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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. This was after having watched Andrew Keen’s interview about Google+ with Vic Gundotra (Google’s VP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dueling social networks: Google+ and Facebook</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/07/22/dueling-social-networks-google-and-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3977</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although I&#8217;m using Google+ I know absolutely nothing about it. And I&#8217;ve yet to find the time to really explore it. The comforting thing is knowing that no one else knows anything about it. Everything is speculation. People using it now are early adopters &#8212; and that is worrisome. Early adopters tend to be more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If the door is locked, use a window</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/03/09/if-the-door-is-locked-use-a-window/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2011/03/09/if-the-door-is-locked-use-a-window/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 12:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[restructuring]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3803</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you find a door locked it’s not unusual to waste a lot of time trying to open it. But it’s locked and no matter what you do it won’t open. That is when you pause, take a look around and notice the window – and it’s open. That’s your way in. It can take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google doesn&#8217;t like content farms</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/01/21/google-doesnt-like-content-farms/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2011/01/21/google-doesnt-like-content-farms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3758</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From The Google Blog &#8212; Google search and search engine spam: &#8220;&#8230;We hear the feedback from the web loud and clear: people are asking for even stronger action on content farms and sites that consist primarily of spammy or low-quality content.&#8221; This is a very good thing. But it makes me wonder, what is considered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People and stories &#8212; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/02/people-and-stories-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/11/02/people-and-stories-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Storyboat]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote that, “A story is people involved in events told by people to people.” I then asked why some stories are interesting and others dull. I suspect the answer to that has to do with that word “people.” We’re obsessed with ourselves, each other, and what happens to us. That is what news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small business: up to speed on domain hosting?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/08/03/small-business-up-to-speed-on-domain-hosting/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/08/03/small-business-up-to-speed-on-domain-hosting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve encountered a number of clients who have been paying for domain registration and hosting with no idea of what a competitive price would be. As a result, many of them have been paying twice as much as they should. To make things worse, they were receiving less than half of what they should have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Efficiency</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/16/efficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3266</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“All life we work but work is a bore. If life’s for living, what’s living for?” - The Kinks - On a whim, I did a quick Google search for, “What is living for?” It didn’t have an answer. (It did, however, provide me a link to Wikipedia and an entry on sustainable living.) I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links and bounce rates and time on page etc.</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/28/links-and-bounce-rates-and-time-on-page-etc/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/06/28/links-and-bounce-rates-and-time-on-page-etc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My view of links is pretty simple: they are a great big pain in the butt. When I post something, they are an &#8220;after the fact&#8221; matter. I mean by this that I write something, then go back over it and figure out where I should have links and put them in. As big a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What happens next?</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/11/what-happens-next/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/05/11/what-happens-next/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 15:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2834</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are few things as frightening for the creator of something than, “What happens next?” This is because the next thing had better be good – at least as good as what preceded it. That’s what the audience expects. That’s why they ask, “What happens next?” A great recent example of this in action is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seduction and the security of diversification</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/26/seduction-and-the-security-of-diversification/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/04/26/seduction-and-the-security-of-diversification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2720</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a crazed and almost bipolar relationship with very big technology companies. We hate them as we love them; love them as we hate them. They seduce us, we know we’re being seduced, but we love the seduction even as we think, “Oh, this is going to end very badly.” Only human beings could [...]]]></description>
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