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		<title>Cancer Research Charity Fundraiser Breaks $1,000 Target!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/20/cancer-research-charity-fundraiser-breaks-1000-target/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/20/cancer-research-charity-fundraiser-breaks-1000-target/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am so pleased to announce that the Cancer Research Charity Fundraiser I began last month has reached it’s target of $1,000! In fact the totalizer is:
$1,055.00 
Thanks so much to everyone has helped raise this money for these charities. The breakdown of the money raised is:

$60.00 from comments 
$88.00 from Diggs and Stumbles 
And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do &#8216;Resume Builders&#8217; Work for Technical People?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/19/do-resume-builders-work-for-technical-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/19/do-resume-builders-work-for-technical-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Writing a great resume is a real challenge for most of us, and to get it near perfect we have to learn from the best. In my article &#8216; 9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers &#8216; I shared with you what I consider to be the best traits of the great resume [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Calculate Rates in a Competitive Market</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/18/how-to-calculate-rates-in-a-competitive-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/18/how-to-calculate-rates-in-a-competitive-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freelancer]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pay &amp; Money]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[freelance rates]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[professional freelancer]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have noticed that SimonStapleton.com has been focusing a lot lately on landing that top job. It&#8217;s no surprise these posts have received a lot of feedback, as in this global economy, landing a well paying job is something that is highly desired. But how do you perceive your worth? Do your perceptions on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Four)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/17/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-four/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/17/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-four/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[360 degree feedback]]></category>

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

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

		<category><![CDATA[personality traits]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If somebody gives you feedback that surprises you, how should you respond? Defensively?&#8230; dismissively?&#8230; aggressively? Of course not. Here&#8217;s how.
In last week&#8217;s installation of this series , I emphasized a key point: Feedback Is A Gift . In order to understand how other people perceive your personality and your behaviors, you need to be told [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Highly Effective Habits of Great Technical Resume Writers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/13/9-highly-effective-habits-of-great-resume-writers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/13/9-highly-effective-habits-of-great-resume-writers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 08:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes a great resume - one which you can&#8217;t put down? A great resume writer, that&#8217;s what. Through my years of IT management and recruiting IT professionals, I&#8217;ve seen countless resumes (in the 1,000s), so what makes me keep on reading some and put the rest aside for later reading?
To compliment my recent focus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Way to Prepare for an Interview? (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/12/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/12/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[interview preparation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Part One of this series we took a look at interview preparation by considering our confidence and nervousness before the event. This time we&#8217;re considering the importance of know what we want to get from an interview and we&#8217;ll also be looking at how we might dress for an interview.
It&#8217;s fair to say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 Powerful Questions To Ask In Your Performance Review</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/11/6-powerful-questions-to-ask-in-your-performance-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/11/6-powerful-questions-to-ask-in-your-performance-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 08:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1034</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Was your last performance review/appraisal enjoyable? Worthwhile? Inspiring? Constructive? It should be all of these things, if done right. But chances are, it wasn&#8217;t. And you won&#8217;t be the only one. I recently surveyed over 800 IT professionals from over 600 companies and discovered that over 70% felt their performance reviews were ineffective. What&#8217;s happening?
As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer Research Fundraiser Totalizer!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/11/cancer-research-fundraiser-totalizer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/11/cancer-research-fundraiser-totalizer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:21:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1053</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Almost a month ago I launched The SimonStapleton.com Cancer Charity Fundraiser . I should have done this before now but I thought you might like to know how much money has been raised so far.
The Current Total is $625.50!
Over $500 has been raised through direct donations to the charities. I am so grateful to everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Three)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/10/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-three/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/10/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1039</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last two weeks we&#8217;ve been looking at your personality, and why it is important as a Leader. In Part One , we considered why consistent behavior according to your personality is crucial so we can practice strong leadership. In Part Two , we then began to consider how our personality can be measured, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As a Freelancer, You&#8217;re At A Disadvantage</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/07/as-a-freelancer-youre-at-a-disadvantage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/07/as-a-freelancer-youre-at-a-disadvantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 10:59:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a freelancer, you are likely to be in a disadvantaged position as far as personal development and feedback goes. Why? Well permanent employees, as a rule, are nurtured by their employers. You don&#8217;t receive the benefit of the development opportunities presented to permies, unless you create them yourself, and out of your own pocket. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is the Best Way to Prepare for an Interview? (Part One)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/06/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/06/what-is-the-best-way-to-prepare-for-an-interview-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 08:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Flunking an Interview is so disheartening.  Not just because we fail to land the job we&#8217;ve banked on getting, but think about all the time and energy we&#8217;ve put into even getting in front of the interview panel, particularly if you&#8217;ve adopted guerrilla tactics and found a job that didn&#8217;t even exist before you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>October Commentator of the Month!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/05/october-commentator-of-the-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/05/october-commentator-of-the-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[commentator of the month]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1008</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Early in August, I asked for your help. I needed a dedicated commentator to beat the talented Chris Mahan (who won in August and September) to the mark of Commentator of the Month, and I would up the ante from the usual $10 to $20. We have a new winner!
 
