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		<title>Do not use gdata-java-api</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2012/03/do-not-use-gdata-java-api/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TL;DR Google offers two libraries for accessing their services, the gdata-api and google api The older one looks more complete, and with a promise to maintain it, it&#8217;s tempting Don&#8217;t give in &#8211; take the time to deal with the newer API A current project of mine involves using Google Docs and automating a workflow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus Followup</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2012/02/focus-followup/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:36:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=115</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a followup to an earlier post on focus, I want to share some of my initial conclusions. Hopefully my experience will encourage others to take the leap towards focus, and I can only hope some managers will read this and ponder what the lack of focus is doing to the productivity of their staff. My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consume, Communicate, Create</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[TL;DR Our lives can be divided into 3 major activities: Consuming, Communicating, and Creating. Only Creating adds value to the world Find ways to do more creating I frequently cite a blog post that describes our lives divided into 3 distinct buckets of activity: consuming, communicating, or creating.[1] Around the same time I read that, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focus</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2011/12/focus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=101</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is a transition point for me: I officially start a new role tomorrow (same company, different division). What&#8217;s key about this  new role is how it fits into my growing awareness of the importance of focus, and how the lack of focus has been a source of stress and unhappiness. I used to describe myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why &#8220;Rails&#8221; is the perfect metaphor</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2011/11/why-rails-is-the-perfect-metaphor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 02:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=91</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen various posts that describe what it means to be &#8220;on rails&#8221; but none that actually address actual physics of it, and why it&#8217;s such a perfect metaphor for what Ruby on Rails is. Why do trains stay on their tracks? Contrary to popular opinion, it&#8217;s not the flanges. If it were the flanges, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Character Compatibility</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2011/07/character-compatibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:44:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=56</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been trying to pin down some thoughts around the frustration, drama, and friction that seems to arise on workplace projects, and I think almost all of it comes down to the character of the people in the project. We&#8217;re often tempted to pin it on impersonal attributes of the project&#8217;s context, but it really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What makes me tick</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2011/06/what-makes-me-tick/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=51</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am motivated by efficiently building quality solutions in a positive team environment. 13 words to sum it all up. If all that happens, it&#8217;s like a perpetual motion machine of success. There are several required elements of a tactical environment to make that happen: Work from home. Without commute times, you don&#8217;t have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pure Mac</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2009/06/pure-mac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=46</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week, I&#8217;m a happy geek: I was able to persuade my boss to buy me a Mac as my new workstation. And although Apple freshened the notebook line in interval between the order being placed and it actually arriving at my house, I&#8217;m very happy with the 17&#8243; MacBook Pro as-is. But the point [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pragmatic Bread</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2009/01/pragmatic-bread/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=38</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to Larry Wall, the first virtue of a programmer is laziness: The quality that makes you go to great effort to reduce overall energy expenditure. It makes you write labor-saving programs that other people will find useful, and document what you wrote so you don&#8217;t have to answer so many questions about it I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Task-focused GTD systems</title>
		<link>http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/2008/12/task-focused-gtd-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:29:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ben</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://greatdanephotos.com/geek/?p=36</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Abstract: A primary disconnect of GTD systems is that they are more interested in the data than the actions.   As an analogy, let&#8217;s pretend you are are tasked with starting a new rocking chair manufacturing company. Would you rather have A pre-designed assembly line that had all the jigs and supplies for the steps [...]]]></description>
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