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Skype: free outgoing calls until year’s end

VOIP provider Skype is offering free outgoing calls to landline and mobile phones in the US and Canada through the end of the year. I tried it out this afternoon and it works as advertised.

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The Interrupt Driven Life

Here’s an NPR story based on the recent article in the NYT Magazine called Meet the life hackers

‘Interruption Science’: Costly Distractions at Work

Technology forces us to juggle competing demands on our attention over the course of our workdays. Alex Chadwick speaks with New York Times Magazine contributor Clive Thompson about “interruption science,” the study of the effect of disruptions on job performance.

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