links for 2006-02-07

• Typical Mac User Podcast » Editorial: Newsvine in Review
  "For me, the main reason for reading news is not just to pointlessly stay up to date, but to form opinion, merge these opinions into a mindset and then discuss with like minded people to further our knowledge, opinions and theories on the topic."
  (tags: media mainstream+media journalism influence+ecology conversation conversational+media citizen+journalism tools venues community collaboration)
• Presentation Zen: Lessons from the Cluetrain: Imperatives for presenters
  "Learning to speak with a human voice is not rocket science. We can be much better by simply looking at the presentation as an opportunity to have a conversation with others about something we care about."
  (tags: audience conversation content+strategy relationship+building skills authenticity monitoring+conversations conversational+media PR+marketing)