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	<title>SimonStapleton.com &#187; Surveys &amp; Opinion</title>
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	<description>The IT Industry's Answer To Indiana Jones</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>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>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Analysis]]></category>

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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>My Comment on &#8216;Business Readiness for the Facebook Generation&#8217; on the Silicon.com CIO Jury</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/15/my-comment-on-business-readiness-for-the-facebook-generation-on-the-siliconcom-cio-jury/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/15/my-comment-on-business-readiness-for-the-facebook-generation-on-the-siliconcom-cio-jury/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[IT Leadership (CIO, CTO, IT Director, Head of IT)]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently invited to join the Silicon.com CIO Jury , and I&#8217;ve had my first opinion posted. In this article, I comment on whether Businesses are ready for Facebook generation.  
Simon
&#169;2008 SimonStapleton.com. All Rights Reserved..]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Inspiring Book I Have Read! Peter Drucker’s ‘The Effective Executive’</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/15/the-most-inspiring-book-i-have-ever-read-peter-druckers-the-effective-executive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/15/the-most-inspiring-book-i-have-ever-read-peter-druckers-the-effective-executive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[The Effective Executive]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am making a bold claim: this book will inspire and surprise you. Originally published in 1966, the book remains essentially the same amazing content, although many examples shared by Drucker are updated.
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (1909-2005) was a prolific writer and management consultant who today is considered to be the father of &#8216;modern management&#8217;. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Inbox, Xobni spelled correctly</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/09/review-inbox-xobni-spelled-correctly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/09/review-inbox-xobni-spelled-correctly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:42:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vikaskanoongo</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Email is no more just another way of communication in this Web2.0 generation. Our dependence on robust email has increased significantly, and every time we open our Outlook, it can sometimes remind us how careless we have been in organizing our emails and contacts. When we deal with 100s of email every day, it often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: Google&#8217;s Chrome To Disrupt the Browser Market, But Will It Disrupt the Enterprise Desktop?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/review-googles-chrome-to-disrupt-the-browser-market-but-will-it-disrupt-the-enterprise-desktop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/03/review-googles-chrome-to-disrupt-the-browser-market-but-will-it-disrupt-the-enterprise-desktop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:57:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[chrome]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Google&#8217;s usual style, there was a bit of a fanfare yesterday (September 2 2008) for the launch of their new &#8216;killer&#8217; browser, Chrome. Google&#8217;s brand and penetration will make it an overnight success and I am confident that it will displace Internet Explorer (further) and Firefox (less so) in the consumer PC market. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of Amazon.com</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/a-review-of-amazoncom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/09/02/a-review-of-amazoncom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 08:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m reviewing Amazon.com in this post&#8230;&#8230; er yes it might seem strange to review a business that almost everyone knows and uses. Having said that, it&#8217;s a great reason to review it.
By the way. This is NOT a Paid Review!
Amazon.com Inc was formed in 1994 and launched in 1995 by Jeff Bezos, out of Seattle, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Review of meetingwave.com</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/27/a-review-of-meetingwavecom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/27/a-review-of-meetingwavecom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
Meetingwave.com is a fast-growing networking site that aims to connect business people (predominantly) offline. It helps you arrange meetings in the flesh with people in the areas you&#8217;ll be visiting. I found this to be an interesting concept, so I thought I&#8217;d review the site for my readers.
This is not a paid review!
Meetingwave.com is an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Penetration of Enterprise Mindmapping Tools &#038; Technology</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/26/the-penetration-of-mindmapping-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/26/the-penetration-of-mindmapping-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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

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		<category><![CDATA[teamwork]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you used mindmapping as a communication tool? Mindmapping is not new (in fact it has been used for centuries), but it is becoming increasingly popular in business as a tool for organizing thoughts and ideas for personal use and more increasingly in teams over the enterprise. What&#8217;s more, the output of mindmapping tools are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money Isn&#8217;t Everything, According to IT Professionals (who responded)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/20/money-isnt-everything-according-to-it-professionals-who-responded/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/20/money-isnt-everything-according-to-it-professionals-who-responded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just read an excellent article, written by Ann All, on the IT Business Edge website that discusses the working environment that IT professionals prefer to work in.
