Mat Honan, national treasure, on Google. "If democracy worked so well, if a majority public opinion made something right, we would still have Jim Crow laws and Google Reader."

I added this to my favorites at YouTube.

25 half-hour radio programs featuring live Dixieland jazz from San Francisco in the 50s. The audio quality is outstanding and the announcer's old-timey style is fantastic. [via MetaFilter]

I added this to my favorites at YouTube.

Wired is celebrating 20 years and put together this chart of people who worked at Blogger and their connections. I'm happy to say I still work on a blog.

I added this to my favorites at YouTube.

This is a nice reminder that using social media is a choice, not an obligation.

The Atlantic has a very nice story about a recent Ask MetaFilter question.

Jason Shellen talks about the origin of Google Reader.

Interesting alternative to the daily (hourly?) dose of information; gorging once/week. $1.99/month.