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I’m not a writer. So please forgive the multitude of grammatical errors that may follow. I am a podcaster, so I speak on the internet. Frame this article in the mind of someone who is writing from a stream of consciousness, rather than a meticulous outline.

When Stephen asked me to help him out this week – whilst he is taking a much-needed break – I started to think about what I could share with his handsome readers. So, I decided that I would talk about the most important thing I have learned over the last three years of being a podcaster:

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The guys over at App.net were cool enough to give me a pile of App.net invites. If you haven’t played with the service yet, go check it out.

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This episode of Generational is required listening.

Hearing about how Federico Viticci battled cancer whilst managing to run and build Macstories is incredibly inspiring.

There’s a lot to take out of this episode. It really made me contemplate how I operate what I do online; hearing how he refocused himself is very interesting indeed.

Federico also details how he is now working primarily with iOS and how being stuck in a hospital bed helped him discover the power of the platform and make that change.

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As I wrote about in March, my family and I are headed to Florida for a week at Disney and Give Kids the World, thanks to Make a Wish.

While I’m gone, Shawn Blanc and Myke Hurley will be filling in for me on the site.

I owe a big thanks to those two guys for keeping the lights on, and to all of you wonderful readers for supporting me over the years, but for now, I’m turning my phone off and am going to spend a week in the sun with my wife and kids.

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Macworld’s Joel Mathis, on Osito, a Google Now clone for iOS:

If your schedule or routine is fairly clutter-free, or if you stick close to home in most of your daily doings, Osito won’t offer you much you can’t already gain from a quick look at the iPhone’s native Calendar and Weather apps. And certainly, its list of features isn’t quite as lengthy as what’s offered by Google Now. For many iPhone users, though, Osito might prove the best defense—for now—against the temptation to go buy a Galaxy phone.

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I spent most of the morning fighting back tears as our son was awarded a Make-a-Wish trip to Disney World.

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Israel Ganot:

As a Boston-based company, our hearts go out to all those impacted by the explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. For some of us, it has hit very close to home. And we’ve been thinking hard about how Gazelle can help.

For the remainder of April, we will be collecting donations in support of the One Fund Boston, the victims’ relief fund established by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.

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It’s a great looking app, with a horrific icon. Sigh.

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Gabrielle Giffords in The New York Times, on the failed law to expand gun background checks:

Some of the senators who voted against the background-check amendments have met with grieving parents whose children were murdered at Sandy Hook, in Newtown. Some of the senators who voted no have also looked into my eyes as I talked about my experience being shot in the head at point-blank range in suburban Tucson two years ago, and expressed sympathy for the 18 other people shot besides me, 6 of whom died. These senators have heard from their constituents — who polls show overwhelmingly favored expanding background checks. And still these senators decided to do nothing. Shame on them.

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While I spoke on Bionic this week at great length about it, I wanted to share some photos and thoughts about the BlackBerry Z10 here, too.

It’s important to note that I’ve never been a BlackBerry user. While I know of the company’s history and deep ties in the enterprise, I’ve approached this phone like I do others that I review: as someone who has used iOS and Android extensively. For example, I didn’t spend any time with the security settings or the phone’s ability to separate work and home data.

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This week, I am re-joined by Myke, and we discuss the media coverage of the Boston bombing, Facebook’s updated app, Star Wars and WWDC.

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Thanks to Smile for sponsoring the 512 Pixels RSS feed this week.

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