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Writers\/podcasters\/photographers\/tech-guys Andy Ihnatko<\/a> and Scott Bourne<\/a> have kicked off a new blog (soon to be followed up with a podcast) called MYDL.me<\/a> (MyDL is Manage Your Digital Life… not to be confused with the established tech blog My Digital Life<\/a>, which, like LifeHacker<\/a>, is one of my favourite blogs but I rarely read it because the content is produced faster than I can consume it!). The idea with MYDL is that the blog will support the podcast, which will discuss topics around… you guessed it… managing your digital life.<\/p>\n

It’s early days yet but Andy’s Backup In Progress<\/a> post makes some good points… I just wish it would dig a little deeper and provide some real guidance – hopefully that will come later but that’s why the jury’s still out on this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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