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		<title>Yes, my mom is on Facebook (updated)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Had to share this funny Facebook moment. My mom  is brand new to Facebook. In fact, she is brand new to technology in general. She&#8217;s only been texting for the last 3 months, so I thought it was time to graduate her to an iPad with a facebook account. Today I was messing with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=577&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The worthless &#8220;Do not track me act&#8221; introduced in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mashable today broke the news on the recently introduced DO NOT TRACK ME ONLINE ACT As far as I can see, the only true benefit is for political gain for those that are introducing the bill. They are latching onto the recent studies that show consumers are worried about their privacy. The bill spells out some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=574&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You are a bunch of elitist design snobs</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2011/02/11/you-are-a-bunch-of-elitist-design-snobs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:15:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interface Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night we held an incredible event at the IxDA conference. An opening party that included 2 DJs, a experimental digital marching band, a local band called Snake Rattle Rattle Snake, an open bar, and catering by the Top Chef winner. It was the best conference party I have ever been to. I was asked [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=569&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mobile Strategy Best Practices</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/mobile-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EffectiveUI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Research]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had the opportunity to discuss mobile strategies with Vidya Drego of Forrester Research. We chatted about how businesses are looking at the emerging mobile market and how they are approaching application development. We quickly got to the subject of mobile app development best practices. Our conversation motivated me to look at what we are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=531&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Innovatively Innovative Innovations</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/innovatively-innovative-innovations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was asked to speak in a panel at this year&#8217;s Adobe Max about innovation at EffectiveUI. I initially thought: &#8220;Of course, why not. We are an incredibly innovative company!&#8221; Then I sat down to construct our point of view on innovation, and I went blank. I stared at my blank keynote template and… nothing. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=518&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The reports of Silverlight&#8217;s death have been greatly exaggerated</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/the-reports-of-silverlights-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/the-reports-of-silverlights-death-have-been-greatly-exaggerated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft has made a few announcements this week about their positioning on Silverlight. It all started when Bob Muglia was quoted at Microsoft&#8217;s PDC by saying Microsoft&#8217;s strategy for Silverlight has shifted. That quote caused a firestorm of controversy and a lot of unanswered questions. &#8220;Is that code for Silverlight is no longer a priority?&#8221; &#8220;Is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=514&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WSJ Breaking News: Information on the internet is not private</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/wsj-breaking-news-information-on-the-internet-is-not-private/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/10/18/wsj-breaking-news-information-on-the-internet-is-not-private/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal published a breathtaking revelation (yes, the sarcasm is thick) that some information on Facebook is not private, even with the strictest privacy settings enabled: Many of the most popular applications, or &#8220;apps,&#8221; on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people&#8217;s names and, in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=509&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does footprint matter anymore?</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/does-footprint-matter-anymore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 years ago we were building &#8220;Rich Internet Applications&#8221; using flash alone. We were odd birds in the development community. Outcasts. We didn&#8217;t have Flex, we had Colin Moock&#8217;s book and Grant Skinner&#8217;s fabulous components. What separated the good flash developers from the greats? Footprint. Our file sizes were small. We took pride in the fact [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=506&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Everything wrong with eTail summed up in one site</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/everything-wrong-with-etail-summed-up-in-one-site/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/everything-wrong-with-etail-summed-up-in-one-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Express.com]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, I should say I am a big fan and customer of  Express. Their fitted MX shirts are the only shirts that fit me since I&#8217;ve been working out, they are not crazy expensive, look great, good quality, and they offer a fantastic selection in all of their stores. I received a direct mail piece [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=499&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Web 2.0 Presentation &#8211; The UX Factor</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/web-2-0-presentation-the-ux-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 14:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Had a great time with Kelly Goto at Web 2.0 &#8211; She is crazy smart. My favorite quote of the day was something she said during our panel discussion. &#8220;User Experience is like Vegetables for the enterprise &#8211; its good for you&#8221;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=494&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Initial Thoughts on The Apple iPad</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/initial-thoughts-on-the-apple-ipad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 22:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t going to do it. I was going to wait to buy an iPad. Damn Juan and Jon (originators of the Ideate app EffectiveUI built) &#8230; I went out an bought one just because I could not do without it :) Purchasing and Accessories First, it was quite easy to find an available one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=484&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EffectiveUI launches our collaboration tool, Ideate, for the iPad</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/collaborate_with_ideate_for_ipad_by_effectiveui/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/04/02/collaborate_with_ideate_for_ipad_by_effectiveui/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[EffectiveUI]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday is a big day for both Apple and EffectiveUI and a bad day for the napkin industry. I was going to wait to buy my iPad for a few months, but it looks like I’ll be standing in line tomorrow. I’ve just reviewed the final build of our first iPad application, Ideate, which was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=473&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>iPad changing the game sooner than I thought</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/04/01/ipad-changing-the-game-sooner-then-i-thought/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[iPad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note on something I read