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		<title>Welcome to 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 is here. Like 1984 and 2001, 2010 is famous thanks to science fiction. When a once-futuristic year becomes yet another date on the calendar, the hopes and fears of fiction are compared to our current reality.
The book 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C. Clarke arrived in 1982, the era when Pac Man ruled the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The End Of Pageflakes? I hope not!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I discovered that Pageflakes.com has gone offline.  Details are sketchy to why the site is down, but I hope it comes back soon.
I have come to depend on Pageflakes for tracking the blogs on web design, graphics, and social media that I read.  I do use iGoogle and have my links backed up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlesgnilka.com/uncategorized/the-end-of-pageflakes-i-hope-not/</link>
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		<title>Upgrade to WordPress 2.7</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just upgraded my blog to WordPress 2.7. This new version of WordPress is the best upgrade I have seen so far. The dashboard is much cleaner and easier to use. I&#8217;m using the QuickPress Window to write this post.  
Here&#8217;s some video showing the new features in WordPress 2.7.

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		<link>http://charlesgnilka.com/blogging/upgrade-to-wordpress-27/</link>
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		<title>My Birthday Present</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is my birthday.  As a present to myself, I am starting up this blog again. 
I haven&#8217;t posted here in months. It was not because lacked anything write, but because I had other places to share it.  
Over the last few months I&#8217;ve been using Facebook and Twitter to share stories, keep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlesgnilka.com/personal/my-birthday-present/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Astro&#8221; Is The Codename For Flash 10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ajaxian.com features a look at the prerelease of the new version of Flash.  Code named &#8220;astro&#8221;, the new Flash offers a new drawing API, advanced text layout, and 3D effects.
Here&#8217;s a YouTube video of the astro in action.  I love the retro-space graphics!

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		<link>http://charlesgnilka.com/adobe/astro-is-the-codename-for-flash-10/</link>
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		<title>Mistakes that web developers make &#8211; Can you tell Arial from Helvetica?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wake Up Later blog features a list of 8 mistakes that web developers make.  These are not the glaring mistakes that are plain to see, like covering a page with animated GIF graphics or writing the site&#8217;s HTML in some awful WYSIWYG program.
The mistakes show a lack of polish and design savvy.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlesgnilka.com/web-design/mistakes-that-web-developers-make-can-you-tell-arial-from-helvetica/</link>
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		<title>A mountain is just a series of small hills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting a blog, or any long-term project, can be a daunting process not just because of the work involved, but the long periods of time that might pass before you see any reward&#8230;or even an indication if you are doing the right things.
It is easy to get depressed and worn out when it looks like [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlesgnilka.com/blogging/a-mountain-is-just-a-series-of-small-hills/</link>
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		<title>Just a few things I learned in 2007</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Use pretty permalinks for your Wordpress posts.
RSS is a great tool for keep up with blogs and news, but it can overwhelm you if you let it.
Google Reader is a lifesaver.
Don&#8217;t overplan or overthink what you write on a blog.  Use common sense, but it is better to write something and have to edit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlesgnilka.com/blogging/just-a-few-things-i-learned-in-2007/</link>
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		<title>A new year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year I started 2007 with installing Wordpress and starting my own blog.  The use of this blog has been more of an experiment than a place to write posts.  I used this blog to learn about the Wordpress interface, SEO, basic PHP, and the problems with CSS browser bugs.
Since August this blog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://charlesgnilka.com/uncategorized/a-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Getting casual users to sell your product and the power of &#8220;word of mouth&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Search Engine Guide features a story on how to recruit casual users of your product or website to become product evangelists.
Jennifer Laycock describes the process of engaging customers to sell your product and the power of &#8220;word of mouth&#8221; marketing. 
Here&#8217;s a quote&#8230;
My phrase at the class this week was that social media is mostly [...]]]></description>
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