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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>
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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 pulling data [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=415&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=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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		<category><![CDATA[Publishing]]></category>

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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 been focused [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=394&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=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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		<category><![CDATA[Adobe Air]]></category>
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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 a ton written [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=391&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=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>
				<category><![CDATA[EffectiveUI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interface Design]]></category>
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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 design [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=387&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=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>
				<category><![CDATA[EffectiveUI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaking]]></category>

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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&#8217;s strategic transition from cutting-edge niche to monetized enterprise initiatives with social [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=384&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=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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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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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 to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=381&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EffectiveUI Makes Inc. 500 List</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/effectiveui-makes-inc-500-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whoa, check this out. We just made the prestigious Inc. 500 list ! #55 no less!!
Crazy how this little, 4 year old company has become all grown up so fast. Kudos to the whole team here!
We also made:
#5 company run by a woman (for my money, we have the best CEO in the world, not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=376&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft&#8217;s Bing kicks Google&#8217;s behind</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/microsofts-bing-kicks-googles-behind/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interface Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the surface, Microsoft&#8217;s Bing may look like Google, but once you dig in a bit you notice a lot of nice little enhancements that make a huge diference.
I&#8217;ve only been using Bing for the last 2 hours and I&#8217;ve already decided it is my new favorite search engine. The search results look very similar [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=372&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Our site &#8220;sucks&#8221; no more!</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/our-site-sucks-no-more/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:31:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I am excited to say we have launched our new website:
http://www.effectiveui.com/
In an earlier post, I talked about the difficulties we were experiencing with designing and building our own website. I think, given our company objectives, the team hit a home run. What did we want to accomplish?
Form VS Function
Obviously, the site needed to &#8220;show&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=369&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>EffectiveUI &amp; Qwest Featured at Forrester Customer Experience Forum</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/effectiveui-qwest-featured-at-forrester-customer-experience-forum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rebecca Flavin, our CEO and one of our clients, Stephanie Copeland (Vice President Business Market Solutions at Qwest Communications) presented an awesome session today at the 2009 Forrester Customer Experience Forum. The session was packed (in fact, it was the most attended session of the hour) &#8211; it was my first real attempt at being [...]<br /><a href='http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/effectiveui-qwest-featured-at-forrester-customer-experience-forum/'><img width='160' height='120' src='http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/u3F5rJ5d/rebeccaandstephinterview.original.jpg' /> </a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=355&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apple&#8217;s iPhone 3Gs will Change Your Life</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/apple_iphone_3gs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is quite nice working for a company that is constantly adopting new technologies. I can justify purchases of new gadgets to myself saying &#8220;its for research, after all I&#8217;m in the biz&#8221; :D  One of my favorite gadgets of course is the iPhone.
I went out and bought a first gen iPhone 3 days [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=348&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Could Apple enter the cloud computing market? Could Adobe help?</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/05/24/could-apple-enter-the-cloud-computing-market-could-adobe-help/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 15:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is total speculation, but I believe it would be very possible for Apple to enter the cloud computing space. A recent article in the Charolette Observer (found via a mac rumors artile) is claiming they are offering Apple a huge tax break to set up a billion dollar server farm in North Carolina.  
 
Apple [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=345&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Our Website Sucks</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/why-our-website-sucks/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/05/12/why-our-website-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 22:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Usability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EffectiveUI.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First, &#8220;suck&#8221; is too strong a word. The original goal when we developed our site 3 years ago was to show what we do rather than try to describe what we do with fancy marketing copy. The site certainly does that &#8211; we often hear:

“I went to your website and instantly understood what an RIA [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=339&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What Do You Do Guaranteed?</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/what-do-you-do-guaranteed/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/what-do-you-do-guaranteed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Card Fail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the BEST thing I think I&#8217;ve ever seen &#8230; 

(thanks tim wood for introducing me to this!)
       <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=335&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
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			<media:title type="html">Anthony</media:title>
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		<title>The iPhone is not an Advertising Platform!</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/the-iphone-is-not-an-advertising-platform/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/the-iphone-is-not-an-advertising-platform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About 4 months ago I wrote a post about the difficulty differentiating with an iPhone application. I forecasted 3 billion downloads and 100,000 applications by the middle of this year &#8211; and my calculations are proving accurate with the app store reaching 25,000 apps and 1 billion downloads earlier this year.
 