Enter Mark McClure  (yes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4 &#8216;Unusual&#8217; Technology &#038; Computing Uses</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/05/4-unusual-technology-computing-uses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/05/4-unusual-technology-computing-uses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 08:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=1005</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. A friend just showed me that the Apple iPhone is the most sophisticated spirit-level on the market! Wow! It just goes to show how inventive and innovative we humans can be.
The app I was shown is known as &#8216;A-Level&#8217; and it&#8217;s a spirit-level simulator using the iPhone&#8217;s motion detectors to determine whether it is flat, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Mark McClure&#8217;s IT Career Engineer</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/04/a-review-of-mark-mcclures-it-career-engineer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/04/a-review-of-mark-mcclures-it-career-engineer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if I told you that you could exchange 3 hours of your time and just over 40 bucks for all the IT career guidance you&#8217;ll need to move from pure techie to IT Leader? You&#8217;d think I was nuts, right? Well I wish I had known about Mark McClure&#8217;s IT Career Engineer 12 years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Special Report: Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/special-report-why-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99-and-other-niche-causes-are-great-career-builders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/special-report-why-%e2%80%98green%e2%80%99-and-other-niche-causes-are-great-career-builders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just released a Special Report on the subject of Why ‘Green’ and Other Niche Causes are Great Career Builders . If you&#8217;re an avid reader of this website you&#8217;ll know that I&#8217;ve discussed the opportunities that supporting niche causes, and being seen to do so, is a powerful means of raising your profile and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part Two)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/11/03/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 08:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=958</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I began discussing the subject of Personality , and why it is important to IT leaders. Your personality is your personal brand and it&#8217;s how people, particularly your followers, will expect you to behave. Your behaviors are the root of your leadership style, and consistent behavior is what makes that style predictable by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Facebook, Myspace and LinkedIn Good For Your Reputation?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/are-facebook-myspace-and-linkedin-good-for-your-reputation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/31/are-facebook-myspace-and-linkedin-good-for-your-reputation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[michael cruse]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=946</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Social Networking has become the main game in town for upwardly mobile professionals. It’s standard to find most of your colleagues on LinkedIn, Facebook or Myspace and involve yourself in a social community - groups and activities you share an interest in. Let’s face it, they save you so much time and energy in tracking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Consider Business Readiness as an Afterthought?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/do-you-consider-business-readiness-as-an-afterthought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/30/do-you-consider-business-readiness-as-an-afterthought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 08:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[BPM]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Technical Professional]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[business readiness]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=936</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You wouldn&#8217;t talk to someone who isn&#8217;t paying attention. Nor would you make a movie if you didn&#8217;t know who would watch it. So why do technology projects often deliver to a Business who isn&#8217;t ready to receive?
Business Readiness is a loose term which can mean the Business&#8217;s ability to take on what a project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Winning Reader Entry of the Free Tools Contest Is&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/29/the-winning-reader-entry-of-the-free-tools-contest-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/29/the-winning-reader-entry-of-the-free-tools-contest-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[free software]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[never the same river twice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=934</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks back I shared with you 35 free tools for IT, developers and business, and asked readers what free tools you like and want to share. Since then I&#8217;ve been testing out the entries and I&#8217;ve made my choice.
The winning reader entry is: Maria, who writes for her blog &#8216;Never the Same [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Outsourcing Goes Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/28/when-outsourcing-goes-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/28/when-outsourcing-goes-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=928</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unless you&#8217;ve been living on the moon for 20 years, the subject of outsourcing shouldn&#8217;t be new to you. It isn&#8217;t a new phenomenon but it has grown, as a business practice, to meteroric proportions over the last 10 years. The Indian economy owes much to the practice. And China has been a location of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As A Leader, Your Personality Is Everything (Part One)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/27/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/27/as-a-leader-your-personality-is-everything/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[behavior]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[leader behavior]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[personality traits]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I bet you can&#8217;t guess who this is straight away:
Age 23: lost a job
Age 23: was defeated in bid for state legislature
Age 24: failed in a business venture
Age 25: was elected to legislature

Age 26: sweetheart died
Age 27: experienced several emotional issues
Age 27: was defeated in bid to be speaker of the house
Age 34: was defeated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First eBook Published! The Essence of IT Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/23/my-first-ebook-published-the-essence-of-it-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/23/my-first-ebook-published-the-essence-of-it-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=894</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can announce that my first eBook The Essence of IT Leadership (Volume 1) is now ready for you to download!

