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		<title>A White Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Kenneth Libbrecht]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[snowflakes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The seemingly impossible variety of snowflakes and the fact that the formation of some of their complicated patterns is still a scientific mystery only adds to the majesty of a white festive season. The snow may have melted away in our hometown of Omaha, but these awe inspiring images of snowflakes will keep that festive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teh Threoy of Gsetlat</title>
		<link>http://www.dday.com/blog/branding/freeze/teh-threoy-of-gsetlat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dday.com/blog/branding/freeze/teh-threoy-of-gsetlat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freeze</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[mind]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[theory]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you have probably heard of the gestalt theory. Gestalt, by definition, is an organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts. There are two ways our mind uses this theory: when we read text, and when we see visual elements. For example, you will find yourself able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Not Read While Drunk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bridget riley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[op art]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scientific american]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am pretty sure that some designers among us create art just to screw with our minds. Art has long explored ideas of perspective, imagery and reality, but there is some art that relies entirely on our imaginative brains for its impact, which includes pulsing, rotating and shimmering where none actually exists.
Scientific American has provided [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brave New World</title>
		<link>http://www.dday.com/blog/design/stuart/brave-new-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Design]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[a whole new mind]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[alain de botton]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[aldous huxley]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[behavioral economics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brave new world]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[culture code]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[daniel pink]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[generational imperative]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how we decide]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jonah lehrer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[malcom gladwell]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[new york times magazine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[outliers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[status anxiety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[After recently re-reading Aldous Huxley&#8217;s classic novel, Brave New World, it was timely to read the Questions for Jonah Lehrer interview in Sunday&#8217;s New York Times Magazine, as he has just written How We Decide, a book on how we make decisions. I got to thinking about our understanding of the human brain and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s Afraid of a Little Competition?</title>
		<link>http://www.dday.com/blog/branding/freeze/whos-afraid-of-a-little-competition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dday.com/blog/branding/freeze/whos-afraid-of-a-little-competition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Freeze</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Fun]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[game shows]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Competition–any healthy competition–is good, right? It keeps us on our toes. It pushes us to our limits. It makes us faster thinkers, smarter, and a lot of times even makes us richer. Who doesn&#8217;t want all of those things?
We see competition every day: Sports. People interviewing for the same job. Siblings competing for the attention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Its Just Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.dday.com/blog/advertising/stuart/its-just-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2008 19:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[new york times]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[P&G]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pizza Hut]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[social media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ted McConnell]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Great article in the New York Times today (Do you want to &#8220;Friend&#8221; a Detergent?). It speaks to the difficulty for brand managers of using social media to promote their brands &#8230; or their incompetence in doing so and, in fact, of trying to do so. 
Ted McConnell, the manager of interactive marketing and innovation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Brand Promise of MBJ&#8217;s 40 Under 40 YBP 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.dday.com/blog/branding/stuart/the-brand-promise-of-mbjs-40-under-40-ybp-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dday.com/blog/branding/stuart/the-brand-promise-of-mbjs-40-under-40-ybp-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Branding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[40 Under 40]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brand promise]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[building the brand driven business]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[michael dunn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Midlands Business Journal]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[P&L Technology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[scott davis]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At last Friday&#8217;s Midlands Business Journal&#8217;s 40 Under 40 2008 Awards breakfast ceremony, Drew Embury, the Young Business Person of the Year, spoke about his success and the excellent growth of his business, P&#38;L Technology. 
In explaining his success, he talked about their exhaustive attention to fulfilling the company&#8217;s brand promise. Consistently aligning P&#38;L Technology&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Men are Stupid and Women are Scheming</title>
		<link>http://www.dday.com/blog/advertising/stuart/men-are-stupid-and-women-are-scheming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dday.com/blog/advertising/stuart/men-are-stupid-and-women-are-scheming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Advertisement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[diamonds]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[doghouse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[gender]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hummer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jc penney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jezebel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[men]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sexes]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[tofu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[That, in a nutshell, is the creative direction of a lot of current advertising. Make a conscious effort over the next few weeks to watch the TV, listen to the radio or review online or print ads through this analytical lens and see how often marketers have used base stereotypes of gender differences in their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia and Nunchucks</title>
		<link>http://www.dday.com/blog/advertising/stuart/nokia-and-nunchucks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dday.com/blog/advertising/stuart/nokia-and-nunchucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Lee]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[kung fu]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nokia N96]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nunchucks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am a sucker for kung fu flicks. Anything high kickin&#8217;, screamin&#8217; and fist pumpin&#8217; gets me reaching for my yellow onesie. So when I saw this Bruce Lee Nokia N96 TV Ad I watched it over and over and over.
Of course, Bruce Lee is dead (right?), so this nunchuck wielding martial artist must be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Evolution of CMS (or how you too can now kick Web butt)</title>
		<link>http://www.dday.com/blog/web/webwhisperer/the-evolution-of-cms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.dday.com/blog/web/webwhisperer/the-evolution-of-cms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WebWhisperer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Coding]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Web]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[CMS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[content management system]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dreamweaver]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[frontpage]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HTML]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NUKE]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Invention has many mothers.  Aside from necessity, which we get from the old saying, there is also thrift, boredom, sloth and efficiency.

I wrote my first CMS (content management system) tool in 2002 using Visual Basic 6.0.  I wanted to maintain a blog, but did not want to use one of the popular blog [...]]]></description>
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