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Full story: You can’t take democracy for granted
Living in a democracy is something just about everyone in Europe, North America and a large majority of countries around the world take for granted. Basic freedoms – of speech and political expression, to name but two – are things you don’t normally think twice about. We enjoy the ability to say just about whatever we want whenever we want. With tools like blogs, we can do this and be read by anyone, anywhere, who has an internet connection. A BBC News…
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Full story: The Hobson & Holtz Report – Podcast #225: March 22, 2007
Content summary: Another bumper listener episode; Lee Hopkins reports with advice on broadband for Irish listeners; Shel from Las Vegas on social media tools for recruiting; Google searches for European lobbyists; survey finds challenges for podcasters; product launches in Second Life from Calvin Klein and Reebok/Scarlett Johansson; when will the 1 billionth blog spam arrive?; Dan York reports from Cairo, Egypt; listeners’ comments discussion (including more broadband advice); Bumrush The Charts today; a music pitch from Ethereal; and more. [Messages…
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Full story: Software personality disorders
I had a big chuckle reading “Is your app an ass-kisser,” in which Kathy Sierra asks: If your app was an employee, what kind of employee would it be? When it’s employee performance review time, how would you rate it? These are just a few of the apps I’ve worked with recently… A great post from Kathy as usual. What caused my giant chuckle was the visual characterizations Kathy uses to illustrate her points. We’ve all encountered people like those…