What I like about it is Ann&#8217;s honest view about the conclusion that IT people like to work in a positive, challenging environment. I&#8217;m pleased that IT people see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Behaviors Most Disliked by IT Professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/14/12-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-professionals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/14/12-behaviors-most-disliked-by-it-professionals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Opinion isn&#8217;t one-sided! In response to my recent article on the 11 behaviors most disliked by IT leaders, here are the 12 behaviors most disliked by IT workers of their managers/leaders. This list was created from surveying some of the IT professionals I know and connect with from a number of countries and industries (56 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LinkedIn isn&#8217;t for Lovesick Teenagers</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/13/linkedin-isnt-for-lovesick-teenagers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/13/linkedin-isnt-for-lovesick-teenagers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve just seen this article on CIO.COM which lists the top 10 annoying aspects of social networking, according to PCWORLD.
Number 8 in their list is a comment about LinkedIn being &#8216;uptight&#8217; - the article goes to say:
the whole point of LinkedIn is to put your most professional foot forward, but really, LinkedIn, couldn&#8217;t we loosen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would You Back Your Business on Windows Vista?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/would-you-back-your-business-on-windows-vista/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/08/01/would-you-back-your-business-on-windows-vista/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=177</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if bricklayers worldwide all upgraded their trowels for more ergonomic versions with gold-plated handles, but they weren&#8217;t compatible with some brands of mortar and were slower to use? The economy would slow down further as the brickies couldn&#8217;t complete their work, or on time. Well this is analogous to what Windows Vista could bring, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Prefer to Work with Darkworkers than &#8216;Greyworkers&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/23/why-i-prefer-to-work-with-darkworkers-than-greyworkers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/23/why-i-prefer-to-work-with-darkworkers-than-greyworkers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=139</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lightworkers   and  Darkworkers  are rare(ish) people who are polarized around a deeply ingrained intent. Lightworkers live and breathe to service humankind, whilst Darkworkers live and breathe to serve only themselves. The remainder of people on this earth could be described as Greyworkers, who tend not to know who they serve.
I&#8217;ve written [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is &#8216;Dress for Success&#8217; Still Applicable in Today&#8217;s Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/07/is-dress-for-success-still-applicable-in-todays-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/07/is-dress-for-success-still-applicable-in-todays-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=122</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you Dress for Success? Or are you more shorts and t-shirt than sharp trouser suit?
I was asked to write an article on this subject by one of the young people I coach regularly, as she was confused on the issue of how she should dress for work. She is a believer in Dress for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Reasons Why To Love The IT Industry, and 5 Reasons To Hate It</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/06/5-reasons-why-to-love-the-it-industry-and-5-reasons-to-hate-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/06/5-reasons-why-to-love-the-it-industry-and-5-reasons-to-hate-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Governance]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/?p=121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IT Industry has come along way since its professionals were consigned to the basement floors in the domain of flashing lights and large reel-to-reel tapes. IT is Business. IT is the core of commerce. IT has a seat at the Executive table . So what&#8217;s to like about the industry recently emerged from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Save Time and Energy! (with IT Templates)</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/05/save-time-and-energy-with-it-templates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/05/save-time-and-energy-with-it-templates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:53:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Industrialization of IT and ITIL demands IT Leaders to make processes robust and repeatable, and an essential part of this transformation is ensuring that information is exchanged consistently in the right way using the right forms and templates. 
But so many IT organizations I meet reinvent the wheel - they make their own forms [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shocking Truth of Bypassing Your Boss</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/07/04/the-shocking-truth-of-bypassing-your-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I surveyed a number of Technical Professionals on the subject of going around their boss. The results were surprising.
