Dogear Nation

Simplicity + Maximum Verbosity

Matt and Michael M ensure that the show goes on, despite Michael R’s illness — sending good wishes to our missing co-host with a slightly longer than usual episode, Matt and Michael talk about the beauty of simplicity, both in software and hardware products, reminisce about Dungeons and Dragons and discuss the grand sport of peep jousting . When things just work, it’s a beautiful thing. Matt is slowly breaking down, calling an iPhone “seductive” and actually tagging links with the device that must not be named. Could we be going 3 for 3 in the Dogear Nation host to iPhone ratio? Time will tell. In any case, pay attention to Matt’s final thought and backup your hard drive. You’ll be glad you did!

Listener links
Brian Jager / Kiss MS-Project goodbye — http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9896473-2.html?tag=nl.e724
37 signals / Basecamp — http://www.37signals.com/
KISS Wired Article — http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_signals
Sharkware CRM software — http://www.sharkware.org/
Harvey Mackay — http://www.harveymackay.com/

Social Networking
diigo - http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9898696-2.html
Lotus Connections — http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/connections/
Twitterfox plugin — http://www.naan.net/trac/wiki/TwitterFox
Conversation has left the blogosphere - (TechMeme) - http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/the_conversation_has_left_the_blogosphere.php
5 Ways How Gen Y is changing IT — http://www.baselinemag.com/c/a/IT-Management/Five-Ways-Generation-Y-May-Reinvent-IT/
Matt’s simple aggregation wiki — http://underoak.bluehost.ibm.com/

iPhone-a-rama
Gartner re iPhone for Enterprise - http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39369898,00.htm
Old Gartner prediction not ready for enterprise — http://www.macworld.com/article/58530/2007/06/gartnerit.html
Microsoft Mouse 25th anniversary — http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/25thanniversary.mspx
MxTube native YouTube downloader — http://www.installerapps.com/2008/03/13/mxtube/

Obligatory 3D Internet
Doing Business In Virtual Worlds http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Trends/Doing-Business-in-Virtual-Worlds/?kc=CIOMINEPNL031208
Geek Love / Gary Gygax — http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/opinion/09rogers.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Dungeons & Dragons — http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons
Monster Manual — http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndcore/177550000
Zork — http://www.infocom-if.org/downloads/downloads.html

Mixed Bag - Visualize World Peeps
Adults join kids in call for world peeps — http://www.chapelhillnews.com/news/story/13338.html
Hail the Peep — http://www.newsobserver.com/105/story/999423.html
Just Born (makers of Peeps) official website — http://www.marshmallowpeeps.com/

Final Thoughts
Matt — backup your hard drive!
Drobo share — http://www.drobo.com/products_droboshare.aspx

Michael — from Luis Suarez’ tweet
Tom Peters Excellence for the Rest of Us “book” for Real People — http://www.tompeters.com/blogs/freestuff/uploads/Book_for_Real_People031808A.doc

The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution — http://www.amazon.com/Summer-1787-Men-Invented-Constitution/dp/0743286928

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 44 - Simplicity + Maximum Verbosity [48:09m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by Michael Martine \\ tags: 3d-internet, apple, design, Podcast, secondlife, social-networking, twitter, Virtual Worlds, virtual-business, web2.0

With the guys fully back in form, we deside to dig back into our dogear archives for a tag from Jasmin Tragas on “Should Enterprise Apps be Sexy?”. Given our history of innovation, visualization and pleasing experiences, while our answer surprise you? Check out this week’s show to find out!

Tags:
Enterprise apps should be sexy / Jasmin Tragas — http://www.acidlabs.org/2007/12/10/enterprise-apps-can-and-should-be-sexy/

Operating Systems
Macworld redux — http://www.macworldencore.com/online/presentation.asp
Linux inside windows — http://www.andlinux.org/
iPhone to become direct MS Exchange clients — http://macwindows.com/news_iphone_exchangeclient.html
iPhone developer program — http://developer.apple.com/iphone/program/

Music systems
Pandora does classical music — http://www.pandora.com/
Netflix prize — http://www.netflixprize.com/
Netflix prize Wired article — http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_netflix

Obligatory 3D Internet
Circuit City — http://www.massively.com/2008/02/29/circuit-city-relaunches-in-second-life/
3D Internet clicks with BBC / Holly Stewart — http://w3.ibm.com/news/w3news/top_stories/2008/03/uknews_internetstrategyclicksatbbc.html
Linden Labs introduces HTML in SL — http://digado.nl/linden-lab-introduces-html-in-sl.html
Vbusiness and the 3D Internet / Mikael Haglund — http://www.publ.hj.se/diva/abstract.xsql?dbid=1160
Reaching haptic controllers — http://www.reachin.se/

