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		<title>Social media school and learning curves</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/08/01/social-media-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Most of what follows was written prior to reading Chris Brogan&#8217;s Social Media Fatigue. It would be a very different post had I read his post before writing this. But it seems serendipitous that my post and his should coincide.) &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/08/01/social-media-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t have two Cinderellas in one story</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/14/dont-have-two-cinderellas-in-one-story/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is about sports and stories – specifically, hockey and stories. So you’ve been warned. We’re down to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. That’s a big deal in Canada and, depending on who and where you are, it &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/06/14/dont-have-two-cinderellas-in-one-story/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Storytelling, classifications and definitions</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/12/04/storytelling-classifications-and-definitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 13:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We live in a world mad for deconstructing, classifying and compartmentalizing. We have always done this but never to the degree we do now. It has something to do with the rise and growth of science. It’s the process we &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/12/04/storytelling-classifications-and-definitions/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why social media loves dogmatism</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/22/why-social-media-loves-dogmatism/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/11/22/why-social-media-loves-dogmatism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not a day goes by where we don’t see tweets and post headlines telling us “you must” or “you need” and similar dogmatic injunctions. Is it because we like being told what to do? Is it because the authors are &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/11/22/why-social-media-loves-dogmatism/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Intersection: I reveal what it is I do</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/10/01/intersection-i-reveal-what-it-is-i-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:31:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#1093;&#1086;&#1083;&#1086;&#1074;&#1080; &#1075;&#1072;&#1088;&#1085;&#1080;&#1090;&#1091;&#1088;&#1080;You never know where ideas and help are going to come from or when. Yesterday I paused from working and found two posts that helped me discover something I’d been looking for a long time. What was I looking &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/10/01/intersection-i-reveal-what-it-is-i-do/">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>Listen to the silence and pay attention</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/07/12/listen-to-the-silence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Noise is a common complaint about social media. We often say there is too much worthless chatter. When we say this, we’re complaining about content. It’s of no value to us; it’s all noise. For people like myself who work &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/12/listen-to-the-silence/">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>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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