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		<title>Google makes social media interesting again</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/07/26/google-makes-social-media-interesting-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found myself wondering if Google might be the first company to actually get social media by focusing on the word social and realizing something was lacking in a big way in the world of social networks and technology generally. &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/07/26/google-makes-social-media-interesting-again/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Impractical pursuits and other questions</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/18/impractical-pursuits-and-other-questions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a post on Thoughtwrestling today called Nothing more to say – the secret brain. In it I mention something I call The Impractical Pursuits Project and I’m deliberately vague because I’ve not fully formed the idea in my &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/11/18/impractical-pursuits-and-other-questions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lost in The Shallows</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/14/lost-in-the-shallows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“According to an extensive 2009 study conducted by Ball State University’s Center for Media Design, most Americans, no matter what their age, spend at least eight and a half hours a day looking at a television, a computer monitor, or &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/14/lost-in-the-shallows/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Amazed by how much more there is to know</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/05/small-header-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I feel better now &#8212; and at least for now. I finally changed something that has been bothering me for a long time. My header use to say Writelife and below it, &#8220;Musings on the craft of writing, technology, social &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/05/small-header-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Intention and human behaviour</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/05/intention-and-human-behaviour/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You make something. It’s intended to do this and to be used in a certain way. Then people come along and muck it all up by using it in an entirely different way. You intended this; people did that. People &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/05/intention-and-human-behaviour/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>This world will amaze you</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/22/this-world-will-amaze-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just came back from walking the dog in the park. While there, we met a guy. We stopped and chatted. He told me his story. I now feel exuberant. His story contained joy and tragedy; points of recognition; coincidence; &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/22/this-world-will-amaze-you/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Exuberance fuels creativity – book review</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/22/exuberance-fuels-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Life could be so sweet on the sunny side of the street.” – McHugh/Fields – (This review originally appeared on the Thoughtwrestling blog, June 8, 2010.) I think it’s safe to say most people would rather be happy than unhappy. &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/22/exuberance-fuels-creativity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Breadth, depth and brains</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/15/breadth-depth-and-brains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always liked Nicholas Carr for his skepticism. Unlike contrarians, who take opposing views for their own sake, Carr as a skeptic asks questions, the kinds that challenge assumptions. Challenging assumptions is good for the brain. I’ve just picked up &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/15/breadth-depth-and-brains/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>‘Emotions are contagious’</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/08/emotions-are-contagious/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 13:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote a review of a book I’m currently rereading, Exuberance: The Passion for Life by Kay Redfield Jamison. (You’ll find it over at Thoughtwrestling.) This morning, I was looking over a chapter titled “Throwing up rockets,” a phrase from &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/08/emotions-are-contagious/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You write like a woman</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/24/you-write-like-a-woman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 14:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We tend to define certain qualities as male and female, perhaps as a result of being in the west with its long tradition of patriarchy. The sun is male; the moon female. Tough and hard is male; soft and comforting &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/04/24/you-write-like-a-woman/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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