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Think you're good at making decisions? Able to come up with a goal, and make the choices to realize that goal? It can be tricky, and often we get derailed along the way. Francesca Gino specializes in decision-making and judgment and talks about her new bo

Jeff Atwood was one of the people behind the influential Stack Overflow and Stack Exchange question and answer sites. He has a new project in the works called Discourse aimed at re-inventing the online forum to make way for better conversation.

amir Israel on the CRTC's proposed wireless code for cellphone contracts. David Kattenburg on the use of simulated birthing moms in Canada's far north. Chris Hables Gray on our cyborg present and future. Karen Sandler, Kevin Fu, and Mike Liebhold on hacka

Michelle Parise, Kim Fox, and Mark Ainsley on being divorced and dating again. Sam Yagan on dating data and trends from OKCupid. Laura Anderson on shopping for love online. Kaj Hasselriis on Grindr and geosocial dating. Beth Bailey on the history of datin

What if learning to code was more like taking a creative writing class? Nora Young interviews Diana Kimball, who recently gave a talk called "Coding as a Liberal Art."

A candid conversation about the experiences of three people in their late 30s/early 40s, all divorced and thrust headlong into the exciting and often confounding world of online dating.

Armando Fox and George Siemens on Moocs. Heather Leson on Ushahidi and crisis mapping. Rebecca Chiao on Harassmap. Daudi Were on Uchaguzi and the Kenyan Elections.

A look back at the history of dating and new technology with cultural historian Beth Bailey. Is our digital era particularly confusing when it comes to rules around dating, or is this something that's long been a feature of courtship?

A look back at the history of dating and new technology with cultural historian Beth Bailey. Is our digital era particularly confusing when it comes to rules around dating, or is this something that's long been a feature of courtship?

Ushahidi is a platform that allows users to create web-based crisis maps. It began in response to violence after the last Kenyan elections, and in light of upcoming elections in Kenya, we speak to Daudi Were, director of projects at Ushahidi about crowdso

We'll speak to Sam Yagan, the co-founder of OKCupid about recent trends in online dating and what the data shows about gender differences in the way we interact in online dating spaces.

Om Malik on the evolution of the wrist watch. Cyrus Farivar on Google Fiber and a 100 times faster internet. John Reid, Matt Crider, and Jason Shwartz on how Canada could become a testbed for technology.

Daniel Pink on his book "To Sell Is Human". Tiffany Shlain on her TED Book and film "Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks". Howard Rheingold with tips from his book "Net Smart".

Rob Bishop on Raspberry Pi, a small inexpensive computer. Matthew Braga on the trend of "unboxing". David Carr on Twine, a product that makes every day objects internet enabled. Elah Feder on eye contact and online aggression. Chris Venour on computationa

Mary DeMarle on women and videogames. Britt Wray on living cells as digital storage spaces. Ivan Owen and Richard Van As on creating affordable prosthetic fingers for amputees. Denis Grignon on the merits of the neighbourhood video store in the digital ag