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	<title>The Gen Y Blog : Redesigning the Workforce</title>
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		<title>Advice for First-Time Managers</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2012/05/21/advice-for-first-time-managers-from-first-time-managers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2012/05/21/advice-for-first-time-managers-from-first-time-managers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 14:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Advice for First-Time Managers, From First-Time Managers There’s often a period of uncertainty and confusion that comes with a promotion, especially when that promotion means also having to manage a new team of people. If you’re a first-time manager, you may feel a little uneasy about the fact that you’re now responsible for the growth and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Gen Y Email Signature</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/08/31/the-gen-y-email-signature/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/08/31/the-gen-y-email-signature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Technologies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While email is so Gen X the fact remains that we all&#8211;Gen Y included&#8211;still use, and will continue to use for the foreseeable future, email as our main method of electronic communication. Knowing this, how does one&#8211;specifically Millennials&#8217;&#8211;personalize their email signature? Everyone knows how Gen X&#8217;ers use email signatures. You know, name, title&#8211;usually very large [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media: Are we sharing too much?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/08/07/social-media-are-we-sharing-too-much/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/08/07/social-media-are-we-sharing-too-much/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thegenyblog.com/?p=1237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Those of us that proudly proclaim we are children of the Y generation know; sharing information about ourselves is about as second nature as driving a car (although many Millennials now ride bike&#8230;at least here in Portland). We tell the world where we are going, where we are at, and where we were. We tell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Multitaskers Really More Productive?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/06/08/are-multitaskers-really-more-productive/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/06/08/are-multitaskers-really-more-productive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Experiments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Things Done]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Task Management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I often hear—especially from the Gen Y crowd—that “I am a multitasker” and therefore more productive than those that are not. At face value that makes sense. Someone that can do more than one task at the same time should be able to complete more tasks in less time. Seems logical and even mathematically correct, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stop Sending Fucking Image Email Signatures!</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/05/23/stop-sending-fucking-image-email-signatures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/05/23/stop-sending-fucking-image-email-signatures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 20:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Writing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I receive a lot of email each day. I like to think it’s because I’m important, but the reality is the important people receive less email since they have other people filtering the messages before it hits their inbox. The problem I have—other than the fact I do not have a lackey filtering my messages—is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learn to write succinctly to enhance communication skills</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/05/17/learn-to-write-succinctly-to-enhance-communication-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/05/17/learn-to-write-succinctly-to-enhance-communication-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 16:13:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Writing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1179</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people have a difficult time being able to summarize their thoughts into a clear, simple sentence that is both coherent and succinct. It is in our nature to expand a single sentence into three sentences. Why? It’s not because we are all novelists or poets writing 10 descriptive words about a single flower without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Businesses Still Need to Employ IT Professionals?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/05/07/do-businesses-still-need-to-employ-it-professionals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/05/07/do-businesses-still-need-to-employ-it-professionals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 20:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enterprise Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IT Professionals: Necessary Evil, or Expendable Resource? A question more and more executives are asking is whether IT professionals are resolving issues for users or creating them by toying with the system that inadvertently ensures job security. Having worked with IT professionals at various companies and firms, I can tell you I have seen the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feed the Ever Growing Ego of Tim Ferriss: What’s in it for Tim Ferriss?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/04/16/feed-the-ever-growing-ego-of-tim-ferriss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/04/16/feed-the-ever-growing-ego-of-tim-ferriss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Hacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rants]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1158</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have made it very clear on this site about my conflicted feelings toward Tim and his holier-than-thou attitude. It is almost a love/hate relationship; on one hand I admire his “life hacking” abilities and on the other I find it abhorrent for his complete lack of shame. Recently, I caught wind of a “high-end” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Militant Skateboarders and House Musings</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/04/11/militant-skateboarders-and-house-musings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/04/11/militant-skateboarders-and-house-musings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:40:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I know it has been a long time since my last post, but a lot has been going on. From some skateboarding, militant jerk taking out my driver-side mirror with a metal pipeto simultaneously selling our home and buying a new home, the past month and a half has been exhausting. In any event, between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook: Restate My Assumptions</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/01/26/facebook-restate-my-assumptions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/01/26/facebook-restate-my-assumptions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Experiments]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I