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Gin, Television, and Social Surplus - Here Comes Everybody
This is the transcription of the keynote Clay Shirky gave at the Web 2.0 conference, April 23, 2008. It was one of the best keynotes I?ve ever heard.

BooRah Makes You the Restaurant Guru
I've spent the past few days exploring food website BooRah, which I can only describe as a localized restaurant information mecca. BooRah's Brian Warren and Nagaraju Bandaru graciously offered me a guided tour, which I hungrily accepted. The conversation was both informative and professional, and I was left with the impression that BooRah is not only a capable product, but that it is in capable hands as well.

Change Congress
A movement to build support for basic reform in how the United States government functions. Using the sites tools, both candidates and citizens can pledge their support for basic changes to reduce the distorting influence of money in Washington. The community will link candidates committed to a reform with volunteers and contributors who support it.

Voluminous
A Mac OS application that finds, downloads, and organizes your personal library of public domain books. You can search, filter, and get automatic updates from over 20,000 books. Read on screen or export to PDF.