Show #282 - October 8, 2007

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Content summary

Shel's in Manchester, England; wrap-up of the past week including the FIR Geek Dinner in Windsor; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; how reCAPTCHA fights spam and helps preserve old books and manuscripts; British Library books go digital; Facebook applications are not the quick way to good communication; Lee Hopkins on a strange journey; listeners' comments discussion; Heather Gorringe's Web 2.0 quest; Shel's off to the Ragan conference in Dallas; and more.

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Thanks, volunteers...

Contributions and Comments from these Listeners

Lee Hopkins
Scott Monty
Bernie Goldbach
Krishna De
Sam Grant
Michael Allison
Lee White
Bill Donaldson
Ronna Porter

Links

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7023627.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7018210.stm
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/10/facebook_long_tail_report.html
http://leehopkins.net/2007/10/08/a-story-about-communication/
http://www.heathergorringe.com/
No music in today's show

Contributors to show notes for this show (add your name here):

• Neville Hobson