Since that post, we&#8217;ve been a part [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=330&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Dawn of the User Experience Agency</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/the-dawn-of-the-user-experience-agency/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/04/04/the-dawn-of-the-user-experience-agency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Enterprises are realizing that the web is more than a sum of its content &#8211; the web is a software platform. In addition to simply delivering content and messaging, the web can deliver utility and drive customer-to-business value.
These same enterprises have also spent a tremendous amount of resources to commoditize their data and digital services. Now [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=321&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Come visit us at Web 2.0 Expo ! Booth 715</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/come-visit-us-at-web-20-expo/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/come-visit-us-at-web-20-expo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 in the Enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Franco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 expo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, hard to believe this will be out third Web 2.0 event &#8230; seems like only yesterday when I was helping Rebecca set up our first booth (and really upsetting the union labor) &#8212; This year we have a pretty big booth, and some cool announcements. I&#8217;m also speaking Michael Clark (VP @ Photobucket) on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=317&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Upgrade to Web 2.0 Fast and Easy!</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/upgrade-to-web-20-fast-and-easy/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/upgrade-to-web-20-fast-and-easy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 16:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 in the Enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Upgrade]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I am so glad I came across this sight. They have developed an easy way for the masses to ride this Web 2.0 trend&#8230;

 
In case you do not believe this is an actual site :
buzzbot demo
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Microsoft Mix Session &#8211; 10 Ways To Fail</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/microsoft-mix-session-10-ways-to-fail/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/microsoft-mix-session-10-ways-to-fail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 21:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[RIA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 in the Enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Mix]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Had a fun session last week at Mix in Vegas&#8230; Top 10- ways at fail at software development.  I had an hour and 15 minutes, but I talked really fast and got it done in 40 :) Microsoft filmed the session:
http://videos.visitmix.com/MIX09/C06F
 
Here is the list I go through &#8230;

DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE END USER
TRUST DEVELOPERS TO MAKE [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=309&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>EffectiveUI&#8217;s New Executive Team Members</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/effectiveuis-new-executive-team-members/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/03/09/effectiveuis-new-executive-team-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peyton Lindley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Flavin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last four years, I have been incredibly fortunate to watch our company grow from Andy, Drew, and myself to more than 100 people. It&#8217;s been a tough but exciting road&#8230; &#8220;bootstrapping&#8221; has had its challenges for sure. During our crazy growth, we have always left our CEO position open, always knowing someday we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=302&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Intellectual Property is Meaningless</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/intellectual-property-is-meaningless/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/intellectual-property-is-meaningless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Someone needed to say it &#8211; Patents are a joke &#8211; companies are waging wars against one another over meaningless software patents. I heard last week (have not confirmed it) that IBM makes $1 Billion (thats with a &#8220;B&#8221;) a year in licensing their patents to other companies &#8230;
 
I know what you are saying, 1 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=294&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The 8 Criteria For Usable Software</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/the-8-criteria-for-usable-software/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/the-8-criteria-for-usable-software/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Interface Design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[User Experience]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rich Internet application]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[8 Criteria for Usable Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bruce Ediger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Armano]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pple Human Interface Guidelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Why Design Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will Tschumy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years, there&#8217;s been a ton of buzz word creation; &#8220;RIA&#8221;, &#8220;Web 2.0 &#38; 3.0&#8243;, &#8220;Semantic Web&#8221;, &#8220;Social Media&#8221;, &#8220;Microblogging&#8221; &#8220;Cloud Computing&#8221;, the list goes on. The truth is that all of us in the tech industry often forget thechnology&#8217;s ultimate purpose: To improve humanity&#8230; We forget that all the software we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=254&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Anthony</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">rio-pmp300</media:title>
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		<title>How Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) Increase Brand Value</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/how-rich-internet-applications-ria-increase-brand-value/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/how-rich-internet-applications-ria-increase-brand-value/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 23:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flash]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interface Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rich Internet application]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rich Internet Applications]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your corporate brand is more than just your logo or your jingle. Your brand is also the emotion raised when someone thinks about your company.
When you see the golden arches and the familiar red “M,” your mind recognizes more than simply the McDonald’s logo. It conjures up great value, the smell of hot French fries [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=285&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amazon VS Google &#8211; digital books are coming to a device near you</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/amazon-vs-google-digital-books-are-coming-to-a-device-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/amazon-vs-google-digital-books-are-coming-to-a-device-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2009 00:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tech News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[amazon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[android]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At almost exactly the same time today, Google and Amazon release details of their digital book strategy.
Google announced they are putting 1.5 million books, all who&#8217;s copyrights have expired, on Android and iPhone applications:
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/google-puts-15-million-books-reach-your-iphone-44332

&#8220;Coincidentally&#8221;, photos were leaked on the new Amazon Kindle, due to launch tomorrow:
http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/kindle-2-photos-leak-ahead-tomorrow-s-launch-44328

I have a friend with a first generation Kindle &#8211; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=anthonyfranco.wordpress.com&blog=650233&post=240&subd=anthonyfranco&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How to Guarantee Software Project Failure 70% of the Time</title>
		<link>http://anthonyfranco.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/how-to-guarantee-software-project-failure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2009 15:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anthonyfranco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are many ways to mess up a software project &#8211; What I&#8217;d like to discuss here is a common misnomer that fix bidding a project somehow mitigates any risk &#8211; in fact, fix bidding only increases it. I realize the organizational theory behind this common practice:
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