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I was on the Lake Effect program on Milwaukee Public Radio again yesterday, and honored to be there. The topic this time is sort of a Web 2.0 primer, focused on the questions I (and I bet other bloggers) get so often: what's a blog, does it cost money to sign up, how the heck do you have time to read them, do adults use Facebook, and so on. If you're reading this on a computer screen, you probably know most of what I said — although some E-mail subscribers might like to learn how to consolidate the blogs they read into a feed reader. But your mom or your associate might find it useful.

If you're a pro at Web 2.0, listen to the show anyway, for the two interviews that precede me. Milwaukee's new police chief Edward Flynn has impressed many in the city with smart, practical, and creative ideas about fighting entrenched crime. After him, the new executive director of Milwaukee's terrific agency Neighborhood House talks about how they help children and families in our most precarious neighborhoods. Jury trials are often criminal trials, and even when they're not, many jurors' lives and attitudes are shaped by the shadow of poverty and the crime that follows it. It's a good show to learn about that.