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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>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 &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/07/22/dueling-social-networks-google-and-facebook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jun 2011 11:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<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. &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/06/18/nothing-is-secure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In praise of disinformation</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/04/22/in-praise-of-disinformation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Worries about storing data and what corporations and governments know or can learn about us have been alive a long time in the world of digital devices. Currently, it&#8217;s a concern about smartphones, location tracking and, most recently, what Apple &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2011/04/22/in-praise-of-disinformation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Social media is gossip (that&#8217;s why it works)</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/11/26/social-media-is-gossip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a repost of something I wrote about a year and a half ago, April 2009. I&#8217;m putting it up again partly because I like this one but also because I recently saw remarks made by Andrew Stanton of &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/11/26/social-media-is-gossip/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></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 &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/07/16/efficiency/">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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=3192</guid>
		<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>The only reason I have a job</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/06/09/the-only-reason-i-have-a-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know a bit about a lot of things but I can&#8217;t really claim to be an expert on any level except in the area of stringing words together. Although I have had positions that involved technical work (audio engineer, &#8230; <a href="http://writelife.net/2010/06/09/the-only-reason-i-have-a-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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