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Google is considering adding data portability--the ability to easily move your information out of Google to competing services. [via Slashdot]

rafe comments on his recent experience with a PDF book.

great story about a Neuroscientist using ideas from his field to help win a gameshow. [via Mind Hacks]

a quick, straightforward explanation of data portability and why companies like Google should support it. [via battelle]

Flickr applies for a patent on "interestingness" as a way of determining which media objects are getting the most attention from users. [via kottke]

a story about the dark side of ubiquitous computing by Bruce Sterling. "If 'religion is the opiate of the people', then immersive multiplayer 3D virtual worlds are hard-core Afghani heroin."

many, many great talks here about long term thinking. you can subscribe to the podcast, or watch many of the talks at Google Video

Holovaty.com advises newspapers to move from story-factories to databases