Podcast: Coffee Basics from Union Hand-Roasted Coffee

Blogging Perspective Podcast Today, I spoke with Jeremy Torz from Union Hand-Roasted Coffee, and recorded part of our conversation as a podcast. I am interested in ways people can get the most out of the pleasurable experience that is coffee, without being daunted by anything hugely technical, expensive or difficult to operate. I asked Jeremy about normal people wanting to learn a bit more about the coffee they drink. I also recorded this in the presence of Jeremy's lovely (but whiny) German Shorthaired Pointer Casper, so the jangling and occasional whine are nothing to do with me or Jeremy. So, let me know what you think of the service, the podcast and the coffee you're going to try. I hope you enjoy. [podcast]http://www.zachbeauvais.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/bp260410-jeremy_torz.mp3[/podcast]

Opening Up: A quick note from Matt McAlister (tag:open, information, semantic web)

Matt McAlister, over at the Guardian, wrote a fantastic piece earlier today about the way the Semantic Web has panned out; and you should definitely read it (http://www.mattmcalister.com/blog/2009/11/25/508/socially-linked-data/). I just wanted to snip out a simple quote from his post:

"Openness makes you more relevant. It creates opportunity. It’s a way into people’s hearts and minds. It’s empowering. It’s not hard to do. And once it starts happening it becomes apparent that it mustn’t and often can’t stop happening."

What do you think?