created an account and selected a few people to “friend.” Two I keep in close contact with and one that I haven’t spoken to in some time. Why so little? Well, one could insert the joke that their amazed I have any friends, but I am choosing to do it this way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I’m Not Like Everybody Else</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/01/21/i%e2%80%99m-not-like-everybody-else/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/01/21/i%e2%80%99m-not-like-everybody-else/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 20:25:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1120</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Kinks: one of my all-time favorite bands. So many great songs, I simply cannot choose just one, but a timeless classic most certainly is “I’m not like everybody else.” The title alone conjures up so much emotion that one has difficulty deciphering what it truly means to them and their individuality. Of course, anyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Ferriss: Selling a Bill of Goods. When Will We Learn?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/01/13/tim-ferriss-selling-a-bill-of-goods-when-will-we-learn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2011/01/13/tim-ferriss-selling-a-bill-of-goods-when-will-we-learn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 02:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Experiments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marketing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1116</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have long wanted to like Tim Ferris. I have tried time and time again to give him the benefit of the doubt. In some respect, I admire his complete lack shame, but as a recent New York Times article put it, “Mr. Ferris is the ultimate self-promoter.” Tim has a way of attempting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Generation Misunderstood</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/29/a-generation-misunderstood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/29/a-generation-misunderstood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Generation Y has to be the most misunderstood generation in recent history, at least within the last four generations. Not just from an affinity toward technology, but the manner in which they work and the means in which they communicate. The greatest of these misunderstandings is the perception of work ethic. Previous generations feel Millennials [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Millennials Computer</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/28/macbook-air-a-millennials-computer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/28/macbook-air-a-millennials-computer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Remote Office]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Simplicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Generation Y]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1097</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My proclivities toward only purchasing Apple equipment aside, the MacBook Air screams Gen Y. Ignoring the fact that studies show Millennials have a greater tendency to remain brand loyal and are therefore willing to pay more for products they feel are ecofriendly and sensible, the MacBook Air is essentially built to meet their discrete requirements. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Numbers Don’t Lie; Researchers Do.</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/24/numbers-don%e2%80%99t-lie-researchers-do/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/24/numbers-don%e2%80%99t-lie-researchers-do/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metrics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1094</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have all heard the expression that numbers lie, especially when being applied to statistics. I beg to differ. The quality of the statistics is only as good as the researcher collecting and processing the data. The key to accurate statistics is asking the right questions and then applying proper correlation techniques. Case in point. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Am I The Only One Not On Facebook?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/20/am-i-the-only-one-not-on-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/20/am-i-the-only-one-not-on-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Nov 2010 01:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Observations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Technologies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With all of the social technologies available to us today, Facebook has to be the most frequently used. Young and old use Facebook as a means to connect with old friends, forgotten classmates, and strangers that share common interests. It makes my skin crawl just thinking about it. Like grease on my fingers, I can’t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimal Number of Monitors to Increase Productivity?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/19/optimal-number-of-monitors-to-increase-productivity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/19/optimal-number-of-monitors-to-increase-productivity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Experiments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting Things Done]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I explained how one of my monitors temporarily went belly-up. Up until that point, I was running a 3-monitor setup using Apple Cinema Displays. My rationale for having a triple-monitor setup was simple; boost productivity. I felt I was more productive. I was wrong. While I was repairing one of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Cinema Display: Short, Long, Short Light Indication</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/19/apple-cinema-display-short-long-short-light-indication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/11/19/apple-cinema-display-short-long-short-light-indication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 19:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Short post, but I thought I would share nevertheless. I recently had an issue with one of my Apple Cinema displays where the screen would not turn on, but the power indicator would show three distinctive light indications; short duration, long duration, short duration. Many thought their monitor was hosed, but I didn’t give up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>They Killed My Car</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/10/24/they-killed-my-car/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/10/24/they-killed-my-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 23:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well&#8230; where do I start&#8230; I take pride in keeping my possessions in tip-top shape, but there is little one can do when someone else slams into the side of ones car in an attempt to cross two lanes of traffic to avoid getting on the freeway. That&#8217;s what happened to me. The kid seemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Streamline Your Business Systems</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/10/23/streamline-your-business-systems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Oct 2010 05:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1002</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few months I have been looking to streamline my business to the absolute necessities. I set out to accomplish two primary goals: (1) reduce expenses and (2) reduce administrative overhead, both constraints must be accomplished or I will not proceed with a given process redesign. My lofty goal; operate on a budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Dude Abides</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/10/22/the-dude-abides/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/10/22/the-dude-abides/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 03:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1023</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you have noted through emails, the blog has been somewhat quiet over the last month. All I can say is; the dude abides. Having been caught up in numerous projects and seemingly endless mundane tasks that would probably satisfy that sense of normality that any sane person so eagerly strives for, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disconnected</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/10/17/disconnected/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:57:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently reading an article over at LifeHacker about the real/perceived benefits of moving to a simplified lifestyle. Rarely do I make my way through the comments as frankly, I am not interested in what most readers have to write, however one of the very first comments got my attention. Not for its wittiness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cybersecurity: Growing Like Topsy! &#8211; Repost</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/10/08/cybersecurity-growing-like-topsy-repost/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/10/08/cybersecurity-growing-like-topsy-repost/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 07:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=1011</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During my undergraduate years I was fortunate enough to meet some incredibly smart professors, and in some cases lucky enough to take some of their courses. Dr. Richard Bloom is by far one the smartest, most well-informed people I know. Dr. Bloom’s professional experience includes service with the U.S. government as an intelligence operations manager, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change: For Better or Worse</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/24/change-for-better-or-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/24/change-for-better-or-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=971</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most know, and understand that people are adverse to change. This aversion not only applies to negative change, but positive change as well. It is safe to say that moving from positive to a negative is not a pleasant experience, thus the apprehension toward the change action is reasonable and therefore logical, but what if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analytical Approach to RSS Efficiency</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/19/analytical-approach-to-rss-efficiency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/19/analytical-approach-to-rss-efficiency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=974</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being an avid news hound, I subscribe to a lot of news sites and blogs. I do keep tabs on how many newsfeeds I subscribe to, but in general, I have about 20 at any given time. Everything from LifeHacker to The Wall Street Journal, in essence I try to keep an eclectic and broad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who Are You: Friend or Foe?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/17/who-are-you-friend-or-foe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/17/who-are-you-friend-or-foe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2010 04:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have spent a lot of time discussing social media technologies such as twitter. This is due in large part to not only its popularity, but because of its influence over the way in which we communicate. So much so, that some experts suggest—this author included—that twitter has the potential to replace more conventional means [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generation Y: Actions and Consequences</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/14/generation-y-actions-and-consequences/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/14/generation-y-actions-and-consequences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without going into all the differences that make Generation Y one of the most unique generations to come in recent time, there are some very “real” consequences their actions, methods and way of thinking pertaining to the workplace. For starters, the whole concept that we are all winners is stupid, and it is even more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Honor of 9/11 &#8211; There Will be No Posts &#8211; Never Forget</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/11/in-honor-of-911-there-will-be-no-posts-never-forget/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/11/in-honor-of-911-there-will-be-no-posts-never-forget/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Sep 2010 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned.  When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.  ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935 I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Task Management: Do We Complicate the Task at Hand?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/09/task-management-do-we-complicate-the-task-at-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/09/task-management-do-we-complicate-the-task-at-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=866</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I have written about before, there are a number of task management applications available for just about every platform imaginable. Of course, the simplest form being pen and paper. This is not a bad solution for many and sometimes the most logical way to go. However, even with the pen and paper method, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Living: Is It Realistic These Days?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/08/simple-living-is-it-realistic-these-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/08/simple-living-is-it-realistic-these-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the “new-fangled” suggested ways of life circling the Internet and bookstores near you is the promise of a simpler way of life. That we—as a society—have been brainwashed into thinking we need more than what we actually do. While this premise holds some water, it is nothing new; it can be likened to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proactive vs Problems: Business Logic</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/05/generation-y-communication-styles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/05/generation-y-communication-styles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=715</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the more recent buzzwords being thrown around the office by managers and executives alike is “proactive.” So, what does it mean to be proactive? If one were to consult Dictionary.com, it is defined as serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation. There in lies the problem, how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Writing and Twitter: Is Writing Style Changing for the Better?