So here’s the situation. I carry a lot of gear with me on a regular basis, and the current system of various bags and backpacks is both a pain and not efficient. Here’s what I carry with me daily:

MacBook Pro
MiniDV cam
MPEG4 cam
DSLR
2 iPods - classic and touch
Nokia N91
External 750 GB HD
Condenser mic
M-Audio Microtrack recorder
Flashlight
Undisclosed ninja [...]

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Normally I post social media marketing stuff to this blog and reserve the Financial Aid Podcast for work-related stuff, but since the podcast is the guinea pig for a couple of different Facebook tests, I’m posting there at the moment.
Two blog posts if you’re so inclined:

Evaluating Facebook Fan pages
Facebook Beacon and its implications for financial [...]

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Just when you thought the real estate market couldn’t get any more desperate:

I don’t know who to feel more sorry for - the person posting the ad or the sucker who buys a house in metro Phoenix, Arizona, where prices are falling on average about 30%. I guess it depends on whether you think US [...]

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Bertucci’s Pasta Sauce: A Culinary Mystery Solved
I’ve had a puzzle for a little while. Actually, more than a little while, about 3 years. The puzzle is simple but not easy: I love the taste of Bertucci’s tomato sauce on their pasta but have never been able to figure out what makes it work. Try as [...]

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For every shadow there must be light
Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff coined the slogan “For every light that shines, a shadow falls” as part of his audio drama, Shadow Falls. The reverse is true and worth thinking about. For every shadow, there must be light, else it’d be pure darkness.
This past year was a tumultuous year. Next [...]

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The Wordpress install for Marketing Over Coffee went bye-bye for a little while tonight, but fear not - the best marketing podcast has its web site back and a new episode for your listening pleasure, featuring my dauntless co-host, John Wall.
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TechCrunch calls it first: Google Android could conceivably work on a television set top box. More than that, it seems destined to, from my perspective. Look inside Android:

Look down in the media layer. H.264, MPEG4, MP3, AAC, you name it, it’s in there. Plus OpenGL graphics for 3D.
How many phones have the processing power to [...]

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Politicians Need Illegal Immigrants
Why, you ask, do politicians need illegal immigrants? Simple: economics. Illegal immigrants don’t show up in labor statistics or the official work force. Thus:
- when the economy is good, illegal immigrants provide a labor boost, increasing productivity without increasing official payrolls. Illegal immigrants also don’t get health insurance or any other benefits, [...]

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2008 Recession or Depression is Likely
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately. Most of it has not been of good news and all of it has been about the economy. The economic issues that have caused disruption and disorder in 2007 - the credit crunch, housing bubble bursting, and high fuel prices - are, [...]

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Ever heard of Nunavut, Canada? I hadn’t. That shows how badly out of date my geographic knowledge of Canada is. Nunavut was designated a Canadian territory in 1999, splitting off from the Northwest Territories. It’s a huge place - 31,000 people spread over an area the size of Western Europe, and it’s a name you’ll [...]

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