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This is the blog of Turker Keskinpala where he shares his ideas and insights about life, technology, and anything else in general. Please enjoy, and join the conversation when you can.

Bum rush the charts tomorrow

Tomorrow, on March 22nd 2007 podcasters will send a message to the music industry. The goal is to make the indie group Black Lab to #1 on the iTunes list.

All you need to do is to spend couple minutes of your…

Does Silicon Valley Need More Visas for Foreigners?

The Wall Street Journal Online invited Robert Hoffman, an Oracle Corp. executive who heads a tech-lobbying group that includes Microsoft, Intel Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co., to debate the issue with outsourcing critic and author Ron Hira, an engineer and a…

Viacom Sues YouTube

You remember when Viacom demanded YouTube to pull more than 100.000 videos, right? As far as I remember, YouTube tried to comply with this demand and removed many clips from the site.

However, this must have not been enough for Viacom since today…

Turkey Lifts YouTube Ban

Today I learned from Turkish blogs that YouTube is accessible from Turkey again. I am glad that a bad decision is reversed but I do not think this is going to make things any better. There has been a lot…

Turkey Blocks YouTube

I am sure most of you heard the news by now since it is even picked up by Techcrunch and the discussion is on the front page of Techmeme as of now with lots of related discussions including popular blogs like Mashable,…

Insomnia Radio Turkey is LIVE

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It’s been a long time in the making but Insomnia Radio Turkey is live now. I have been an avid listener of Insomnia Radio Podcast and it feels great to be a part of that big family.

In the show, I will…