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		<title>Where the hell have I been?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2012/03/16/where-the-hell-have-i-been/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t posted here on Writelife since December, 2011. This is my first post of 2012 and it strikes me it should answer the question, “Where the hell have I been?” The answer is pretty simple: I’ve been right here, &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2012/03/16/where-the-hell-have-i-been/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When creative doesn&#8217;t mean anything</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/12/17/when-creative-doesnt-mean-anything/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw a list of words and terms that are considered over-used on LinkedIn and at the top of the list sat the word creative. I&#8217;m not surprised by this. These days everybody has to be &#8220;creative.&#8221;However, over the years &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/12/17/when-creative-doesnt-mean-anything/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Google+ brand pages single user problems?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/11/08/google-plus-brand-pages/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:35:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as I saw that Google+ had finally added pages for business I, like many, wanted to create pages for some businesses I work for. But I&#8217;ve seen muddles come up in the past so before I did anything &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/11/08/google-plus-brand-pages/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hazards of living in Alberta</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/09/26/hazards-of-living-in-alberta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I lived in Alberta for roughly twenty years before moving to New Brunswick about five years ago. Over the last few days, I’ve discovered one of the hazards of having lived there for so long. You are never where you &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/09/26/hazards-of-living-in-alberta/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of the follower</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/09/11/followers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 17:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For what seems years now, I’m been hearing about leadership. I’ve been in conferences, read books and seen countless posts online about how you have to be a leader. Everyone on a team has to lead. It’s in leadership that &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/09/11/followers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No one ever went to a site because it was pretty</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/09/02/no-one-ever-went-to-a-site-because-it-was-pretty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small business]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=4197</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ask yourself this question: “How often do I go to web sites because they are so good looking?” Most people will answer, “Never,” or so I believe. Some people will go to a site because of its brilliant look, but &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/09/02/no-one-ever-went-to-a-site-because-it-was-pretty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Maintenance, our human flaw and a dreamed of plugin</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/26/maintenance-our-human-flaw-and-a-dreamed-of-plugin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kurt Vonnegut]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#1080;&#1082;&#1086;&#1085;&#1080; &#1085;&#1072; &#1089;&#1074;&#1077;&#1090;&#1094;&#1080; &#8220;Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.&#8221; &#8211; Kurt Vonnegut Today has driven home to me Kurt Vonnegut&#8217;s quote regarding maintenance. He is right. I&#8217;m guilty &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/08/26/maintenance-our-human-flaw-and-a-dreamed-of-plugin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Marquez and his Melancholy Whores</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/25/marquez-and-his-melancholy-whores/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=4116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Review of Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.) When I first read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Memories of My Melancholy Whores (translated by Edith Grossman), a novella published in English in 2005, I did not like it. I’ve &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/08/25/marquez-and-his-melancholy-whores/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You need poetry in your posts</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/24/your-need-poetry-in-your-posts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What the world really needs is poetry in posts. Seriously. Keep in mind, when we use the word poetry we usually mean it in one of two ways. There is the very technical use when we are talking about something &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/08/24/your-need-poetry-in-your-posts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Layton and an end to dogma</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/23/jack-layton/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canada&#8217;s Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party, passed away yesterday and there was a huge upswell of grief and commiseration expressed. In all the remembrances of the man and in all the accolades sent his way, it&#8217;s worth &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/08/23/jack-layton/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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