To download this eBook, hit the new eBooks page under Essential Reading (or just click here ).
You&#8217;ll need Adobe Reader to read this eBook (you can download Adobe Reader here if you need it )
Comments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forrester Research: High-Impact Innovation for IT Leaders</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/22/forrester-research-high-impact-innovation-for-it-leaders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/22/forrester-research-high-impact-innovation-for-it-leaders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to go to the Forrester Research IT Forum this summer which I thoroughly enjoyed as it crystallized a lot of my thinking and shone a torch on some important issues. My immediate reaction was to look at the Industrialization of IT  , and it&#8217;s impact on the workers  within [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even The Idiots Amongst Us Practice Leadership When&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/even-the-idiots-amongst-us-practice-leadership-when/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/21/even-the-idiots-amongst-us-practice-leadership-when/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re responsible for developing new leaders, or if you&#8217;re an emerging leader yourself, then don&#8217;t forget that what we learn and experience in our &#8216;everyday&#8217; lives act as strong reminders that we&#8217;re all Leaders.
Leadership isn&#8217;t something we tend to switch on and off. It isn&#8217;t something we do exclusively in the workplace either. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Search The Invisible Job Market</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/20/how-to-search-the-invisible-job-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/20/how-to-search-the-invisible-job-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[job hunting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Best jobs aren&#8217;t advertised in the newspaper or on the web. Much like real estate, the best of the bunch are snapped up before they ever hit advertisements. If you scour job ad sites or the back pages of a paper, then you&#8217;re really looking at the jobs the top people don&#8217;t want. You&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SimonStapleton.com Cancer Charity Fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/19/the-simonstapletoncom-cancer-charity-fundraiser/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/19/the-simonstapletoncom-cancer-charity-fundraiser/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 16:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=859</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the worst-hit organizations in an economic downturn are Charities. According to analysis performed by consulting group nfpSynergy, there is a direct correlation between economic output of a country (known as Gross Domestic Product, or GDP) and charity income. 
So until the end of this month November I am going to help Cancer Research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Web-Based Project Management Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/16/ten-web-based-project-management-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/16/ten-web-based-project-management-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Project Manager]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[online project management]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=816</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most organizations use Microsoft Project as a project management tool. Microsoft have enjoyed many years of domination of the corporate project management tool market. Competitors like Clarity have challenged Microsoft, but MS Project remains dominant. And with recent enhancements its users can web-enable it on their intranet. Then add on Microsoft SharePoint and you have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8 Reasons Why Managing Techies Is Like Driving A Car</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/10-reasons-why-managing-techies-is-like-driving-a-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/15/10-reasons-why-managing-techies-is-like-driving-a-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 08:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=807</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was in a deep-thought moment and struck upon this analogy!
Managing Techies is like driving a car because&#8230;

You have to steer it, but you shouldn&#8217;t try to turn the wheels yourself  - techies need direction and guidance, but really don&#8217;t want you to do their job for them, so don&#8217;t attempt it. A common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Career Checklist During The Global Financial Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/your-career-checklist-during-the-global-financial-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/your-career-checklist-during-the-global-financial-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you in need of a confidence boost, or a reassessment of your career path? The Global Financial Crisis is creating turmoil in many industries (e.g. retail, financial services, manufacturing, construction) so we all need to keep our finger on the pulse of employment, the job market and career opportunities.
There are a number of positive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Is This Video Demonstrating?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/what-is-this-video-demonstrating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/what-is-this-video-demonstrating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=776</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The video below is a demo&#8230; of something&#8230; can you guess what it is? Take a look and see how long it takes you!

