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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<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>Curation the first trend of 2011</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2011/01/07/curation-the-first-trend-of-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 15:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are only a week into the new year and already it has its Internet trend: curation. I’m particularly struck by this trend for both positive and negative reasons. I’ll get the negative one out of the way first. It’s a personal thing, the negative reason, because there is a certain irony in it. I [...]]]></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>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/06/09/the-only-reason-i-have-a-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[david brooks]]></category>
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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, radio ad producer, a degree of coding for web sites), I&#8217;ve only managed to keep [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joni and Bob; poets and thieves</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/05/02/joni-and-bob-poets-and-thieves/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/05/02/joni-and-bob-poets-and-thieves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 15:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Why am I always the one who must be the thief?” – Bob Dylan – A recent internet dust-up about Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan provided a certain amount of insight into people, the web and art, but the insights aren’t what many people believe. The insights were two and neither terribly remarkable: 1) most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metaphors and similes like bling for words</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/20/metaphors-and-similes-like-bling-for-words/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/04/20/metaphors-and-similes-like-bling-for-words/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 12:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2682</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We use metaphors and similes every day. The web is built on them. The web itself is a metaphor. Well, it began as a metaphor. Given the meanings of web, I suppose it is an actual web. So I guess it isn’t a metaphor. As you can see, thinking about metaphors and similes can muddle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quotes are signage</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/09/quotes-are-signage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The internet is full of epigrams, aphorisms and quotes. I used a few in my post yesterday. You see them every day in tweets and status updates. They’re all over the place. Why is that? What are they for? They’re signage. That’s the simple answer. They&#8217;re wayfinding information. As with anything, excess turns them into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web sites and vertical vs. horizontal</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/04/02/web-sites-and-vertical-vs-horizontal/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/04/02/web-sites-and-vertical-vs-horizontal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:25:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I came across a discussion on LinkedIn where the question was asked, &#8220;Why do we still design web sites that are vertical?&#8221; In the responses, I saw some examples of pages that were horizontal &#8212; you scrolled left to right. The question went on to muse about how our monitors are more landscape oriented and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Content is not content</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/03/25/content-is-not-content/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/03/25/content-is-not-content/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:06:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://writelife.net/?p=2465</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In business and especially marketing, we continually see references to content. Does anyone know what that is? I don’t think so. It’s spoken of as if it’s a tangible quantity, something measureable, a thing you can stock the shelves with. In the case of the Internet, it would be shelves on the web and social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gender, technology and generalizations</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/03/24/gender-technology-and-generalizations/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/03/24/gender-technology-and-generalizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 11:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When talking about genders we inevitably employ broad and loose generalizations. We know there are differences (the obvious biological ones). We think there are differences in thought because it often seems that way though we’re never quite sure because sexuality and relationships often cloud the issue. In the case of a subject like “women and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Books that have influenced me</title>
		<link>http://writelife.net/2010/02/20/books-that-have-influenced-me/</link>
		<comments>http://writelife.net/2010/02/20/books-that-have-influenced-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 19:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bill Wren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just quickly created a page of books that have influenced me. In fact, while it&#8217;s page name is &#8220;Books&#8221; the secondary headline is Books that have influenced me. It&#8217;s a short list &#8212; just five. I think of all of them as related to writing though only one is specifically about writing. Most are [...]]]></description>
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