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• The Rise of Twitter as a Platform for Serious Discourse – ReadWriteWeb
  “It is the coverage of news events and the continued emergence of citizen journalism that will push Twitter toward the mainstream this year.”
  (tags: twitter microblogging)

• Music Blog Zeitgeist of 2007 / The Hype Machine
  The best songs, albums, and bands of 2007 chosen by music bloggers
  (tags: bestof2007 music mp3 hypemachine)

• Deliver a Presentation like Steve Jobs
  Broken down into 10 elements
  (tags: communication work howto apple stevejobs entrepreneurship)

• Startups: Executive Hiring Challenges or Beware of the Suits| Zoli’s Blog
  “Don’t hire somebody who steps down into the role for the equity; ideally don’t even hire someone making a lateral move. You need hungry, driven fighters, who while have the skills and experience, will truly step up to the new job.”
  (tags: startup hiring entrepreneurship)
• YouTube – The Davos Question
  What one thing do you think that countries, companies or individuals must do to make the world a better place in 2008?
  (tags: culture)
• SFgate > Mark Morford > 29 things to be happy about
  “Yes, it’s all doom and gloom and war and global warming and Bush. Except when it’s not.”
  (tags: culture)
• You Suck at Photoshop, Hilarious Tutorials by Donnie Hoyle | Laughing Squid
  A hilarious set of videos. And make sure to check out the eBay auction for the ring.
  (tags: photoshop tutorials funny)

I’m loving this new track by Nada Surf. Their new album “Lucky” will be released in February. You can stream the entire album on their MySpace page.

• Waterbar
  New restaurant opening this month on the Embarcadero
  (tags: sfrestaurants viathrillist)
• Malarkey Software – Software – dead.licious
  Looks for dead links on your del.icio.us account and gives you the option to fix or remove them. Mac only.
  (tags: del.icio.us freeware macosx)
• EveryBlock San Francisco: A news feed for your block
  “…filters an assortment of local news by location so you can keep track of what’s happening on your block, in your neighborhood and all over San Francisco” (via sf curbed)
  (tags: sanfrancisco local)
• Photo clues lead to camera’s owner – Yahoo! News
  Interesting bit of detective work here
  (tags: digitalphotography)
• Apple Working On Copy And Paste, Exchange Email For iPhone | iPhone Alley
  These are the top two items on my iPhone wish list. #3 is more storage capacity.
  (tags: iphone)
• MacBook Air review – Engadget
  “On the one hand it proposes to be a no-compromises ultraportable, but on the other hand it compromises many (but not all) the things road warriors want.”
  (tags: apple macbook air)
• Wakerupper.com – Free Wake-up Calls and Telephone Reminders
  Schedule a wakeup call on the web. It rings your cell phone. File this under “Why didn’t I think of that”. Currently in beta.
  (tags: useful beta)

Here’s a report card on the stocks that I bought a couple of days ago.

• Gridskipper > The Hilltop Views of San Francisco
  Cool – they used my photo of Mt. Davidson.
  (tags: sanfrancisco)

• kexplive’s photosets on Flickr
  Photos from KEXP in-studio performances
  (tags: photographs flickr indiemusic)

• Simplify Media – Learn More
  Allows you to access your iTunes remotely (via bijan)
  (tags: itunes freeware useful)
• [bijansabet.com] Initial impressions of TiVo on Comcast DVR
  A review of the new TiVo service on Comcast DVR
  (tags: tivo dvr)
• GiantURL.com – where giant is better!
  Backlash against TinyURL!
  (tags: funny)
• Cedar House Sport Hotel
  Swanky looking hotel in Truckee
  (tags: hotels california vacationplanning tahoe)