How long did it take you to guess what the demo was for then? 10 seconds? 30 seconds? 1 minute?
Is this the future, today?
&#169;2008 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved..]]></description>
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		<title>FREE Oracle White Paper: How To Automate Audit Collection and Analysis</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/free-oracle-white-paper-how-to-automate-audit-collection-and-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/14/free-oracle-white-paper-how-to-automate-audit-collection-and-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You might be interested in looking at this FREE White Paper from Oracle on this subject. Their blurb says:
Strengthening internal controls for regulations, enforcing industry best practices, and guarding against insider threats are just a few of the challenges facing organizations in today&#8217;s global economy. While problems such as the insider threat are certainly not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I&#8217;d Like You To Take $10 $20 From Me and Beat Chris Mahan</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/13/how-id-like-you-to-take-10-20-from-me-and-beat-chris-mahan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/13/how-id-like-you-to-take-10-20-from-me-and-beat-chris-mahan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friend
I am increasing the Commentator of the Month bonus for October to $20. Why? Well Chris Mahan has taken the prize for the last two months and quite frankly, I want someone else to win it. This is also in Chris&#8217;s interest, as by helping me this way you&#8217;ll be reducing the impact on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>35 FREE Tools for IT/Developers And Business</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/13/35-free-tools-for-itdevelopers-and-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/13/35-free-tools-for-itdevelopers-and-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 08:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Developer]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[open source]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Source movement continues strongly, and with it comes a greater number of more powerful free tools and applications. After a long week of scouring the web for the best free programs, I&#8217;ve compiles a list below where you will find a great selection of tools and applications for those in the IT/Development and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What A Load Of Tosh! Do You Buy This?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/10/what-a-load-of-tosh-do-you-buy-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/10/what-a-load-of-tosh-do-you-buy-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I was researching a subject when I found something on YouTube. Just take a look at this load of crap (below). I&#8217;ve not seen such self-important, head-in-the-clouds nonsense since watching Oprah. I just don&#8217;t buy this &#8216;Enterprise Architecture Solves World Hunger&#8217; angle at all.
I&#8217;m wearing one of De Bono&#8217;s Black Hats  for this. Maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workaholics Are Not Role Models</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/09/workaholics-are-not-role-models/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/09/workaholics-are-not-role-models/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[productivity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[role model]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[workaholic]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A CEO of a reputed organization once said he has been working more than 90 to 100 hours a week for many years, and jokingly adds he should have done more. And in another reputed car manufacturing company dozens of employees and managers get cash rewards and appreciation certificates for not taking a single day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I AM NOT A PC. Are You?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/08/i-am-not-a-pc-are-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/08/i-am-not-a-pc-are-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this latest Microsoft commercial, everyone is a PC. Hmmmm&#8230; interesting angle. 



But I am standing firm. I am NOT a PC. Here&#8217;s why:

When I upgrade something in my life (like a car), I really upgrade it, not just stick bling on what I had before.
I won&#8217;t be told to upgrade until I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Twitter As A Business Communication Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/07/using-twitter-as-a-business-communication-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/07/using-twitter-as-a-business-communication-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is the &#8216;micro-blogging&#8217; service that has grown to 3m users wordwide in less than 3 years because it provides the simplest social communication platform around. It&#8217;s used by kids, pensioners, young adults, well - everyone. It&#8217;s being used by business as well. Here&#8217;s how.
The beauty of Twitter is that it is simple. You can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Subscribe to my Newsletters to Receive My New eBook</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/07/subscribe-to-my-newsletters-to-receive-my-new-ebook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/07/subscribe-to-my-newsletters-to-receive-my-new-ebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=729</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My new eBook &#8216;The Essence of IT Leadership (Volume 1)&#8217; will be launched next week, which gives readers insights into the essential ingredients of building and leading IT teams. It&#8217;s written of the back of many years of experience and lessons learned from myself and a number of colleagues and friends in the industry, worldwide. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do Business Analysts Measure Their Value?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/06/how-do-business-analysts-measure-their-value/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/06/how-do-business-analysts-measure-their-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 08:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Analysts are the fulcrum that turn an idea, problem or opportunity identified in the business into something that IT can engage with and deliver. So BAs generally deal with work whose inputs are less easily defined and therefore measured. So how do BAs measure their value? 
Take a look at BAs who are working in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September Commentator of the Month!</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/september-commentator-of-the-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/september-commentator-of-the-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[He has done it again! Congratulations to Chris Mahan (http://chrismahan.blogspot.com/ ) for winning ten bucks - he is September commentator of the month! (Retaining his August commentator of the month title too)
Chris, this is now $20 I&#8217;ve awarded you in total. If you&#8217;re spending it on burgers, watch your cholesterol.
&#169;2008 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved..]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are The Super Geeks?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/02/who-are-the-super-geeks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/02/who-are-the-super-geeks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last quarter century has seen the rise of the Super Geek. This recent CIO.com article features 11 Super Geeks that have transformed society by disruptive technologies. This collection of individuals, if together, might be confused with the cantina in Star Wars, but their combined wealth is a hundred squillion dollars (roughly). Who are they?