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/02/business-writing-and-twitter-is-writing-style-changing-for-the-better/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/09/02/business-writing-and-twitter-is-writing-style-changing-for-the-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a post not too long ago, I discussed Twitter and how I feel social media outlets such as Twitter is changing the way we communicate and write, and not for the better. I have changed my hypothesis and admit I was wrong. Allow me to explain. Twitter—for better or worse—limits the amount characters one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generation Y: Time versus Money</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/29/generation-entering-the-workforce-with-an-attitude/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/29/generation-entering-the-workforce-with-an-attitude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 20:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While the specific date range of how to classify Generation Y seems to be problematic, most acknowledge members of Generation Y were born sometime between 1978 and 1982. This is critical to understanding the progression of generations. Generation Y grew up with computers, cell phones and with parents congratulating them for simply showing up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Host Your Own Media, Or Outsource It: Vimeo or YouTube?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/28/host-your-own-media-or-outsource-it-vimeo-or-youtube/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/28/host-your-own-media-or-outsource-it-vimeo-or-youtube/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 06:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=633</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been on a recent kick of outsourcing most of the tasks and systems that originally resided in-house. For example, my recent articles on the benefits of Evernote and Dropbox. Well, this mantra has now carried over to media as well. I still keep my iTunes music, financials, copies of my business and personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiment: Going Digital – Giving up Pen and Paper for a Week: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/26/experiment-going-digital-%e2%80%93-giving-up-pen-and-paper-for-a-week-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/26/experiment-going-digital-%e2%80%93-giving-up-pen-and-paper-for-a-week-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, it has been a little over a week, and its time I present my findings. First and foremost, for someone such as myself that enjoys both the digital world and conventional methods of workflow, I found it very difficult to abandon old habits. Once I got over this hurtle—about three days into the experiment—I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WordPress Caching: Best Caching Solution</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/25/wordpress-caching-best-caching-solution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/25/wordpress-caching-best-caching-solution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:58:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I must admit that there was a time in my life that I enjoyed tweaking systems and “playing” around with different settings to see (a) what would happen and (b) how I could improve performance. Well, that time has pasted and I now simply want things to work out of the box with little to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 7 Dos and Don’ts of Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/22/top-7-dos-and-don%e2%80%99ts-of-twitter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/22/top-7-dos-and-don%e2%80%99ts-of-twitter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this months edition of Entrepreneur Magazine, they listed out some dos and don’ts pertaining to communication on twitter. Some of it is common sense type stuff, but some business-savvy small business owners may not fully understand these principles, especially if they are not part of the Y Generation.  Below is a recap of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Spot an Unethical IT Firm</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/17/how-to-spot-an-unethical-it-firm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I wrote an article about fast money versus building lasting, meaningful vendor relationships with a client. I further explained how the technology industry is rampant with fast money firms second to mechanics. This all fine and good, but I have been asked readers on how do you spot an unethical IT firm? How does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple’s Magic Trackpad: An Accurate, Time Tested Review</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/13/apple%e2%80%99s-magic-trackpad-an-accurate-time-tested-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/13/apple%e2%80%99s-magic-trackpad-an-accurate-time-tested-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:13:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course, the new mouse by Apple&#8211;Magic Trackpad&#8211;was released a few weeks ago and to much fanfare, has widely been getting good reviews. I purchased it the day it was released; not so much for testing purposes, but to find a decent alternative to an ordinary mouse. First, being on the computer as much as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generation Y: How They Are Not Like Everybody Else: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/12/generation-y-how-they-are-not-like-everybody-else-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/12/generation-y-how-they-are-not-like-everybody-else-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a study conducted by Angela Williams (2007), she found that one of biggest generational differences in the workforce—not just Gen X, but between all generations—is their differing attitudes toward authority. Generally speaking, employees within the workplace have but three choices when dealing with authority or traditional viewpoints: (1) accepting, (2) questioning, or (3) rebelling. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experiment: Going Digital &#8211; Giving up Pen and Paper for a Week</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/12/experiment-going-digital-giving-up-pen-and-paper-for-a-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/12/experiment-going-digital-giving-up-pen-and-paper-for-a-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 19:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have decided to see if&#8211;at least for me&#8211;it is possible to go an entire week without taking a single note via the conventional means of pen and paper. I am one that has always kept two systems; (1) pen and paper for random thoughts and notes, and (2) digital means such as tasks lists, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fast Money and Building Long Term Business Relationships</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/10/fast-money-and-building-long-term-business-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/10/fast-money-and-building-long-term-business-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It sounds like a no-brainer that