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Living on the Edge - a presentation by Danny O’Brien from opentech 2008. An interesting look at the World Wide Web. This talk is originally discussed in his previous blog post.

I am Trade Gothic from Jason Santa Maria. OK, OK I’m bloody Courier and we all know why… rigid, old fashioned and now days occasionally considered interesting at parties where cool Helveticas blend into each other and Comic Sans has already been beaten up in the bathroom.

Productivity studies really show that you need to ask questions the next time you’re confronted with the latest new and sexy productivity study. Ask if it solves your personal problem.

If you’ve been off the radar for a few days you might have missed the launch of Google Knol - kind of like an accountable monetized version of Wikipedia. Philipp Lensenn has a rave on WebProNews, Samuel Dean has something to say over on Web Worker Daily, and Jason Kincaid got in there earlier with a little something for the readers of TechCrunch.

I’m always talking about context on the web, and I see Paul Boag’s talking about context too. I say content plus context is king, and Paul says content is dead, long live context. I think we’re discussing the same thing. Who else get’s the context conversation? Hands up.

E-Legno’s Wooden Bathtub is on my christmas wish list Santa - listen up!

Illustrator Make with Mesh is another Veerle tutorial that’s brilliantly executed.

Firefox 3.0.1 Portable Edition runs off your USB drive - Samuel Dean gives the lowdown.