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The Michael’s are face to face for a live show at BeanTraders, while Andy is traveling this week. We try a bit of Mana to help get us fully charged for the show, but the results are not what you expect. We decide not to dig into this week’s E3 conference, until we are at full strength, so drop us your tags about what games are on your wish list.

What’s cool?
Michael R. — Cool Cats for Devo and Mana Potions
Michael M — Bento Boxes and Football for Dummies

Obligatory 3-D Internet
I’m here from the future to terminate you, with googles allerhed

Tech-no-tronic
Duct tape aeroplanes allerhed
QR codes covering NY heidigoseek
…and now let’s use my phone to project the presentation allerhed
Decibel.net music discovery never sounded so good andypiperuk
http://www.liveplasma.com/ (show link too?)

Social Networkin’
Who’s Icing Whom? Who owns your brand mark II via @msstewart
Sentiment analysis weather visualization billsweeney1
History of social games andypiperuk

Final thoughts
Michael M — Vuvulzela hack / playing a Bb vuvuzela
Michael R — Linden Lab Layoffs

Bonus sites
Bro’s Icing Bro’s shut down
Vodka eyeballing

Vuvu-Michael

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Welcome to our 150th episode of Dogear-Nation. While our co-host Andy continues his travels around Europe, teaching and talking, the Michael’s enjoy a great show of listener tags. Don’t forget to keep on tagging with Dogear-Nation and comment about the show here, or over at iTunes. Thanks for a great ride so far, and we can’t wait for the next 150 shows!

What’s Cool
Michael R — WiFi Roaming Bot
Michael M — Tracking brand placement in movies

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Avatars in the Wild Blue Yonder – epredator
Rise of the virtual conference – wideawakewesley
SL on iPad – michaelrowe01

Tech-no-tronic
Smart Clothes – lx5
Dell’s New Tablet – lx5
Do Not Change Your Password – heidigoseek
Winkin’ Blinkin’ (and Nod) – lx5

Mac-a-rooni
Pulitzer Prize Cartoons on iPhone – wideawakewesley
Ford Sync and Blackberry and Pandora and … – duckboxxer
BB <> iPhone – epredator

Social Networkin’
Who is Folllowing You? – Billsweeney1
Bonus tags
Twitter Nostalgia – lx5
Social at Impact 2010 – allerhed
YubNub social search – bluebus
Social graph portability – duckboxxer

Final thoughts
Michael R — Billions and Billions, well one blue dot
Michael M — Star Wars, in concert — Sunday July 18th

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The Michael’s welcome special guest Dave Kamalsky from Linden Lab to the show. We have a great section on virtual worlds including both the good, the bad, and the really ugly. Andy is traveling this week, but should be back with us next week. For those who celebrate, Happy Easter Weekend.

What’s Cool
Dave — iPad cabinet
Michael R — First Flight
Michael M — wii-tastic

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Understanding Islam through virtual worlds comic book format – michaelrowe01
Are virtual worlds over? – ranoka
Metaplace closing
Vitality
Forterra sold to SAIC
There.com shut down
Venuegen out of public beta – carolinabigblue
12 MMORPG failures – epredator

Tech-no-tronic
Welcome to our new (you get the picture) – phil_hartman
Ethical design – lx5

Mac-a-rooni
Apple vs Predator – epredator
Scott-e-vest ipad ready clothing

Social Networkin’
TV dinner
Facebook privacy changes – rickmans & andypiperuk
Facebook bigger than Google – andypiperuk

Final thoughts
Dave — no thoughts
Michael R — Snoop’s Luke Skywalker Shoes via @billhiggins on Twitter
Michael M — Hit the Big Button

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We must be getting closer to Halloween, since we have death and undead on our minds. In our 3-D Internet section, we have people living out their lives in robotic forms. In our Tech-no-tronic section, we have the ability to will our Twitter account to someone after we die (could this end up causing a bit of Ghost Tweeting?). In our Win-A-Rooni section, we have Microsoft Windows’ attempt at rebirth with Windows 7 and house parties. And finally, in our Social Networking section, ma.gnolia comes back from the dead with a new invite-only social bookmarking tool. I think it’s time to play with the undead and head over to World of Warcraft!

What’s Cool
Andy — Lego t-shirt
Michael R — Heads up GPS on iPhone
Michael M — Augmented Reality and Bionic Eye, The future mashups are bleeding into the 3-D Internet.

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Linden Speaks at Metanomics Show (epredator)
Linden Lab says SecondLife is Huge! (kevinaires)
Surrogates (wideawakewesley)
Business users who don’t get it — doomed to failure (epredator)

Tech-no-tronic
Living will for your digital assets (lx5)
Fitbit launched (kevinaires)

Win-a-rooni
Host your own Windows 7 House Party! (lx5)
In da House (uncommonman)
Dogear-Nation’s Windows 7 House Party
Zune OLED screen outshines iPod and Video

Social Networkin’
Magnolia’s ba-ack! – Sorta (heidigoseek)
Visualization for local twitter trends (heidigoseek)

Final thoughts
Andy — Apture (rucsb) Checking Facebook during a burglary and Poken for Business
Michael R — Evidently not playing enough WoW
Michael M — Honda’s Segway-like Unicycle (via kevinaires)

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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.

Show Links

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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