Final Thoughts
Michael M. –> go Tar Heels! Beat Dook!
Matt –> Open AIM — http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/05/aol-gets-it-right-with-open-aim-20-embraces-meebo-and-ebuddy/
Michael R. –> ROWE launch kit — http://www.culturerx.com/

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 43 - Sexy Enterprise Apps: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: apple, beta, circuitcity, iphone, Podcast, secondlife, Virtual Worlds, virtualization, website

This week Matt Simpson and Michael Rowe take time to have a little phone with listener tags. But before that begins, a quick review of virtual reality verses Real reality, takes the guys into a nice discussion of the necessity of physics.Show Links:Fredic Birthday - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates_of_Penzance#SynopsisObligatory 3D Internet Section:Virtual reality is Real Reality - Digado - http://digado.nl/virtual-reality-is-real-reality.htmlRay Kurzwell at Ted- http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/38Howard Rheingold - Way-New Collaboration - http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/216Innovation Section: Scott Innovation Insights Tag - http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/anthony/2008/02/sony_winning_the_wrong_war.html?cm_mmc=npv-_-listserv-_-FEB_2008-_-InnovEntreWii Outsells PS3 - 4 to 1 - http://www.joystiq.com/2008/02/28/brawl-effect-wii-outsells-ps3-4-to-1-in-japan/Shameless Self Promotion Section: Dogear-Nation - Evil Episode 29 - The Evil Episode - http://www.dogearnation.com/2007/11/06/dogear-nation-episode-29-the-evil-episode/Beehive yourself - http://beehive.cambridge.ibm.com/beehive/events/?id=ff808081182e32e0011832d9073d50d45 Reasons to Give Points as Incentive - http://beehive.cambridge.ibm.com/beehive/hive5s/?id=ff80808115d73edd0115faed47696fbcAndy’s Dogear Nation Widget for the Mac - http://jumpgate.homelinux.net/random/DogearNation.wdgt.zipFinal Thoughts:Top 20 Oxymorons - http://www.stonerguy.com/2008/02/27/the-top-20-oxymorons/

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 42 - A Couple of Oxymorons: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: 3dinternet, Gaming, gdc, Podcast, virtualbusiness, visualization, wii

This weeks musical interludes are brought to you by Lord of The Rings Online and the Zune. Michael R. gives his perspectives from the Game Developer’s Conference, while Michael M. and Matt S. admire Luis Suarez’s announcement of becoming email free. Free your inbox and get some Swag from Dogear-Nation’s new Coffee Mugs.Dogear-Nation Coffee Mugs –http://www.dogearnation.com/2008/02/22/added-how-to-tag/Games and Mind Control:GDC — http://www.gdconf.com/Emotiv — http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080220005408&newsLang=enComputers match human brains — http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/computers-to-match-human-brains-by-2030-782978.htmlThe Data Center of the Future3D Data Center — http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Infrastructure/IBMs-Labs-3D-Data-Center/EntertainmentNanoscope — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqc4kp5CHKUMikael Haglund –> Zune videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRKIDdIaFyE&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIk4qTKmKzEProject Gizmo — http://www.gizmoproject.com/Luis Suarez — http://w3.ibm.com/news/w3news/top_stories/discuss/2008/chq_lifewithoutemail_022008.htmlODW Next — http://w3.tap.ibm.com/myTAP/offering/viewoffering.wss?offeringId=OFF50161Obligatory 3D Internet SectionBrian Olore — http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2008/02/bad_avatar.phpVAT in SL — http://secondlife.com/corporate/vat.phpPortal Song in LOTRO — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OFIWagOkGMStairway to Heaven — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3PwQ26eRo

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 41 - Mind, Body, and Computer [27:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: 3dinternet, accessibility, email, emotiv, gdc, lotusnotes, Machinima, music, Podcast, secondlife, vat

