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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 were. (If you’re impatient, just scroll to the end for the capper.) There was 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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		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=4202</guid>
		<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 success lies. To that I say, “Horseshit.” If everyone is leading, who is following? Who [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autumn of the patriarch]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bromide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Degaldina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[dream]]></category>
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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 recently re-read it and found it much more rewarding. I believe my first reading was [...]]]></description>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[andrew keen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[artifact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bradley horowitz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=4013</guid>
		<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>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2011/07/22/dueling-social-networks-google-and-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[circles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early adopters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facebook friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google plus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guesswork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Social networks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speculation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[terminology]]></category>

		<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>Get to the point</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/07/13/get-to-the-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 16:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[content]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no-no]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3984</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Get to your point immediately or readers will abandon you. This is especially so online. No one is willing to plow through that first little bit you write to guide a reader into your subject. It is &#8220;now or never&#8221; online. I saw a rather stark example of what I consider this online no-no today. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canada, singular and plural</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/07/01/canada-singular-and-plural/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alberta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bill wren]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[canadians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizenry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eastern british columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edmonton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[finding solutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[montreal quebec]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national arts centre]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national arts centre ottawa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Brunswick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ottawa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perspective]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem solving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[provincial flags]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[solving problems]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(Originally published July 1, 2010 on Thoughtwrestling as &#8220;The Canadas.&#8221;) Canada is both problem and solution. It’s an ongoing exercise in creativity and problem solving. Sometimes it works out well; sometimes not. And it’s really, really big! Its lessons are big too. When it comes to solving problems and being creative, it provides the biggest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hazards of the mom and pop operation</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/22/hazards-of-the-mom-and-pop-operation/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2011/06/22/hazards-of-the-mom-and-pop-operation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 18:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[constraints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[customer base]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mom and pop operation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small businesses]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of small businesses fall into the category of “mom and pop” operation and we know what the phrase refers to: many constraints. The biggest is financial. A mom and pop operation struggles with just getting the product or service out there so it can be sold. They have limited reach, limited budget, limited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing is secure; no one is anonymous</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/18/nothing-is-secure/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2011/06/18/nothing-is-secure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social media]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aftermath]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anonymity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blind faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hacker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[human behaviour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mooer's Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[popularity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[security holes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smartphones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stanley cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3910</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No matter how sophisticated technology is, it always has one big hurtle it can&#8217;t overcome: us. How we use something &#8212; how we behave &#8212; will always condition technology, either by how it is designed or how it is used. Not five minutes after talking with some friends about security on the Internet, a number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dignity is an illusion</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/06/16/dignity-is-an-illusion/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2011/06/16/dignity-is-an-illusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:32:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Burbles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[butt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dignity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hemorrhoids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rectum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than write yet again about stories, I thought I would tell a little story. This was actually written and posted about six years ago on another, now defunct blog. It is about the human condition &#8230; One day there was something wrong with my butt. It was remarkably itchy. But what can you do? [...]]]></description>
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