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	<description>Career &#38; Personal Development for CIOs, Technical Professionals and Self-Professed Geeks</description>
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		<title>What A Load Of Tosh! Do You Buy This?</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>

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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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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>
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		<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>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life Hacks]]></category>

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

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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/&amp;owa_from=feed</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>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Other Stuff]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[essence of it leadership]]></category>

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		<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>
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		<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>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Business Analysis]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Business Analyst]]></category>

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

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		<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/&amp;owa_from=feed</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>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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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>Diary of a Tired CTO</title>
		<link>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/diary-of-a-tired-cto-2/&amp;owa_from=feed</link>
		<comments>http://www.SimonStapleton.com/wordpress/2008/10/03/diary-of-a-tired-cto-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thejendra</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[




Dear Diary
I did the following things this month.
Met fourteen different IT vendors who gave an impressive high impact presentation on how their products and services can guarantee cost effective, cutting edge, optimized, and seamless, business value in tune with our strategic goals.
Rejected three vendors as their presentations were not in line with strategic customer oriented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are The Super Geeks?</title>
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		<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>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
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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/&amp;owa_from=feed</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>
		<dc:creator>simonstapleton</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Life Hacks]]></category>

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

		<category><![CDATA[salary negotiation]]></category>

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		<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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