People talk about doing industry research as part of free Friday afternoons or other downtime, but I'm not sure where to even start. I'm a Project Manager.

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They listen to apple music on free Friday afternoons.

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Start at TechCrunch and Wired. They may offer some inspiration.

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I would like to know as well. I am always tying off lose ends to try to keep up with the weekend

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