Episode 40 — Inside Web 2.0Michael, Michael and Matt use a blog post on Web 2.0 to launch a discussion on the vibrancy and vitality of how the capabilities introduced under this banner are helping, or not helping companies unlock their IT potential.Right here in River CityEmory University Conference on Reality of Virtual Worlds –> http://halleinstitute.emory.edu/sub-virtual.htmEmory Student Newspaper article on Conference –> http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=25071We’ve got Trouble, with a capital T, and rhymes with b, and that stands for weB 2.0The Trouble with Web 2.0 –> http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/the-trouble-with-webOh, yes we’ve got TroubleKaneva –> http://www.kaneva.com/Evel Knievel –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evel_KnievelRuby on Rails –> http://www.rubyonrails.org/Ajax (programming language) –> http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-ajaxintro1.htmlAjax (Greek hero) –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(mythology)Ajax (floor cleaner) –> http://www.colgate.com/app/Colgate/US/HC/Products/HouseholdCleaners/Ajax.cvspNew Shimmer (floor wax / desert topping) –> http://snltranscripts.jt.org/75/75ishimmer.phtmlI know this has been done before — just too tempting…Agile Manifesto –> http://agilemanifesto.org/Method of repelling fire ants who form into balls when water rises — use diluted enzyme cleaner –> http://www.safe2use.com/pests/fireants/fireants1.htmKeep the young ones moral after schoolLet Go to Grow –> http://www.amazon.com/Let-Go-Grow-Escaping-Commodity/dp/0131482084Fritterin’ away their noontime, suppertime, choretime too!Matt’s final thought: metacognition –> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetacognitionMichael R’s final thought: shocking electronics –> http://pownce.com/kevin/notes/1358186/Michael M’s final thought: Yahoo! as potential homepage for Microsoft free PCs –> http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9873028-7.html?tag=nefd.top

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 40 - Inside Web 2.0 [32:02m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: 3dinternet, ajax, Gaming, Podcast, web2.0

Michael, Michael, and Matt get a boat load of listener tags this week. The guys also focus on products we all need, new media, and products we didn’t know we needed. Michael R. will be in San Francisco for GDC - come stop by and say hi.Listener Links (Ian Hughes, Andy Piper, and Bill Sweeney)Predictify — http://www.predictify.com/Obligatory 3D InternetPass It On — http://passiton.tap.ibm.com/learning_path/show/205Virtual Worlds projects — http://beehive.cambridge.ibm.com/beehive/hive5s/ian.hughes@uk.ibm.com/? id=ff80808117f0a8f10117f84712a46775Ian Huges Blog — What’s going on in Virtual Worlds — http://blogs.tap.ibm.com/weblogs/ian.hughes@uk.ibm.com/entry/what_the_bleeps_going_on3D mindmapping visualization,the brain — http://www.thebrain.com/Products we needMacBook Air — http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2254759,00.aspHiPhone — http://www.live25.co.uk/content/say-hello-hiphoneDidn’t know you needed it, but here it isStreaming video straight from your phone — http://qik.com/Understanding organizational culture — http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/methods_schein_three_levels_culture.html3D printer — http://daily.mahalo.com/2008/01/24/md043-next-engine-3d-scanning/Final ThoughtsMichael M - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18757574&ft=1&f=1001Michael R - http://survey.kauffman.org/survey.cfm?id=273Matt S - “I want television mounted to my head!”

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 39 - I Want My H-TV: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: 3dinternet, gdc, hiphone, hologram, learning, Podcast

Michael and Michael share the same space, hoping that Matt will join, but once again day job responsibilities keep Matt from the show. This weeks show focuses on Sound, Sight and Platforms, with a little Art thrown in.Links:SoundmySpace.com — http://www.myspace.com/myspacerecordsPicturesconverting 2D pictures to 3D — http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/?p=816Star Trek on expendability — http://i30.tinypic.com/2qdapol.jpgobligatory virtual world - 3D videoVan Gogh World — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldr9e8RWJ-Eplatformmyspace opens doors to developers — http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7217975.stmHursley Test Blog — http://testingblues.com/Twitterpack — http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/Twitterpack goes off the rails — http://chrisbrogan.com/twitter-packs-goes-off-the-rails-quick/awardsIBM internal bloggies — http://blogs.tap.ibm.com/weblogs/jamest@uk.ibm.com/entry/bloggiesFinal Thoughts -Michael R - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfuRPXu2yqQMichael M - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irn-Bru

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 38 - Two For Friday: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: 3dinternet, art, awards, hursley, photography, pictures, Podcast, sound, twitter, virtualworlds

