Justin and Jason discuss how Jason's son was recently diagnosed with meningitis, the consistent growth of Pluggio and why Justin is still depressed about it, the possibility and practicality of using Appignite to build a portfolio of web applications, Jason's ideas on how to get started as a freelancer, the surprising effectiveness of SEO slugs and various ways to implement them, Jason's idea for hosting a "startupathon" on StartupGuild, John C. Dvorak's new X3 podcast, StartupGuild's mirror image FounderList, the IMF bombshell that China will overtake the US in terms of real GDP by 2016 and Jason's observation that all startups (by definition) suffer from NIH.