IT Martini Hour 7: All the Fixin’s. Thursday, Nov. 19 at the BlackFinn Restaurant & Saloon in Cincinnati. [IT Martini]

Economist says telecom reform and broadband investment key to Ohio job growth. A report released Thursday says that up to 30,000 jobs are either supported or created in Ohio by investment in broadband and that the state should consider telecom reform. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

COTA launching ‘BUStracker’ pilot program at OSU. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

Inspired by ’six degrees’, Miami grads launch Glacir. [Ohio Tech Bits Blog]

Final reminder: TEDx Columbus. Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Wexner Center for the Arts. [Tedx Columbus]

Acer Eclipses Dell and Apple. A non-American company has managed to become the second-largest computer seller for the first time in history. [NY Times Tech Blog]

Nokia’s Netbook Comes With Marathon Battery Life. And a great price: $299 with a two-year contract for wireless data on AT&T. [NY Times Tech Blog]

Deadline for 2009 TechColumbus Innovation Awards nominations extended to Oct. 22. [TechColumbus]

The Columbus Dispatch has the scoop on Columbus-based Glacir.com, a networking Web site that shows users their own six degrees of separation from people and events around the world. The site was founded by Miami University of Ohio graduates Brad Balzer and Zak Dziczkowski.

From the Dispatch:

A user starts by registering on the Web site, searching for first-degree connections with friends who also are registered there. He also sends messages to other friends, requesting that they sign up.

Glacir then goes to work, showing how the user and his first-degree friends are connected to other people — from two to six degrees away.

While the site can be amusing, Balzer and Dziczkowski see its professional uses as the site’s real money-earner.

“This can be a powerful networking tool for professionals,” Balzer said. “We think it will have big application for marketing or networking.”

More: A blog post on Glacir.com defines what Glacir is – and what it’s not.