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Hanselminutes Podcast 43 - LifeHacks 2, an Interview with Gina Trapani

December 08, 2006 Comment on this post [1] Posted in Podcast
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Greetings from Tanzania! My forty-third Podcast is up. In this one, Carl and I were fortunate get an interview with the primary blogger of LifeHacker, Gina Trapani. Gina has a book coming out this month called Lifehacker: 88 Tech Trips to Turbocharge your Day. I knew some folks at the publisher and was sent a "galley" version, and it's a great book, and a fine gift idea for the nerd in your life. We did a show on Lifehacks a while back, but in this one we learn about the origin of the word, get ideas for more hacks from Gina, learn how to make FireFox Extensions, and how to blog for a living. Thanks to Gina for her time. Check out the LifeHacker blog, it's in my Essentials list and I read it every day.

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Scott Hanselman is a former professor, former Chief Architect in finance, now speaker, consultant, father, diabetic, and Microsoft employee. He is a failed stand-up comic, a cornrower, and a book author.

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December 10, 2006 16:02
glad you're tackling the life hacks topic again!

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