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“3 simple lessons that I’ve learned from our travels that are helping me to become a better blogger. 1. Simple communication is everything. 2. People everywhere want the same things. 3. Building relationships and making friends enriches your life.”
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At the urging of several friends and colleagues, I just ordered this book. Apparently it tells people like me how to have a more manageable and fun life, without being a slave to work.
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Columnist Cory Doctorow describes how Facebook and other social networks have built-in self-destructs: They make it easy for you to be found by the people you’re looking to avoid. I don’t agree with him, but it’s an interesting perspective.
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Excellent bit of media analysis: “Compare coverage of polyamory to that of 2 similar movements: swingers and BDSM. Polyamory somehow seems to be ahead in terms of credibility, despite probably being smaller in terms of numbers.”
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Cory Doctorow: “An email-based automated personal assistant just made public. She’s fast becoming indispensable for my life.” OK, I’ll give this a try, since I’m already relying on GTDinbox. This would give it “tickler” function, I think.
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Anne-Marie Nichols’ great Blogworld Expo wrapup, which includes a thoughtful discussion of the lack of community at that event, and what to do about it.
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“After doing this too many times, I’ve developed a few key steps for keeping the momentum going after an event.” I don’t agree with all of these, but that’s a matter of taste. Good list!
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Great new resource for citizen journalists and others interested in free speech. “CMLP’s database of legal threats. Our goal is to create an accurate and complete collection of legal threats directed at online speech. In order to accomplish this goal>”
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“The promise that Newstrust represents is in providing a well-thought-out and fair rating system for all manner of news content on the web — not just from mainstream news sources, but also from blogs and other alternative sources.”
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Will allow customer to us “wireless devices, software and applications not offered by Verizon. Verizon Wireless plans to make this available by the end of 2008.” I’m shopping for a cell phone provider, this definitely makes Verizon worth a look.
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My friend Anne highly recommends this book. I’ll check it out.
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