Interview with Bill Gates

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Channel9 has a geat interview with Bill Gates. Seventeen Minutes With Bill is a casual interview with Microsoft’s blogger Dave Scoble.

Topics include what he does online, prioritization of time and using computing technology to help fight diseases in the third-world. He also talks about how important math is for students. Whether it is a plumber calculating the flow through a piping system or a rock climber calculating the weight and motion when using a set of ropes, math is used in everyday activities.

Digital Photography Podcast

by  on  in Around the world, Just for fun, Personal development, Technology trends

We bought our first mid-range digital camera a year ago and I’ve never been really happy with the image quality and ability to control how the image is being captured. I came across Tips from the Top Floor, a podcast and website that covers a multitude of topics in digital photography. It has been helpful for me as I transition from my Cannon SLR.

The podcast covers basic and advanced topics, has short tutorials on using Photoshop features and has regular interviews with photography professionals. The sound-seeing tours are also quite interesting. The website has a very active forum, with lots of memembers willing to help out. The weekly assignment is a big favourite.