley.ibm.com/BlueTwit/Display
SkillTap — http://w3.adtech.internet.ibm.com/ict/index.html
Sametime — http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/sametime
Lotus Connections — http://www-142.ibm.com/software/sw-lotus/products/product3.nsf/wdocs/connectionshome
dogear tools — http://dogear.tap.ibm.com/toolbox?lang=en_US
dogear v1 (WebAhead) — http://dogear.webahead.ibm.com/html?ps=100
dogear v2 (TAP) — https://dogear.tap.ibm.com/auth/login.jsp

Obligatory 3D Internet
Chinese Produce a Copy of Second Life — http://www.capgemini.com/ctoblog/2007/06/chinese_produce_a_copy_of_seco.php
WSJ article on China’s QQ coin — http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB117519670114653518-FR_svDHxRtxkvNmGwwpouq_hl2g_20080329.html?mod=rss_free
Hard to Vitual Currency Exchange — http://www.mmobux.com/
Firstlook viewer — VoiP in Second Life — http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/06/13/voice-first-look-viewer-available-for-the-live-grid/

“Games make leaders from lemmings”
IBM Management Games — http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jun2007/tc20070613_838152.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5
Leadership in a Distributed World, IBM Institute for Business Value study — http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/index.wss/ibvstudy/gbs/a1028184%20
Sid Meyer’s Railroads! — http://www.2kgames.com/railroads/railroads.html
Oregon Trail game shrine — http://www.oregontrailshrine.com/downloads.php?o=a
Apple 2 game — Lemonade Stand — http://www.virtualapple.org/lemonadestanddisk.html
War of the Worlds — http://vuc.almaden.ibm.com/wiki/index.php/War_of_the_Worlds
DoD games — http://www.dodgamecommunity.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=index&catid=&topic=1&allstories=1
Tech TV’s The Screen Savers episode with US Army’s use of There.com for military training –> http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/episodes/1728/16704.html
Leroy Jenkins YouTube videos
on leadership — http://youtube.com/watch?v=LkCNJRfSZBU
at a client meeting — http://youtube.com/watch?v=UiBfF0cSEeM&mode=related&search=

Data Visualizations
IBM’s Data Visualization Champion — Martin Wattburg — http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2007/id20070612_335981.htm
Many Eyes — http://vis.cambridge.ibm.com/manyeyes/app

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