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Guilty Pleasures

BY STEVE JAROS
@ VOL 9 ON APR 07, 2012

For nearly 8 years, Steve Jaros has been lucky enough to be a working writer in the video games industry. Most recently he was nominated for best writing at the Game Developers Choice Awards for his work on the 360 game Saints Row: The Third. Naturally, he lost to Portal 2. (in English)

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Goats cheese and love

BY WES JARRELL & LESLIE COOPERBAND
@ VOL 2 ON JAN 30, 2010

Blessed are the cheese makers! Wes and Leslie from Prairie Fruits Farm talk cheese and goats! No Farmers - No Food! www.prairiefruits.com
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The Magic Hour...

BY ANDY WARFEL
@ VOL 2 ON JAN 30, 2010

Many people came out to support PechaKucha for Haiti and gave very special glimpses in to their lives and and work. Thanks Andy! andywarfel.com
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Designing Obama

BY SCOTT THOMAS
@ VOL 2 ON JAN 30, 2010

When Scott Thomas first met Barack Obama in 2007, the junior senator's web presence was suffering from a lack of consistency; there were, as he says, "37 different typefaces", and, about "416 different colors of blue" could be found throughout the site. 

In his presentation, Scott takes us through the process of not only designing a political campaign, but changing the way politics are played in the 21st century.

He speaks on the power the web has to shrink our world; how far-away issues become our own when viewing and interacting with people across the country, around the globe. For the first time in American history we had a candidate addressing the people through live-streamed video rather than radio or television.

"Presentation of the Day" on February 22, 2013.

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Building in Haiti

BY MARK TAYLOR
@ VOL 2 ON JAN 30, 2010

Mark, an architect and teacher, takes us on a tour of his projects in Haiti and gives us hope for a better future. Mark Taylor