Going around your boss is generally frowned upon - it&#8217;s ethics are questionable. Ethics and business don&#8217;t always go together, even if you think they should. The truth is, an organization is comprised of humans with their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>White Paper or Sh1te Paper?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/20/white-paper-or-sh1te-paper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of the &#8216;White Papers&#8217; (technical white papers) do you read are quality, informative items, and how many are just marketing crap? In my early career, I found White Papers to be an effective, informative and free way of learning about technology. I used to read a lot of them. Back then (I&#8217;m talking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s this Software as a Service (SaaS) all about? A layman&#8217;s view and implications for Technical Professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/06/19/whats-this-software-as-a-service-saas-all-about-a-laymans-view-and-implications-for-technical-professionals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Many of you might know about Software as a Service (SaaS). It is a growing industry within IT, and based around (what might be to some) a simple concept. That is, software isn&#8217;t owned, but rented; not installed, but accessed; it&#8217;s not paid for upfront, but pay-as-you-go. You could liken it to watching TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Worst Workspaces</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/05/12/10-worst-workspaces/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 10:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just found this interesting post (below) on the valleywag blog, naming the 10 worst workplaces, according to their own research. I don&#8217;t think the research was done scientifically (so read it with a tongue-in-cheek). However, it does raise an interesting subject; does your workspace encourage you to work hard, give 110% and enjoy your work?
Numerous research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Results of survey of Current Concerns of Technical Professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/02/23/results-of-survey-of-current-concerns-of-technical-professionals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/02/23/results-of-survey-of-current-concerns-of-technical-professionals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days late getting this out whilst I compiled the stats, but here is the report on the survey I conducted in Dec 2007 of 200 IT professionals, actuaries, data analysts and other technical professionals. The survey aimed to find out the top 10 concerns of our sector of the workforce. Each respondent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survey: What technical professionals are most worried about</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/02/13/commerce-savvy-survey-what-technical-professionals-are-most-worried-about/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently surveyed over 200 technical professionals where I found that over 60% of respondents are worried about the consequences of the &#8216;credit crunch&#8217; on their jobs. The effect of the current crisis in world markets has created nervousness in technical sectors, particularly that projects could be pulled or whole departments laid off.
Full results of the survey will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Childhood Favorites of Technical Professionals</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/12/18/10-childhood-favorites-of-technical-professionals/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[315 technical professionals were surveyed in November 07 (from IT, Insurance Actuaries, Architects and Civil Engineers) and I discovered the following favorites from their childhood’s (aged 5 – 15).
Favourite Film: Star Wars: A New Hope
Favourite Music: The Muppet Show Album (What? - Simon)
Favourite Book: The BFG by Roald Dahl
Favourite Toy: Lego
Favourite Bicycle: BMX
Favourite Home Computer: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building confidence by Public Speaking</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/10/09/building-confidence-by-public-speaking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the toughest things I have done in my career is to stand in front of an audience and speak. Not just speak but speak without wobbles, losing my place in my rehearsed patter, or sweating profusely. Is this familiar to you?
Presentation skills are a valuable asset. Particularly in the business context where a bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Results on Instant Messaging in Business</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/07/07/results-on-instant-messaging-in-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d floated this question to many of the people I work with. The results (according to this sample set) is unanimous: Yes, but with caveats.
Why?
Here are some of the opinions expressed:
Colin Williams says &#8220;IM is particularly good for situations where the work group is widely distributed but in the same timezone. Its good for that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Instant Messaging have a place in Business?</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2007/05/28/does-instant-messaging-have-a-place-in-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 14:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s you opinion on whether Instant Messaging, i.e. tools like MSN Messenger oy Yahoo! Messenger, have a place in business? Are they inexpensive tools for widespread communication or are they a lure for loafing? Your comments are welcome.
My opinion is that if well controlled and audited, IM is a valuable business tool as it avoids [...]]]></description>
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