today on Gizmodo (linked to Jalopnik). Hyundai has decided to ship their new luxury sedan, the Equus, sans the owners manual. They have decided to include an iPad loaded with a digital version of the manual instead. http://jalopnik.com/5507349/hyundai-equus-to-ship-with-ipad-ditches-owners-manual I know this may initially appear to be an [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=468&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Google: Utility, Usability, Monetization</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/google-utility-usability-monetization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About a year ago I saw a google executive, Vince Chirico speak on a panel at a local conference. One of the things that stuck out from that session was what he said about Google&#8217;s philosophy on how it builds new applications. He said: Google focuses on Utility, Usability, and Monetization. And in that order [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=465&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mass Confusion: The hysteria over Flash, Silverlight, HTML 5, Java FX, and Objective C</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/mass-confusion-the-hysteria-over-flash-silverlight-html-5-java-fx-and-objective-c/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been working on a whitepaper titled “Choosing The Appropriate Web User Interface Technology” for more than a year now, with input from Sun, Adobe, Microsoft and everyone here at EffectiveUI. I’ve rewritten the damn thing four times now and have decided to abandon the effort. The blunt truth is that there is no credible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=443&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Software Planning and Requirements &#8211; Effective UI</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/software-planning-and-requirements-effective-ui/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought I&#8217;d share an excerpt from Chapter 3 of our book &#8220;Effective UI: The Art of Building Great User Experience in Software&#8220;. By far, this the most definitive explanation of why enterprises need to reconsider how they&#8217;ve approached software development in the past. RFPs, Fixed Bidding, Waterfall, all have dangerous implications to the success of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=436&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Predictions on the new Apple Tablet</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/01/25/predictions-on-the-new-apple-tablet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I&#8217;d have a little fun predicting what Apple will be announcing on Wednesday. Apple will preview OS 10.7, it will feature: the once code-named &#8220;Marble Interface&#8221; be more oriented to gesture based interactivity snow-leopard was almost a complete rewrite, no big new features. 10.7 will be focused on &#8220;sexy&#8221; new features that were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=432&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to break a patent in 5 minutes</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/how-to-break-a-patent-in-5-minutes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patents were invented in order to encourage innovation. They are supposed to protect inventors that spend money in research or discoveries made by innovative thinkers. Without them, many would argue, the United States would not have ever seen the industrial or digital revolutions. However, there are enterprises that using the patent system in a way [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=421&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s iPhone dominance is going to be hard to topple</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/apples-iphone-dominance-is-going-to-be-hard-to-topple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 23:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting article today on Flurry (and also summarized on MacRumors.com) We&#8217;ve been internally debating about Apple&#8217;s continued dominance in the smart-phone market. I&#8217;ve taken the position that Apple will be the leader for at least 4 years, it appears I may have been understating it bit. Looking at the chart above, it becomes clear that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=418&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Qwest and Herff Jones make CIO Top 100</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/qwest-and-herff-jones-make-cio-top-100/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congrats to our team and our good friends at Qwest for making CIO Magazine&#8217;s Top 100 IT Projects list of 2009. Excerpt from the online article at both InfoWorld and CIO Magazine: Qwest Communications www.qwest.com/business Web Portal Project lead: Rick Wertheimer, Program Manager; Betsy Keyes, Director of eMarketing Project description: Qwest, in partnership with EffectiveUI, consolidated 12 portals [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=415&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Publishing&#8217;s future is in its past</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/publishings-future-is-in-its-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have been doing some very interesting work for the publishing industry of late. Many publishers are trying to figure out their &#8220;digital&#8221; business model in an effort not to become extinct. The truth is, their evolutionary model has been staring at them this whole time. Their history is their future. Most of them have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=394&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ahead Of The Curve Appearance</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/ahead-of-the-curve-appearance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was taped on Steve Portnoy&#8217;s &#8220;Ahead of the Curve&#8221; on ABC. I was asked to talk about our Complete National Geographic project: National Geographic 1888-2008. I gotta say, I was relaxed until I sat down on set, then got totally nervous. Very weird how you freeze up a little on camera. There is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=391&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A respectful disagreement with some good friends</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/a-respectful-disagreement-with-some-good-friends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, my friends at Forrester Research published a great white-paper titled &#8220;Best Practices In User Experience (UX) Design&#8221;, by Mike Gualtieri. In it, Mike quotes someone who I very much admire Bill Buxton at Microsoft, author of “Sketching User Experiences,” who said: . . . the last thing that you should do when beginning to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=387&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The curse of marketing buzzwords</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/the-curse-of-marketing-buzzwords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this funny interactive agency description on an internets today, I removed the agency name to protect the guilty XYZ offers interactive services across strategy, ideation and professional services delivery. Built on enterprise methodologies and rooted in entrepreneurial spirit, XYZ has focused on web 2.0&#8242;s strategic transition from cutting-edge niche to monetized enterprise initiatives with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=384&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) Are Dead</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/rich-internet-applications-rias-are-dead/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last several months, we&#8217;ve been discussing with our clients the value of user experience. I&#8217;ve noticed a shift in our industry, one that I think is worth mentioning. First, a bit of history. EffectiveUI started as a Flash development  company &#8211; Me, Andy, Drew, Geoff, Jim, Sean, RJ; all were admiring our ability [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&amp;blog=650233&amp;post=381&amp;subd=anthonyfranco&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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