Michael Martine phones in the show while safely parked on the way back from Washington DC, and Michael Rowe and Matt Simpson are safely seated at work. The show focuses on various methods for productivity and recent news from the world of SecondLife.Listener links:Paul MakowenskyjWorkplace Productivity - https://w3.webahead.ibm.com/w3ki/display/EFTVC/2.+Workplace+ProductivityBill SweeneySlashdot / IBM Won’t Opensource OS/2 - http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/22/0258213Social NetworkingDigg Revolt - http://revoltnation.blogspot.com/2008/01/digg-is-game-lets-play-for-real-this.html3D Internet NewsNASA CoLab - http://nasacolab.org/SecondLife Changes Banking Rules - http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/01/08/new-policy-regarding-in-world-banks/Havok4 Starts Early Adopter Program - http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/01/23/havok4-early-adopter-program-returns-to-second-life/

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 37 - State Patrol Rest Area: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: economics, NASA, os2, Podcast, secondlife, workplace-productivity

Michael, Michael, and Matthew discuss tons of conferences and cool videos. LotusSphere, Mac World, and Machinima. It’s all here -MacWorld 2008How does Steve top the iPhone? — http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/01/14/macworld-2008-how-can-steve-jobs-top-the-iphone/IBM Commercial Buzzword Bingo — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAKxJbcec8USteve Jobs Keynote in 60 seconds — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yz1-cPx0cIkMacBook Air ad — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtkMMQRKqB0&NR=1LotusSphere 2008IBM LotusSphere — http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/events/lotusphere2008/Work-Life BalancingSleepless Badge of Honor — http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18155047Economic pressures — http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=sua&q=longer+hours+two+income+family+cost+of+living+standard+of+living+debt+credit&btnG=SearchHP marketing campaign on happiness — http://positivesharing.com/2008/01/hp-and-i-team-up-to-make-the-uk-happy-at-work/Obligatory 3D Internet interludeSL Economy posts solid growth in 4q2007 — http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/01/17/second-life-economy-posts-solid-growth-in-q4/Visualizing Electronic Health Records — http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jan08/5854Boris in Wonderland show — http://w3.webahead.ibm.com/medialibrary/media_view?id=16241&back=search&backTo=%2Fmedialibrary%2Fsearch%3Fqt%3Daires%26narrow_filter%3Dauthor%26displayMediaSet%3D1Listener LinksMichael Haglund –Noraj Cue — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ0xi7i28tQMixed Reality in the House of Sweden — http://www.myfoxdc.com/myfox/MyFox/pages/sidebar_video.jsp?contentId=5434292&version=1&locale=EN-USFinal ThoughtsMichael M: Does my avatar have greater productivity if I don’t log in for at least 8 hours so he gets enough rest?Matt: The backend database is the big thing.Michael R: — Big AcquisitionsSun acquires mySQL — http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/?p=2596

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 36 - Mac World Expo - Not Really: Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: economics, healthcare, lotussphere, Machinima, macworldexpo, mysql, Podcast, secondlife, sun, sweden, Virtual Worlds, visualization, worklife

Michael Rowe gives his whoas from CES, while coughing up a storm in a Las Vegas hotel room, after starting the week off running into fellow New Media Celebraty from the UK - LJ Rich. Michael Martine and Matt Simpson continue the fun discussing the new Tata and the upcoming NRF show in NY.opening funsearch your symptom –> http://www.medgle.com/ces funemotiv + IBM –> http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=mobile_and_wireless&articleId=9056579&taxonomyId=15Philips Eco TV –> http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/?p=2413Frag Dolls –> http://www.fragdolls.com/index.php/aboutJawbone collects other headsets at CES –> http://flickr.com/photos/10795032@N00/sets/72157603686546341/ wowwee robot — http://uk.gizmodo.com/2008/01/07/ces_2008_wowwee_rovio_robot_sp.htmlfirst possible spotting of android phone — http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/01/ces_spotted_fir.htmlgamasutra — http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16851Laura Jane Rich — http://www.ljrich.com/Maholo Daily — http://daily.mahalo.com/automotive funTata Nano car — http://www.livemint.com/2008/01/11001158/Tata-small-car-throws-a-big-pu.htmlTata http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/news/article3168463.ece3D Internet funnew IBM 3D I presence– http://www.ibm.com/virtualworlds/NRF — VTeen — http://www-03.ibm.com/industries/retail/doc/content/landing/3250549101.html3D Virtual Redbooks library — http://www.ibm.com/support/documentation/us/en/random funBill Sweeney — public domain movie database — http://pdmdb.org/Final thoughtsPeepfest 2008 — http://marketstreetbooks.com/events/peepfest.html

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 35 - Your Own Little Peep Show: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: automotive, ces, ces2008, digitalhollywood, emotiv, Gaming, healthcare, Podcast, search, telecom, television, Virtual Worlds, virtualbusiness