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		<title>Networking Outside the Normal Communities</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Watson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First, I&#8217;m blessed to have a job during the current state of the economy.  That being said, some believe this is the time for innovation.  I believe it can be if two different communities can learn to network.  What communities &#8230; <a href="http://www.ambleconnect.com/random_thoughts/networking-outside-the-normal-communities/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>


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<p>First, I&#8217;m blessed to have a job during the current state of the economy.  That being said, some believe this is the <a href="http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-12/st_essay" target="_blank">time for innovation</a>.  I believe it can be if two different communities can learn to network.  What communities might those be?  Well it&#8217;s the non-techy community and the techy community.  It&#8217;s <a href="http://jobsearch.about.com/cs/networking/a/networking.htm" target="_blank">important to network </a>and utilize <a href="http://mashable.com/2009/01/05/job-search-secrets/" target="_blank">social media</a>.  It seems like this would not necessarily help stimulate growth or innovation which our country needs very badly.  There are very talented non-techy and techy job seekers who together can create new businesses.</p>
<p>What and how do we bring these people together?</p>
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		<title>A Mashup with no API?  Way cool!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 18:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Watson</dc:creator>
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<p>Who needs an API?  Not <a title="DJ Earworm" href="http://djearworm.com/" target="_blank">DJ Earworm</a>.  For me, this is the best non-API mashup out there:</p>
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<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Re-Tweet: A Mashup with no API?  Way cool!  http://tinyurl.com/7slno9</span></p>
<p>Copy and paste this into your Twitter account (or similar).  Following <a title="Web Strategist - Jeremiah" href="http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2009/01/06/findings-why-you-dont-need-to-tweet-to-get-traffic-from-twitter/" target="_blank">Jeremiah&#8217;s example</a>.</p>
<p>This is amazing and hats off to DJ Earworm.  Keep up the great work.  I can&#8217;t stop listening.</p>
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		<title>Getting Started</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Watson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Going to take some time to build out this blog to were I want it to be.  Starts by trying to post consistently.  Goal is once a week.  Hopefully it won&#8217;t be &#8220;sorry, nothing new&#8221; type of post.  It might &#8230; <a href="http://www.ambleconnect.com/random_thoughts/getting-started/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>


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<p>Going to take some time to build out this blog to were I want it to be.  Starts by trying to post consistently.  Goal is once a week.  Hopefully it won&#8217;t be &#8220;sorry, nothing new&#8221; type of post.  It might be comments on a company&#8217;s accounement or an article until a longer, insightful (maybe not to everyone) post can be finished.</p>
<p>Excited about trying this publishing thing.  Thanks.</p>


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