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• Google Pushes for Rules to Aid Wireless Plans – New York Times
  “In the Internet giant’s view of the future, consumers would buy a wireless phone at a store, but instead of being forced to use a specific carrier, they would be free to pick any carrier they wanted.”
  (tags: google wireless)

• Marketers Twittering, But Not About Second Life – Bits – Technology – New York Times Blog
  (tags: twitter marketing marketing2.0)
• Why Prince’s Free CD Ploy Worked – TIME
  This is brilliant
  (tags: music)

• Digital Images Dominate — But With A Downside
  “It’s really changed the way we think of photography to have this literally instantaneous image of something that just happened, and it dramatically changes the way we experience things”
  (tags: digitalphotography)

• The Jeff Pulver Blog: Goodbye LinkedIn. Hello Facebook.
  “In Facebook, connecting is just the beginning. Facebook is all about community.”
  (tags: facebook socialnetworking)
• Inside the Googleplex | PodTech.net
  (tags: google)

• Networks Try ‘Twittering’ To Spread Their Message – WSJ.com
  “Sending marketing messages on the service could alienate users who see Twitter as a way to talk to their friends, marketing executives say.”
  (tags: twitter marketing)
• Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive Facebook and the Working Adult: Fad or Revolution? «
  “Facebook gives me a glimpse into the lives of my friends and colleagues with no expectation of specific action on their part to build connections for me.”
  (tags: facebook)

• Web Worker Daily » Blog Archive 15 Productive Uses for a Wiki «
  (tags: wiki productivity)
• Wikispaces – Wikis for Everyone
  (tags: wiki)
• @Wiki FREE Wiki Hosting Service
  (tags: wiki)
• A VC: The Killer Music Rental Device
  “…there is a killer rental device. It’s called Sonos with Rhapsody”
  (tags: digitalmusic sonos rhapsody)

• Apple TV Hacks
  (tags: appletv)
• Invite Share – Everyone is invited!
  Having trouble getting rid of those invites?
  (tags: beta web2.0)
• SPIN.com: Jimmy Tamborello Talks Dntel, Postal Service
  Dntel / Dumb Luck is one of my favorite albums of the year so far.
  (tags: music interviews dntel)
• CEOs Must Be Designers, Not Just Hire Them. Think Steve Jobs And iPhone.
  “…I now believe that CEOs and managers must know Design Thinking to do their jobs.” (via kottke)
  (tags: business design)

• Lost Dramatic Chipmunk – IFILM
  (tags: funny video)
• Man flies 193 miles in lawn chair – CNN.com
  (tags: video weirdnews)
• Internet Archive: Details: French Teen Idol – Enlightened False Consciousness [LostChildren023]
  Check this music out if you like moody, instrumental “post rock” – e.g. M83.
  (tags: music mp3 post-rock)

• stereogum presents…OK X: A Tribute to OK Computer
  (tags: mp3 music coversongs)
• nuTsie
  Access your iTunes from your phone
  (tags: itunes)

I checked out FanFest at the 2007 Allstar Game in San Francisco and saw this cool batting cage. Check out the life-sized video of the pitcher. The release point of the ball is perfectly synched with the video.