Next: Apple's "latest creation"

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Next on Copper Robot, we're talking about Apple's upcoming announcement. Rumors and speculation are burning up the blogosphere. Many believe it's a tablet computer, although I'm holding out for this theory: Apple is going to re-invent the Snuggie. Whatever it is, Apple will unveil it Wednesday, Jan. 27, and we'll talk it over a few days later with two of the best minds and Apple observer in Second Life: Joe Miller, a/k/a Joe Linden, VP of platform and technology development for Linden Lab; and Second Life entrepreneur and blogger ArminasX Saiman.

Apple reinventing the Snuggie
http://twitter.com/caseywright/status/8203817701

WHEN: Sunday, Jan. 31, 6 pm Pacific Time/Second Life Time

WHERE: The lovely Seaside Theater, World2Worlds Island in Second Life, watch the live video on the Web, or listen to the podcast later on this Web site.

Seaside Theater
http://slurl.com/secondlife/World2Worlds/223/36/26

Watch the live video
http://copperrobot.com/video/

As VP of platform and technology development for Linden Lab, Joe oversees the technology strategy for Linden Lab. Previously, he oversaw all of engineering, including operations and viewer development, which included the viewer used by tens of thousands of Second Life Mac users (including yours truly). He headed up deployment of SL Voice (without which the Copper Robot would not be possible -- well, I suppose we could do it in mime). Joe's a Mac user himself, and follows Apple quite closely. He's been a registered Apple developer since 1983, before the first Mac. He's even met Steve Jobs.

Armi is author of the popular Second Effects blog, and proprietor of the particle effects store Electric Pixels. Armi keeps his first life and Second Life separate, as so many of us do, so I don't know a lot about him, and I can tell you even less. But I do know this: He knows a great deal about Apple products and business technology. He was one of our guests when we had a roundtable discussion about Apple's spring announcements last year.

Second Effects
http://www.secondeffects.com/

Electric Pixels
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caso%20Milo/192/114/134/

Armi's previous Copper Robot appearance
http://copperrobot.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=496977

Hope to see you Sunday. Bring your questions and opinions, this will be more of an open discussion than our usual interview format.

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