This Week's Sun Microsystems Internet Radio Shows Feature the Media
Grid and Immersive Education Initiative; Next Generation Social
Networking Communities; Nerdcore Hip Hop and Video Game Culture
MENLO PARK, Calif. (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) July 21, 2008 --
The weekly programs from Sun Microsystems Internet Radio shows will
feature industry experts answering questions about the media grid and
immersive education, next generation social networking communities, and
hip hop and video game culture.
This week's Innovation Insider show features Aaron Walsh, Director of
the Media Grid and Immersive Education Initiative, who will discuss
media grid, immersive education and Project Wonderland. The Shift Radio
show features Brogan Keane, CEO of Fuego Nation, who will discuss how he
has taken social networking to the next level through next generation,
3D-like web interfaces, on Tuesday, July 22, 9-10 a.m. PST, and MC
Frontalot, the true mastermind behind nerdcore hip-hop (aka. geeksta
rap) on Friday, July 25, 9-10 a.m. PST.
About Sun Microsystems Radio Shows:
Innovation Insider is a show on blogtalkradio.com from Sun Microsystems
that features discussions with industry innovators on a variety of
topics.
Shift Radio is a show on blogtalkradio.com from Sun Microsystems that
features discussions about the latest in tech gadgets, interviews from
leaders in the video game and rich media industries and cut ups with
revolving guests hosts and live callers.
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When:
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-- Innovation Insider:
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-- Guest: Aaron Walsh, 12 noon - 1:00 p.m. PST, Thursday, July 24
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-- Shift Radio:
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-- Guest: Brogan Keane, 9-10 a.m. PST, Tuesday, July 22
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-- Guest: MC Frontalot, 9-10 a.m. PST, Friday, July 25
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About the Guest Speakers:
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Aaron E. Walsh is Director of the Grid Institute, a Boston-based
research and development company, founded in 2005, specifically to
standardize, build and maintain the Media Grid. In 2006, he
received the Teaching with New Media (TWIN) award for his work on
the Media Grid and Immersive Education, and in 2007 he was named
one of the forty most innovative people in the Information
Technology (IT) industry by Computerworld.
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Brogan Keane is the founder & CEO of Fuego Nation. Brogan Keane
formerly served as VP of Brand Business Development for Air Media,
Inc in SF. There, he was responsible for developing international
content and licensing deals with media and entertainment
conglomerates. Prior to Air Media, Brogan was an executive leader
at Electronic Arts in Redwood Shores, CA.
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MC Frontalot, is a San Francisco hip hop musician and
self-proclaimed "world's 579th greatest rapper." He is best known
in nerdcore hip hop and video game culture, for naming the
nerdcore subgenre, and performing at Penny Arcade's annual Expo.
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About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Sun Microsystems develops the technologies that power the global
marketplace. Guided by a singular vision -- "The Network is the
Computer" -- Sun drives network participation through shared innovation,
community development and open source leadership. Sun can be found in
more than 100 countries and on the Web at http://sun.com.
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