Links for 2008-04-17

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  Jeremy Paxman’s position on ‘User Generated Content’ should now be clear
  
  
  And truth be told, he’s right. The last few years have seen a decent number of fairly feeble attempts to harness the wisdom of the crowds that do indeed end up schlocky and amateurish. People will get better at it in time.
  
  


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  There’s a fun argument in progress over at 37 signals about whether urgency and long working hours are ever a good thing.
  
  
  People always generalise from their own experience. You get several incredibly bright, diligent self-starting friends in a room and–shock–they’re naturally productive and find their own equilibrium.