businesses should always focus their efforts on preservation of clients—much like employees—versus a short-term reward, however this is sometimes difficult for businesses to comprehend. Substantiation is everywhere; think of businesses in and around your area that you no longer patron. Now think why you no longer do business with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customers: Easy To Lose, Difficult To Attain or Maintain</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/09/customers-easy-to-lose-difficult-to-attain-or-maintain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/09/customers-easy-to-lose-difficult-to-attain-or-maintain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, a friend and I went to a concert in Auburn, Washington, specifically we went to see the band Rush playing at the White River Amphitheater. We made this a day trip as Portland, Oregon, is only a 170 miles away from Seattle. Leaving Portland at around noon, we made it to Seattle [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Mistakes: How To Lose Customers In The Food Service Industry</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/06/business-mistakes-how-to-lose-customers-in-the-food-service-industry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/06/business-mistakes-how-to-lose-customers-in-the-food-service-industry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 21:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a volatile economy such as our current state, businesses must be wary of losing or alienating customers. Even regular, loyal customers will or can bend only so much. If your company is in the food service industry, you’re being hit hard as once loyal customers are no longer eating out, and when they do, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business and Start-up Advice: Jason Fried</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/04/small-business-and-start-up-advice-jason-fried/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/04/small-business-and-start-up-advice-jason-fried/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 22:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a short blog post, but being a 37Signals fan, and a fan of author/entrepreneur/programmer/web designer, Jason Fried, I felt it warranted a short blurb. One of the biggest hurdles facing small businesses&#8211;especially in this economy&#8211;is the ability to adapt to the new environment. Meaning, the spending days of the early to mid 2000s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Evernote: Great Research Application</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/03/evernote-great-research-application/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I have an affinity for Evernote. It is one of those applications that I simply cannot live without (check back soon to see a complete list of applications I cannot live with out). Whether I am on my iPad, iPhone, or one of my many various Mac machines, Evernote looks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Apple: Guerrilla Marketing at its Finest</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/08/02/apple-guerrilla-marketing-at-its-finest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple has quite the marketing strategy. Besides having a devoted following, which is difficult to obtain&#8211;much like trust, hard to obtain, easy to lose&#8211;Apple has beat the odds by having one of the best marketing and most influential frontman of our time; Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs aside, Apple’s entire marketing scheme should be one that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Safari 5.0.1 Extensions: Why Apple?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/07/30/safari-5-0-1-extensions-why-apple/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/07/30/safari-5-0-1-extensions-why-apple/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the recent release of Safari 5.0.1, the main enhancement&#8211;if you want to call it that&#8211;is the ability for Safari to support extensions. This pains me to no end, and I’m frankly frighten of things to come. It seems that Apple&#8211;the trendsetters of trendsetters&#8211;have started down the slippery slope of Mozilla Firefox. Once a staunch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Different, Not Better</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/07/29/be-different-not-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the world of business, especially startups, it is far more important to be different than better. Why? People don’t trust you&#8230;yet. Just starting out your initial client base most likely will be small. So small that word of mouth hasn’t traveled very far or wide. Sure, you could spend large sums of money on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Email Attachments are Dead: Welcome Dropbox!</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/07/27/email-attachments-are-dead-welcome-dropbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I may be late to the game again, but I look at it this way. I cannot, and do not recommend software or services that I do not personally test first. Furthermore, I put said services and applications through the paces making sure I have a firm understanding of how they work, what they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Status Quo: What it Really Means</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/07/27/status-quo-what-it-really-means/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have heard people use Status Quo so much in the last few years that I am beginning to equate it to a food one has so much of, they simply cannot eat again&#8230; at least for a few years anyway. As of late, politicians have been using this word ad nauseum, thereby diminishing any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Embrace the Cloud!</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/07/22/embrace-the-cloud/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently wrote an article explaining why I transitioned from OmniFocus to Things. Well&#8230; After much thought, and some frustration, I have decided to move to a cloud based system. Now, I know what you’re thinking; how could someone such as myself embrace something that I have little control over? Easy, ease of use. I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Apple: What Makes Them So Special?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/06/24/the-power-of-apple-what-makes-them-so-special/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read an article outlining the top ten lessons to be learned from the monarch of marketing and technology, Apple. Without regurgitating the entire article, I found three interesting points that all small businesses can stand to learn from. Yes, there are many more lessons to be learned from Apple, not the least of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Applied Research: The First Step in Starting a Business in an Unknown Field</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/06/11/applied-research-the-first-step-in-starting-a-business-in-an-unknown-field/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I was asked what is the best process for starting a business in a field that one has little to no experience in? Now, logic would dictate why on earth would anyone want to start a business in a field they know little about, but the truth is, this happens all the time. