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	<title>Smooth Harold, The Blog of Blake Snow &#187; communication</title>
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		<title>I haven&#8217;t used instant messager in five years</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 13:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, that&#8217;s not true. But I haven&#8217;t IM&#8217;d more than 5-8 lines of text in the last five years.
Why? I loathe the technology. It&#8217;s so obtrusive. Consequently, I only turn on Skype when I need to make a call. And I haven&#8217;t logged in to Google Chat since 2006.
No, asynchronous email is a better respecter of your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is email dead?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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No. Although no longer a hip technology, I think it will be around for several more decades.
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		<title>Even if you don&#8217;t Twitter, you should search it for real-time reaction</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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I was pretty stoked by the U.S.&#8217;s 2-0 victory over Spain today, which vaulted the unlikely team into the final of the Confederations Cup, a World Cup warmup. In my excitment, I do what I always do: head to Twitter Search (no account required) to start reading immediate reactions from fans. (Google is just too [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Three easy steps to getting your point across</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(April 23, 2005) A message—whether an email, voice-mail, sticky note, or blog post—is just a mini presentation. It&#8217;s a way of conveying information to an audience. To effectively do so, I try to adhere to the following 3 principles.

Be brief. Say what you need to say and nothing more. Keeping it simple will allow your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No, I&#8217;m asking you a question.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Blake</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While on a recent cruise, I played on-board tennis with a Belgian girl and a married couple from South African. It was decided that I would play doubles with the Belgian, upon which she asked, &#8220;Which side would you like to play?&#8221;
I answered her question with a question: &#8220;Which side would you like play?&#8221;
&#8220;No, I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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