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The phone is all about expediency. Both people on the call have a job to do and each of them is looking to get through the call and move on to something else.

A cup of coffee is an opportunity to meet someone, talk about a few other things, make a friend or a business acquaintance. Done right, the face to face reference check is a lot more than a reference check. It’s a way to grow your network and your business. And it’s also the best way to find out exactly what you need to know about a person you want to hire, invest in, or otherwise go into business with.

The Face To Face Reference Check, by Fred Wilson

My lovely friend Martina is the queen of Magnetic Poetry. I think she will love TwitterMagnets!

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I am not a Paper Towel!

Baby Panda Dish. Made me smile.

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Your food can’t go everywhere exposed to the elements; it needs packaging. Unfortunately, that packaging often takes massive amounts of energy to create, and much of it doesn’t properly decompose. CHOW rated some common carriers on a scale from 1 (bad) to 5 (good).

How Green Is Your Takeaway Container?, by Elizabeth Gillian

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Nik Ainley talks us through creating fashionable 3D artwork without touching any rendering tools whatsoever!

I just got my hand on James Yang’s Children’s Book called Puzzlehead.The book takes you on the journey of Puzzlehead looking far and wide for a spot that he fits in. He is eventually led to conclusion that his perfect place is wherever he can be with his friends. I think we might have a new favorite at casa swissmiss.

As we are already on the topic of BirdsAndBees today, I would also like to mention a board book I received that is (ironically enough) totally not suitable for kids: Furverts. Photographs are by Michael Cogliantry and the design is by his lovely wife Jen Cogliantry. (The Cogliantry’s rock. Unfortunately they moved their back to Brooklyn and now call Portland Oregon their home, but that’s another story.)

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ShapeMaker is a set of 25 colourful, geometric design, hand printed, environmentally friendly, rubber wood blocks that can be excitingly arranged to create a menagerie of thousands of surprising creatures and tons of sparkling, imaginative, engaging images that guarantee to delight children from 4 yrs and upwards.