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Andy and Michael M take you through the Interwebs, ruminating on your tags, setting a Dogearnation.com record for the longest “What’s cool?” section ever.  Going from consoles to kiosks, Andy and Michael talk about how the emerging social networking capabilities are providing the ability to mix the real world and the virtual in ways that were predicted by Neil Stephenson in Snow Crash.  Facebook privacy settings loom large (again!) with some nice visualizations for how the default privacy settings have evolved over the years, and upstarts such as Diaspora are quickly raising seed capital.  Will FB be the next MySpace, or will the new applications and interfaces propel Facebook to even higher heights?  Has Augmented Reality faded?  How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Pop?

What’s cool?
Andy P – tweeting xbox won on Raffle.it
Michael M – Notebook 3.0
Obligatory 3-D Internet
3D Content Marketspace lx5
3D Internet in a browser

Tech-no-tronic
Omek Interactive Interface epredator

Mac-a-roonie
iPad printing to come michaelrowe01
Adobe brings ad to a gunfight
Apple //e to iPad interface “like Wall-e connecting to Eve” jtonline

Social Networkin’
Diesel Cam brings Facebook to the PoS wideawakewesley
Evolution of FB Privacy visualization michaelrowe01
Matt McKeon article on FB privacy visualization
Privacy-Centric Social Networking heidigoseek
Why hasn’t Location hit mainstream? allerhed

Final thoughts

Andy Piper it slices, it dices, um, people…
Michael M  Betty White on SNL tag via michaelrowe01

bonus links

ubuntu 10.0.4 lucid lynx
topcoder
mechanical turk
Facebook facts infographic
Facebook login security enhancements

Location, location, location
Neil Stephenson “the Street”
Launchdays Durham
Tyler’s Taproom Durham, NC Foursquare special
Brightkite
Dopplr
Google Latitude

Can get these services in the UK, but not in the US
BBC One
Spotify

Can get these services in the US, but not in the UK
Hulu
Pandora
Rhapsody

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:45 — 14.9MB)

This week Andy and Michael R. take the reigns of the show, and we know what that means…A random list of your tags! Michael M. is taking a well deserved break and enjoying time with the little blues. Don’t forget to keep on tagging with “dogear-nation”, and tell your friends about the podcast.

What’s Cool
Andy – Digital Surrey Group
Michael R – I hate PowerPoint
Graph Table – michaelrowe01 via email
We have met the enemy – robinf
Gettsyburg PowerPoint – via email
Death by PowerPoint – Andypiper via FB

Total Spaghetti
iPad Virus – Targets Windows – billsweeney1
JUCB
Real-Time Next Web Conference is over – allerhed
Nokia N8 – allerhed
HDTV – Impressive – via Buzz
A Crazy Price Chunk of Rubber – vpellordi
Altair runs Windows 7 – allerhed
Spotify – Social – allerhed
iTunes rumored to sync wirelessly – acervus
Web Development – johann.richard
HTML 5 test
Steve responds to Flash
Facebook moves to HTML5
Twittering Cows – Howard Rheingold
Tech mistakes – billsweeney1
AR Driving on iPhone – wideawakewesley
HP Buys Palm – lx5
Apple buys Siri – carolinabigblue

Final Thoughts
Andy – Take your website back – to the future!
Michael R – Paper back swap shop – Thanks Mrs. Sweeney!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:11 — 14.2MB)

We would tell you where Michael M was this week, but given the tags this week on the lack of privacy in social media, we are sure you can find out yourself! We wonder whatever happened to Sony’s Playstation Home. We take some time and review the privacy settings of Facebook and other social media networks. And finally: has augmented reality finally gone mainstream with the iPhone? All this, and more of your tags, this week on Dogear-Nation.

What’s cool
Michael: Mythical Venn Diagram – Via @kevinrose tweet
Andy: 8-Bit Video

Obligatory 3D internet
How to Salvage Sony at Home – epredator
EduStyle Winners – lx5
Online 3D Pics Created – lx5

Social media security
Facebook Privacy, Fail!
Adobe Flash Cookies, Fail! – rickmans
Filesharing Tells preferences – lx5
MIT Persona Project – heidigoseek
ID Card Cloners – wideawakewesley
45% of all Employers use Social Media Screening – heidigoseek

Augmented Reality / iPhone
3 Augmented Reality Apps on iPhone – andypiper
AR in Paris – uncommonman
Evolution of Augmented Reality – uncommonman
Spotify For iPhone Approved – lx5

Final Thoughts
Andy: A Single Molecule – lx5
Michael: Ultimate Gadget Blog – lx5

Bonus Tags
Evolver – epredator
Mixamo – epredator
Fabrege Shampoo
Knock Three Times

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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

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:09 — 18.0MB)

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)

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 50:15 — 13.5MB)