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Business Civility</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/06/07/the-art-of-business-civility/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/06/07/the-art-of-business-civility/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a day where athletes pump their fists in explosions of anger or joy, it seems the days of holding oneself in a dignified and classy manner are gone; we have raised a culture of immature adults at best, crybabies at worst. No, I am not going to write about professional athletes, rather business conversations. I recently ran into an old business associate that I hadn’t seen in years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Tweet or Not to Tweet</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/06/05/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/06/05/to-tweet-or-not-to-tweet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 17:13:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the June 2010 edition of Entrepreneur magazine, two rather influential people in business sound off about the benefits or lack thereof Twitter in terms of its use as a business tool. On one side there is Mark Frauenfelder, founder of the popular boingboing blog and on the other, author of Linchpin and marketing guru Seth Godin. Both make very salient points [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebel Without a Cause</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/05/31/rebel-without-a-cause/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/05/31/rebel-without-a-cause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I certainly do not condone the habitual drug and alcohol abuse that seemed to plague Dennis Hopper much of his life, but I also understand that some souls are troubled, wild, and simply have little to no self-control. These types of personalities are impossible to control, reckless with their life, and in many cases others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Devising a Problem Statement</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/05/31/devising-a-correct-problem-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 18:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Constructing a Proper Problem Statement All dissertations begin with a problem. Something the researcher sees as a potential problem and testing and evaluating his or her concept of the problem. In the simplest form, a proper problem statement can be broken down into four specific questions: 1: What is the problem in one sentence. 2: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature vs. Nurture: Are Entrepreneurs Born or Made?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/27/nature-vs-nurture-are-entrepreneurs-born-or-made/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/27/nature-vs-nurture-are-entrepreneurs-born-or-made/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the much-heated debate on whether the entrepreneurial spirit is something someone is born with or more of a learned trait; many scholars, academics, business gurus, executives, and scientists all have differing responses. In fact, it seems as though it comes down to simple opinion. So, I will weigh in with my own opinion on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perils of Multitasking</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/23/perils-of-multitasking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/23/perils-of-multitasking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have all been there, having too much to do and attempting to bend time to accomplish all the tasks. In this futile attempt of completing an unrealistic amount of work in a given time period, we begin performing tasks simultaneously of one another. Technology is the leading culprit behind such processes and while technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Dumped OmniFocus for Things</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/18/why-i-dumped-omnifocus-for-things/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/18/why-i-dumped-omnifocus-for-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 19:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=341</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a post a few months back, I proclaimed my admiration for a program called OmniFocus. OmniFocus is a “getting things done” type application for the Mac platform developed by the great people at Omni Group, based out of Seattle, Washington. My decision to make the switch wasn’t an easy one, for starters, I really [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Networking: Wise Up People</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/09/social-networking-wise-up-people/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/09/social-networking-wise-up-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 16:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When generation Y first hit the stage with social networking applications such as MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter, I truly believe they didn’t know the way in which their applications would be used. Initial brief blurbs about ones life, have turned into the proverbially spilling of guts and the downloading of emotional baggage. Users from all walks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rationale for buying the lowest-end iPad</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/08/rationale-for-buying-the-lowest-end-ipad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/04/08/rationale-for-buying-the-lowest-end-ipad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing that has always astonished me, wether it be with the new iPad or with iPhones and iPods is that people are willing to spend extra money for a little bit of additional storage space. How much music do you have? I have over 60GB of music. How many videos do you have? I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Renew Self Signed SSL Certificates</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/03/10/renew-self-signed-ssl-certificates/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/03/10/renew-self-signed-ssl-certificates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our technical consulting group recently received a call from one of our clients&#8217; IT department reporting users were unable to connect to an internally hosted Exchange 2007 server from Outlook 2007 utilizing RPC over HTTPS, however, OWA (Outlook Web Access) was working and behaving normally. One of the first steps our consulting group performs is research and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Goodness of Fit</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/02/10/goodness-of-fit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/02/10/goodness-of-fit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many times, qualitative researchers fail to properly understand the principle, “Goodness of Fit” as it pertains to their research question. Obviously, all research must start with a problem statement, but how does one confirm the “rightness” of the problem statement? A useful step in confirming this is to respond critically to questions about the logic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Power of Diminishing Returns</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/02/03/understand-the-power-of-diminishing-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/02/03/understand-the-power-of-diminishing-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:31:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=280</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Understanding