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	<title>Creative Communications &#187; Mental Refinery</title>
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		<title>Google Custom Search into YubNub</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Canton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, we all love Google Custom Search, but if only it was easier to access the power underneath the hood. YubNub to the rescue! First, you need an easy way to use YubNub, my favorite way is through an application or input driven URL launcher. Alternatively, you can place http://yubnub.org/parser/parse?command= in the Firefox about:config setting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A little bit of luck goes a long way&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Canton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, what can I say but wow, it&#8217;s been an exciting month. I&#8217;ve started freelancing again, got a few clients who need some web programming. This time is going much better then the last time I tried freelancing. Last time, I only managed to land one client, and despite my best efforts, that dried up. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underemployed, or Do employees dream of contracting?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Canton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You spend the first six months at a job learning your place, testing your limits and generally meeting what is expected from you. After that, the work-expectation set point has been established, and you have nothing to anticipate besides advancement, quitting or getting fired in a blazing row. There is no challenge, and you go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Momentum : Why the first 6 months at a job are the most important.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Canton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Momentum is a critical part of living and feeling vital, to always know that new opportunities are emerging and that one&#8217;s abilities are being utilized to their utmost. To make the most out of now, so that in the future, more will be available. To never be stagnant, stuck or otherwise without options. Most employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to maintain your Self-Esteem at work</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 16:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Canton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to go to work today&#8221; Do you recognize who said this? You and I, full of this stuff called &#8216;free-will&#8217;, give in to the incessant demands of our jobs simply because they hold over our heads the very stuff of survival, a steady paycheck. As if constantly wrenching our individual will-power in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to use Piles Effectively</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 18:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Canton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by JPKwitter Piles of stuff are a paradox. What appears to the uninitiated as a disorderly mess, to the creator of said pile, is the quickest way to file, categorize and find items, using the intuitive and associative powers of the mind. How can a thing be both an organizational solution and a problem? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Technique for Building Focus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 21:22:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sean Canton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You can do anything you put your mind to.&#8221; Whoever said this never had to deal with irate bosses, cell phones, monthly bills, rss feeds (see right!), e-mail, twitters, advertisements, and other indispensable noises of modern life. Until we evolve blinders to deal with our information overload, we must develop methodologies to cope. Soon, we&#8217;ll [...]]]></description>
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