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People who know me well have learned to insist that I commit to obligations by opening my laptop and putting them onto the appropriate calendar or list - a verbal agreement and a promise to remember won't work.
Ethan Zuckerman
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Ethan Zuckerman
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: January 4
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