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	<title>So long, and thanks for all the fish...</title>
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		<title>Running with Scissors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know your mother told you never to run with scissors - everyone's mother did - but you've done it anyway, haven't you? You've ignored that sage wisdom and taken leave of your senses due to what you probably thought at the time was a dire need to get something done with extreme brevity.]]></description>
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		<title>Lesson Time: Binary Style</title>
		<link>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2010/09/lesson-time-binary-style/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:53:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often get asked computer questions by friends and family&#8230; whether or not the question is actual in my field of discipline makes no difference to these people&#8217;s expectations. As such, I try to find the answer even if I don&#8217;t know it right away. One question that I do know the answer to (and have been asked many times) is: &#8220;What is binary?&#8221; To answer the question, lets first look at the name: &#8220;binary.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>You are not your programming language</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading <a href="http://whatupdave.tumblr.com/post/1170718843/leaving-net">a post</a> by Dave Newman the other day (yes, so were 46,840 of you) and he ended with the quote above. As I start to look for my next opportunity, I'm reminded that I didn't start with the tool set I have now, and I certainly won't end with it.]]></description>
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		<title>The Trouble with Tribes</title>
		<link>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2010/09/the-trouble-with-tribes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[simplicity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[...my trouble with tribes is that often it leads to entirely too many voices on any given topic. Whether any individual member of the tribe has any specific or useful knowledge on the topic seems to be irrelevant in most cases.]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Paying Attention?</title>
		<link>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2010/09/are-you-paying-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[time management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a child I had all sorts of trouble paying attention &#8211; not just in school, but to anything. Soccer was my group physical activity of choice, and I would regularly find myself standing on the field looking at the other games on adjacent fields. When we would rent a video game for the weekend I would quickly lose interest if I couldn&#8217;t complete on my first few attempts. And remember: we&#8217;re talking about the]]></description>
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		<title>Focus, focus, focus</title>
		<link>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2009/05/focus-focus-focus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 15:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed lately that I have had very little time to focus on the projects that I&#8217;m really interested in&#8230; the ones that inspire me, and that encouraged me to jump ship in the first place. This is bad for lots of reasons, not the least of which is that I&#8217;m feeling the burn &#8211; the burn that comes before the burn out. I&#8217;ve been working on contracts for other people, and while some of]]></description>
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		<title>When it rains it pours</title>
		<link>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2009/04/when-it-rains-it-pours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:47:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that statement is one that applies to just about every nook and cranny of our lives. In my experience, any time something goes well or poorly, it occurs in droves. For example, a few years ago some of my family began experiencing medical problems. All of them were unrelated, but they all came within a year of each other. Some people say that bad things happen in threes, but I don&#8217;t think there]]></description>
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		<title>Trudging forward</title>
		<link>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2009/02/trudging-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the thick of it now. I&#8217;m teaching classes every week, 2 or 3 days each; one client is moving forward with a custom WordPress-powered site (custom as in new, custom theme); Track the Pig (my main other project) is getting close to ready to alpha release (hoping to do so before SXSWi); and I have 3 other potential clients in the wings. One of these keeps emailing me to ask when we can]]></description>
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		<title>Learning and doing</title>
		<link>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2009/01/learning-and-doing/</link>
		<comments>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2009/01/learning-and-doing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.jkdesign.org/?p=22</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I registered for the South By SouthWest Intercative (SXSWi) festival last week. It was a bit difficult to plop down $400+ to basically see what other people are doing, and yes, I do see the benefits or I would not have registered; its still difficult. So what exactly do I hope to get out of it? This may be a good exercise for myself: creating a list of what I hope to get out of]]></description>
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		<title>Failure (or why we choose this path)</title>
		<link>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2009/01/failure-or-why-we-choose-this-path/</link>
		<comments>http://jordankasper.com/blog/2009/01/failure-or-why-we-choose-this-path/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jordan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freelancing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There was a great post by Aaron Hillegass back in December about his choice to start his own business, and how that led to failure (and what he thinks about it). Go read it, then come back and I&#8217;ll give you my thoughts&#8230; &#8230; well go on. I completely agree that we get too complacent in that upper success range, although I would set the upper limit lower, closer to 85%. I haven&#8217;t been able]]></description>
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