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Ep. 236 – Chip Bell is “Wired and Dangerous”!
TOPIC: Author, businessman, consultant, vet, raconteur and man-about-town (well, I’m making that last one up) Chip Bell and collaborator John Patterson bring us the insightful new book Wired and Dangerous: how your customers have changed and what to do about it. Chip spends a great half a show with us talking about how things move by “word of mouse” these days, and if you own a business, have ever written a review online, or are simply wondering what all the fuss is about, you’ll want to tune in!
We take a few minutes out to get some great geek trivia from our good friend Jay Garmon:
Which Manhattan project scientists won the pool to determine the explosive yield of the trinity nuclear test?
We manage to get a couple of photog related coolsites in too:
- Pixlr – Tired of not being able to join in all that instagram fun, just because you don’t have an iphone? Just upload your pics here and edit away!
- TiltShifter – Tiltshift your pics automagically with this online app; post your pics and download ‘em tiltshifted minutes later!
The podcast only song of the week is by The Decemberists; “Don’t Carry it All” Enjoy!
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