Alan Kay - [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Do Better Than These Seven Ways To Negotiate Salary?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/01/can-you-do-better-than-these-seven-ways-to-negotiate-salary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/01/can-you-do-better-than-these-seven-ways-to-negotiate-salary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=748</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you considering moving job? Is your current job at risk? I can share with you Six Expert Tips for negotiating your salary, should you need them. But once you have read them, can you do any better? Then let us know.
1. Fully grasp what you want, and what you don&#8217;t want. Make sure you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Were Businesses Ready for Web2.0?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/30/were-businesses-ready-for-web20/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/30/were-businesses-ready-for-web20/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My Grandmother might not know it, but Web2.0 has created a social revolution. It has changed the way people interact, network, learn and organize forever more. But were businesses ready for it?
I recently contributed to the &#8216;Silicon.com CIO Jury &#8216; who asked whether organizations were ready for the Facebook generation , and it seems that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Punch Above Your Weight! Drop Some Business Steroids - Get Your CIO Career Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/punch-above-your-weight-get-your-cio-career-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/26/punch-above-your-weight-get-your-cio-career-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Career Development]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=706</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CIOs don&#8217;t become c-level through luck - so why put your career to chance?
Silicon.com have just run this story to highlight the important of having a career plan. CIOs don&#8217;t let their career become a game of wait-and-see, but they actively plan for it. But many people don&#8217;t do this, but instead meander their way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Decide If A Book&#8217;s Worth Opening, in 90 Seconds</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/how-to-decide-if-a-books-worth-opening-in-90-seconds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/how-to-decide-if-a-books-worth-opening-in-90-seconds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[#$%% INFORMATION OVERLOAD !!)&#62;%%  If you&#8217;re anything like me, you&#8217;ve got far too much to read and not enough time to read it. Papers, emails, forms, magazines, books, websites and blogs. Loads of stuff to read. It&#8217;s always helpful to have a way of sorting the wheat from the chaffe!
Merlin Mann on his blog 43folders.com [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Projects Are About People, Not Technology (According To Elizabeth Harrin)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/projects-are-about-people-not-technology-according-to-elizabeth-harrin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/25/projects-are-about-people-not-technology-according-to-elizabeth-harrin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post on her blog, Elizabeth Harrin shares with us some research from Forrester which (in her words) reminds us that projects are about people, not technology. 
Elizabeth Harrin is a blogger (a girl&#8217;s guide to project management) who won the ComputerWeekly 2008 IT Blog Awards in the Project Management category. Her post [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seven Ways to Look Busier and Keep the Axe from Falling On Your Head</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/24/seven-ways-to-look-busier-and-keep-the-axe-from-falling-on-your-head/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/24/seven-ways-to-look-busier-and-keep-the-axe-from-falling-on-your-head/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us are nervous about the future - are there job cuts around the corner? Well here are seven ways to appear busier! Don&#8217;t be at the top of the list of people in for the chop.

Roll your sleeves up. And I mean this literally. Sleeves rolled up sends a message that ‘I am busy working’. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will You Get One Of These Tiny Keyboards?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/will-you-get-one-of-these-tiny-keyboards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/will-you-get-one-of-these-tiny-keyboards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:44:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=658</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out this tiny keyboard featured on Gizmodo . Smaller than the size of your hand, and it connects up to your PC via USB. How sweet. But what&#8217;s the point in it?
 It&#8217;s a little bit smaller than most laptop keyboards, but then laptops come with keyboards so no use there. I doubt many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Successfully Articulate the Meaning of Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/how-to-successfully-articulate-the-meaning-of-technology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/23/how-to-successfully-articulate-the-meaning-of-technology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 08:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most difficult tasks as a Technical Professional is helping non-technical people to understand technical subjects. Do you struggle to get your point across sometimes? Probably, Yes. Is in an art form? Yes I think it is. So is there an approach which can help us? Yes, and I will share it with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Credit Crunch: Two Great Tips On Preparing For The Elbow</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/22/two-great-tips-on-preparing-for-the-elbow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/22/two-great-tips-on-preparing-for-the-elbow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:02:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No amount of preparation is too much preparation if your short-term employment prospects look bleak - there&#8217;s a big buzz on the &#8216;doom ahead&#8217; in the blogosphere and here is a link to a post on Mark McClure&#8217;s website markmccluretoday.com I thought I&#8217;d share.
This post can be used as a sort of &#8216;blog carnival&#8217; for the [...]]]></description>
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