the power of diminishing returns is critical not only in finance, but in life, business, and client negotiations. Mostly regarded as a financial term, this principle is easily applied across all sectors of business and even in personal relationships. Put simply, additional increases in something such as profits, time, benefits, etc… do not rise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tim Ferriss: Trial by Fire</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/01/21/tim-ferriss-trial-by-fire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/01/21/tim-ferriss-trial-by-fire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 05:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am reposting this video of Trial by Fire by Tim Ferriss as it provides some great insight on how to deconstruct even the most complicated of tasks into smaller, more manageable tasks. This is life hacking at its finest. Furthermore, since this video was a pilot episode and only ran once on TV, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Trim IT Costs</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/01/20/how-to-trim-it-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/01/20/how-to-trim-it-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:52:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.vertigogroup.com/blog/?p=236</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When company IT departments are running as lean as possible and determined staff are fighting for each and every sale, it&#8217;s a wonder how businesses keep up. In these economic times, organizations are looking for ways to remain lean, trim costs, while providing superior customer service. One of the higher costs in any organization is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Empowered Employees&#8217; or Upset Customer</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/01/17/empowered-employees-or-upset-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2010/01/17/empowered-employees-or-upset-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that have always struck me as being odd is company policy. Even more odd is the fact that companies instruct employees to regurgitate company policy often in times of trouble (much like a safe word) especially with a distraught or disgruntled customer. If a customer is already unhappy enough to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 5 Must Have Productivity Applications for the Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/11/20/top-5-must-have-productivity-applications-for-the-mac/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/11/20/top-5-must-have-productivity-applications-for-the-mac/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I work off of two primary systems; (1) My desktop which is a Mac Pro Quad with 12GB of RAM and three Apple Cinema displays, and (2) My laptop which is the latest generation MacBook Pro 15 with 4GB of RAM. It is critical that I not only work as effectively and efficiently as possible, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Billing Department?</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/11/19/what-billing-department/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/11/19/what-billing-department/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love making online purchases. Compulsion aside, ecommerce is a convenient, efficient, and highly enjoyable act. Think of something I desire or need (usually one in the same for me), do a little research about said product or service, maneuver mouse into position, precisely navigate the hidden X and Y coordinates, enter payment method of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Incorrect Received Date</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/10/25/snow-leopard-incorrect-received-date/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/10/25/snow-leopard-incorrect-received-date/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, we upgraded one of our internal Mac servers from 10.5.8 to Snow Leopard. While on the surface, this upgrade seemed to have successfully completed, users started experiencing strange issues with mail items; specifically, with the Apple Mail client and messages showing a received date of 11/26/2020. Our stellar IT staff investigated this, and determined [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simplified Task Management</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/10/12/simplified-task-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One great advantage of being a partner in any organization is that you have some say in how the organization is structured and in my particular case, the network, operating equipment/architecture and infrastructure. I was adamant that we as an organization embrace alternative operating platforms; specifically, building out an infrastructure around the Apple platform. From [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Facts, Theories, &amp; Concepts</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/09/20/facts-and-theories-concepts-and-variables/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/09/20/facts-and-theories-concepts-and-variables/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Propositions are statements concerned with the relationships among concepts. They explain the logical linkage between specific concepts by asserting a global connection between concepts, whereas hypotheses are an unproven or untested proposition that explains certain facts or phenomena: essentially a proposition that is empirically testable. To put it more simply, a proposition is no more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Network Effect: Marketing Implications</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/09/13/the-network-effect-marking-implications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Network effect is the phenomenon whereby a service or product becomes more valuable as more people use it, thereby encouraging ever-increasing numbers of adopters. A good example of this would be Microsoft’s Office product that shows how useful it is to use the same product used by many other people. The returns achieved through increasing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Case Study: MySQL/DB2</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/09/12/real-world-case-study-of-ibm-db2-for-i-and-mysql-integration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were recently mentioned in a case study by Hit Software. Below is the excerpt from the case study referencing Vertigo Group. The complete white paper may be accessed here: Whitepaper HIT Software MySQL DB2. Oregon Health Systems (OHS), a leading managed care organization, has a provider network of approximately 1500 physicians. OHS’ sophisticated medical management [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Make a Safer Workplace</title>
		<link>http://www.thegenyblog.com/2009/09/10/how-to-make-a-safer-workplace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Impact on Business We have all heard the expression, “you have to spend money to make money.” That statement not only applies to marketing schemes, but also to safety programs. The general public discourse regarding company safety is unfortunately, an unfavorable one. Reason being, most people feel that companies are looking out for the organizations [...]]]></description>
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