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Presentation Zen is a website (authored by Garr Reynolds) I regularly frequent. A few weeks before Christmas, Garr posted some fascinating thoughts about a presentation by Benjamin Zander and linked to a video of Mr. Zander's presentation from Pop!Tech 2008. It is definitely worth a watch.

In addition, you should make it a point to read some of the other great material at the Presentation Zen website. It is amazing stuff.

I love reading about design iteration and the thought process behind coming to terms with the layout of content on a webpage. The folks at 37signals.com recently wrote up a detailed and illustrative review of their design decisions for the sign-up options for their Highrise service.

Definitely worth a read!

JamLegend is a fabulously good time. Yes, I've played GuitarHero and RockBand, but to do so has always required that I spend time dinking around at a friend's house (since I would never get anything done again if I brought a game system into my own home . . . can anyone say "Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 and 4"?). Well, JamLegend has quite possibly ruined productivity for me for the next few weeks. I'm a sucker for video games, and JamLegend is now available to me anywhere I have an internet connection.

It is currently in closed beta, although getting an invite isn't too tricky. I got mine from a great blog, PaulStamatiou.com, where he recently reviewed JamLegend (that's where I found out about it). He had an invite code posted in the comments of that entry. Get them while they're good and hot!

And don't forget to check out my JamLegend profile. Let's duel!