Dogear Nation

Michael and Michael welcome special guest Rob Smart to the show this week. Rob comes from IBM’s Hursley lab and was the developer of the Second Life Translation HUD back in 2006. While the rest of the world is talking about the olympics, the we focus on tech, tweets, and drinks this week. Our listener links this week focus on iPhone access to Virtual Worlds, Data, and Mobile Me. We look at the new xbat imbedded in Internet Explorer 7, and a quick look back at the summer of Web 2.0. We also unveil the new Dogear-Nation Hoodie! Just a reminder that we will not be recording a show next week and will be back on our recording schedule August 22nd.

iPhone Stuff
Second Life Communication via iPhone
Heidi go seek — synching digital life to iPhone
iPhone QR, Data Matrix, Aztec code reader

Windows Stuff
xbat — web browser plugins

Web 2.0 Stuff
Summer of web 2.0
Check us out on Twitter
Michael Rowe
Michael Martine
Rob Smart
Check out our blogs
Michael Rowe
Rob Smart

Josh Whedon
Dr. Horrible
Firefly
Drive

Beverages
Irn Bru and Irn Bru USA
Cheerwine

Final Thoughs
Michael R.
Rob Smart
Michael M.

Reminder — no show next weekend

 

 Dogear-Nation - Episode 63 - 08-08-08 [41:38m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

written by MichaelRowe \\ tags: hoodie, internetexplorer, iphone, mobileme, swag, tweetstats, web2.0, windows, xbat

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

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