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	<description>Sometimes, I have opinions.</description>
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		<title>Twitter Provokes Personal Growth: My Wife&#8217;s Tweet Longing for 5 Years Ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife recently posted a tweet that got me thinking: “I keep waiting for life to get back to normal. Today I realized “normal” is stuck at 5 years ago.” I have been feeling the same thing and longing to get back to a sense of things I had 5 years ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Learning from Bad Experiences: Should You Blog About Your Old Job?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last year has been a bumpy road for me.  In an effort to makes sense of all the things that have happened, I have tried to map lessons I learned from getting through the rough spots. ]]></description>
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		<title>Should You Pay for The Ladders?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently joined The Ladders to increase my exposure to the job market, but I am having second thoughts about its value. Its central purpose is to expose you to exclusive opportunities and recruiters for executive level jobs, but it seems to be a business seeking to monetize its users at every step  by offering hard-sell services such as resume writing and other services beyond the monthly subscription. ]]></description>
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		<title>Unemployed Executive? Dont Lower Your Expectations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I am not alone. You might be in the same situation I am.  But for the health of your mind, moral and confidence, don't comprise what you need.  I was once told that most people do exactly what you expect, so expect the best and that is what you will get. ]]></description>
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		<title>Dream job without pay? It can happen to you, too!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I didn't expect to fall in love with the job, the product and the people there, but I have. The vibe, the freedom and the belief that the company is on to something amazing are the perfect combination for a life changing experience.]]></description>
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		<title>Resume Anxiety: Dealing with Conflicting Advise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the end, remember that resumes are not the primary means of getting in to an interview, your network is. Find out who is on the inside and contact them. Don't expect your resume alone to do anything for you.  Get in contact with a human--that is the goal. LinkedIn and your phone are the best tools for getting someone's attention--your resume is only part of the equation.]]></description>
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		<title>Cloud E-commerce: Bringing Enterprise Power to the Small Guys</title>
		<link>http://deanklotz.com/?p=537</link>
		<comments>http://deanklotz.com/?p=537#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[footwear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sockwa]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[t Sockwa, getting the product out on the web was a snap. Shopify offers amazing features for the price and it has tight integration with order fulfillment and CRM tools readily available in Ordercup. ]]></description>
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		<title>Open Source Tech As Web Product Development Framework</title>
		<link>http://deanklotz.com/?p=508</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jun 2010 13:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When developing web products that require the construction of new code and building a new platform, one of the first steps should be to research what open source tools are available to use in real-time before you go down the path of prescribe phases, use cases and requirements composition.]]></description>
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		<title>Job Seekers and Employers: Finding the Right Fit is Essential</title>
		<link>http://deanklotz.com/?p=488</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you see information technology as a game changer and want to use it to make the world a better place, I am the right person. If you believe that planning and careful design is ultimately more cost effective than slapping broken code together, then I am the right person for you.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Abuse and Neglect</title>
		<link>http://deanklotz.com/?p=465</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>~DK</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you might have noticed, I have been slacking on keeping the blog active. Its been too long since my last post. The good news is that I have landed in a very good place professionally which is keeping me from blogging on a regular basis. I have to admit that how I ended up [...]]]></description>
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