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		<title>Launched: VT802.us</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2011/10/19/launched-vt802-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every now and then an idea/project comes along that's too good to pass up. Maybe the appeal is its off-beat nature. Maybe it's the challenge. Maybe it's the potential for fun. Maybe it's the chance to shine. Maybe it's the bragging rights. Our homegrown VT802.us is all of the above and then some.]]></description>
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		<title>Clay Shirky: How cognitive surplus will change the world</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/07/02/clay-shirky-how-cognitive-surplus-will-change-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just plain damn interesting. As found on TED.com. Watch, listen, ponder a bit and enjoy. A trillion hours is a lot of hours, eh? Share and Enjoy:]]></description>
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		<title>How to save the fans from the NBA</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/06/07/how-to-save-the-fans-from-the-nba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Forward Thinking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;6 Ways to Fix the NBA&#8221; by Stephen Fried (Parade.com, 20 June 2010). As luck (?) would have it, this article managed to come my way via Google Alerts. And yes, sports as an analogy for business is overdone. None the less there are some interesting observation here that apply to incentives, as well as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s you who define you</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/04/28/its-you-who-define-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/04/28/its-you-who-define-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Fundamentals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Work-Life Lessons From Peter Drucker&#8221; by Bruce Rosenstein (Baseline Mag, 8 April 2010). Finally, another perfect storm. That is, a spare moment or two to do some biz reading and an article worth passing along. If there were a Business &#38; Management Hall of Fame, Peter Drucker would be inducted, first shot, all the number [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dollars and future sense</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/03/25/dollars-and-future-sense/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Future of Money&#8221; by Daniel Roth (Wired.com, March 2010). If you thought it was just about dollar and cents then think again. Roth puts one of the world&#8217;s oldest traditions in a whole new light. If you like to speculate about the future (pun intended) then this one&#8217;s for you. Also be sure to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What you see is what you get (or not)</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/03/06/what-you-see-is-what-you-get-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/03/06/what-you-see-is-what-you-get-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Is There an Ecological Unconscious?&#8221; by Daniel B. Smith (New York Times Sunday Magazine, 27 January 2010). The majority of this blog is devoted to the more technical if not clinical aspects of life in the business world. But as they say, &#8220;All work and no play makes Mark a dull boy.&#8221; Speaking from personal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple and brilliant at the same time</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/02/16/simple-and-brilliant-at-the-same-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ESPN Mag]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s a Wonderful, Horrible Feeling&#8221; by Shaun White as told to Alyssa Roenigk (ESPN, 22 Feb 2010). Better knows as the Flying Tomato, Mr. White (age 21)  is considered to be one of the best snowboarders in the world. He is certainly the most recognizable. It&#8217;s not often someone of such a young age shares [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future is? &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/01/26/the-future-is-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/01/26/the-future-is-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Bill Gates Sets Out His Global Charitable Goals&#8221; (NPR.org, 25 January 2010). As a supplement to yesterday&#8217;s post, here is a link to Mr. Gates being interviewed on National Public Radio&#8217;s (NPR) Talk of the Nation. For the most part Mr. Gates&#8217; perspective is global. He does however mention during the inteview that s in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future is?</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/01/25/the-future-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;2010 Annual Letter from Bill Gates&#8221; by Bill Gates (Bill &#38; Melinda Gates Foundation, 25 Janueary 2010). While certainly not an oracle, Mr. Gates, former Microsoft head honcho, is well established and well connected and needless to say very very wealthy. If you&#8217;re curious about what&#8217;s ahead then invest some time in Mr. Gates&#8217; thoughts.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How The West *will be* won</title>
		<link>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/01/07/how-the-west-will-be-won/</link>
		<comments>http://www.alchemyunited.com/2010/01/07/how-the-west-will-be-won/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Simchock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;How the 2010 Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders were chosen&#8221; by Ellen Fanning and Mari Keefe (Computer World, 7 December 2009). Before you side step this article with, &#8220;But I&#8217;m not in IT&#8221; or &#8220;I&#8217;m not a CIO&#8221; — pause that thought for moment. Dismiss the &#8220;IT Leadership&#8221; bit and look at this grading scale [...]]]></description>
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