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Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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Hi Derek! How's it going way out there in the wild west? Give us an update and let us know what you're working on (via a blog post) and how the heck you're doing! All the best, Michael
Derek - You'll love the new Blackberry app: Pandora. And, if you haven't heard, the last two Swampcasts are all about The Music Genome Project. That's Tom Conrad in the photo above, CTO of Pandora. He's on Twitter, too BTW.Cheers, Michael