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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

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

Michael, Michael, and Matt are back after a well deserved break. They guys are ready to go and trying to catch up on awhole group of listener tags. Some really cool technology is showcased by engineers hacking the WiiMote (again), creating something New of something old (a CD phonograph), and creating a new voice / sound based twitter alternative. Happy New Year!Listener LinksMichael HaglundWindows Home Server — http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?fr_story=d5794aa761a957b6c6cd1992c26734a33e2f2df0CD / Phonograph Mashup — http://www.retrothing.com/2007/10/diy-beautiful-c.htmlBrian OloreUtterz — http://www.utterz.com/welcome.phpBill SweeneyRichter Scales — Here Comes Another Bubble — http://www.richterscales.com/blog/360 Desktop — http://www.360desktop.com/Unified Search — http://lnx-trec.haifa.ibm.com:2802/Free email smart search IOPES — http://www.enterprisenetworksandservers.com/monthly/art.php?3494IBM Atlas — http://www.enterprisenetworksandservers.com/monthly/art.php?3495IBM Atlas product — http://www-306.ibm.com/software/lotus/services/assets.htmlObligatory 3D InternetWiimote for virtual world tracking — http://eightbar.co.uk/2008/01/03/using-the-wiimote-for-tracking/Super Mario Galaxy for Wii — http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/supermario128/index.htmlClever Zebra — http://cleverzebra.com/Eightbar blog post — http://eightbar.co.uk/2008/01/04/more-metaverse-animals-this-time-a-zebra-a-clever-one-2/ HarvardBusiness Online — 2008 resolutions — http://conversationstarter.hbsp.com/2008/01/2008_workplace_resolutions_1.html?cm_mmc=npv-_-hbopostcard-_-Jan2008-_-WorkplaceResolutions832gig solid state HD — http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/04/bitmicro-introduces-832gb-ssd-for-ces-2008/Sony DRM dies! — http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7484Digital Hollywood — http://www.digitalhollywood.com/08CES/CES08-Sun8.html

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 34 - 2008 Kick Off: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: atlas, Gaming, kickoff, Podcast, resolutions, storage, Virtual Worlds, wiimote

Michael Rowe and Matt Simpson take some time to wrap up the year with special pre-recorded sections from Michael Martine, who missed his first EVER episode of Dogear-Nation. The guys list their top innovations and wish lists for 2007, and Predictions for 2008.Fun discussions:Simpsonizer - http://www.simpsonizeme.com/Top 3 Innovations:Michael Rowe - Green Datacenters - Monitoring and Visualization by Michael Osias at IBM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j65RkMS9EGYiClone - Favorite tool for creating machinima - http://www.reallusion.comLOTR Online - Great visual game, good game play, familure setting - http://www.lotro.com/Matt Simpson - The New Dawn of Solar - http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/green/item_59.htmlWish List Items:Matt Simpson -Pioneer Kuro PDP-5080 HD - http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/pioneer-kuro-pdp-5080/4505-6482_7-32476901.html?tag=pop Bose® Lifestyle® 35 DVD home entertainment system - http://www.bose.com/controller?event=VIEW_PRODUCT_PAGE_EVENT&product=ls35_dvd_indexUltrasone Edition 9 - http://www.headphonenews.com/2006/10/08/ultrasone-edition-9-the-best-headphones-in-the-world/Michael Martine -Rock band — http://www.rockband.com/A squeezebox — http://www.slimdevices.com/A delorean — http://www.delorean.com/Tops for Next year:Michael Rowe - 2008 will be the year that VW become “real”2008 will be the year that the iPhone becomes valuable and usable2008 will be the year that Dogear-Nation gets better audio toolsFinal Thoughts:Michael Rowe - Never “EVER” leave it to your buddies to edit your voiceMatt Simpson - Stay Tuned for MichaelMichael Martine - Looking forward to 2008 of fun with Dogear-Nation and Check out Sports Sync Radio http://www.sportsyncradio.com/

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 33 - Where are you Michael?: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: Gaming, Green, Machinima, Podcast, Solar Power, TV, Virtual Worlds, Year-End