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Book Tour News–And An Actual Book!

Join me as I reflect on my Microcosm book tour and compare video interfaces like YouTube embed and blip.tv!

ByCarl Zimmer

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I recorded a video for my Facebook page about the Microcosm book tour, which I've cloned below. Still fine-tuning my video interfaces...how does YouTube embed, compared to blip.tv?

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