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I finally had time this weekend to catch up on a few recent podcasts. And since I truly enjoyed the following podcasts, a few recommendations for your consideration. Enjoy!

TWiG (This Week in Google): Hosts Leo Laporte, Gina Trapani, Jeff Jarvis have a great rapport.  Topics covered: Gmail goes down, Snow Leopard, Dropbox, Google News, Book [...]

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Imran Ali of WebWorkerDaily wrote a great series last week titled “The Future of Work” covering the evolving workforce, the need for statisticians and the growing use of statistical analysis to tell stories, work-group methodologies, and a report about trending behaviors of small businesses and freelances. The whole series is worth reading as it lays [...]

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From MIT Labs, and Center for Future Civic Media. Plenary: News, Nerds and Nabes”: How Will Future Americans Learn About the Local?

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Media Hacks is becoming one of my favorite weekly podcasts. Hosts, Mitch Joel, Hugh McGuire, C.C. Chapman, Julien Smith discuss Twitter communications, viral videos (You Tube wedding video), media, brand identity, transformative technology, Amazon, and recent news in technology.

NSFW (language)

Mitch Joel, Twist Image
C.C. Chapman – Managing The Gray – Advance Guard.
Hugh McGuire – LibriVox – [...]

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Fred Wilson, AVC: Why comments matter In response to an opt-ed article on Boston.com (Boston Globe) by Douglas Bailey “Got a comment? Keep it to yourself “. The discussion threads are worth your perusal.
News Futurist: Newspapers, 180 years of not charging for content.
Washington Post: Digital nomads choose their tribes.
TechCrunch: By a nose, Netflix prize [...]

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From TED Talks, Speaker Ray Kurzweil inventor, entrepreneur, and visionary discusses the advance of technology:
Ray Kurzweil’s latest graphs show that technology’s breakneck advances will only accelerate — recession or not. He unveils his new project, Singularity University, to study oncoming tech and guide it to benefit humanity.

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The Geek Atlas

by Ben Taylor on June 1, 2009 · Comments in Editorial Tagged as:

Released! John Graham-Cumming’s The Geek Atlas 128 Places Where Science and Technology Come Alive. Obvious tourist traps aside – i.e. Kennedy Space Center, this book is a travelers dream guide for the super and not super geek. 128 destinations around the world where discoveries in science, mathematics, or technology occurred or is happening right now. [...]

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