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	<title>Kevin Shockey&#039;s Portal &#187; Business</title>
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	<description>Creating peace, one soul at a time!</description>
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		<title>Forecast: Doom and Gloom</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2006/08/forecast-doom-and-gloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 05:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the we are so totally screwed department:
In a Caribbean Big Business Profile, from July 27, 2006, Jose J. Villamil, president of the island&#8217;s principal economic and planning and consulting firm, Estudios Technicos, the top ten jobs list through 2010 are in order of highest percentage growth &#8211; administrative support, sales personnel, manufacturing, transportation, food [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Planning ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2006/03/planning-ahead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone considering a jump into starting their own company, forming or joining a startup,  the next few posts will offer a few quick words of advice. As I share them, I&#8217;ll also give a brief description of my work efforts.
1. It is said that planning for any project is indispensable, while the plan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Methods of Execution</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2006/03/methods-of-execution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was having another lively conversation with my friend Marcos Polanco this evening. At one point I reminded him that I was through with accepting and dealing with the seven rings of bullshit that surround most business conversations here in Puerto Rico. It seems that every conversation I witness is an endless stream of exaggerations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gartner Presents 10 Year Scenario for Information Technology, Business and Society &#124; Tekrati Research News</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2006/03/gartner-presents-10-year-scenario-for-information-technology-business-and-society-tekrati-research-news/</link>
		<comments>http://www.x-cito.com/2006/03/gartner-presents-10-year-scenario-for-information-technology-business-and-society-tekrati-research-news/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2006 20:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article Gartner Presents 10 Year Scenario for Information Technology, Business and Society &#124; Tekrati Research News there is a quote which I believe is the clearest description of what is wrong with nearly all businesses:
&#8220;The challenge to established companies comes not from other established players, but from start-up entrepreneurs who will use technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stupidest Use of a Religous Debate Cliche</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2006/02/stupidest-use-of-a-religous-debate-cliche/</link>
		<comments>http://www.x-cito.com/2006/02/stupidest-use-of-a-religous-debate-cliche/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2006 03:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interview for Open Business Esther Dyson included this in an answer about whether Yahoo or Goolge are open businesses: &#8220;In many ways, Yahoo! believes in smart, “intelligent design” and careful strategies, while Google follows blind evolution and operates a Darwinian fitness landscape within its development organization.&#8221;
P.S. I&#8217;m back and there&#8217;s going to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The hardest battle is often within</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/10/the-hardest-battle-is-often-within/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2005 02:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seth Godin asks a few questions and cuts right to the bone...]]></description>
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		<title>Shit happens&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/10/shit-happens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/10/shit-happens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 05:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One time I was with a group of senior executives and we were talking about a deadline. They were very interested in hearing when I thought this task would be complete. I walked them through the steps to complete the task: &#8220;first this, then that, then some other stuff, &#8230;.&#8221; when I threw in &#8220;and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This just in&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/10/this-just-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/10/this-just-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 04:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While scanning through my feeds, I occassionally come across something that seems important. It seems important but I&#8217;m not sure why and what category to place this new information. Here are few such items:

The $90 billion advertising industry will be catapult into the 21st century with ConfirMedia Online, from Verance Corporation. ConfirMedia Online will provide [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s talk, tell me about yourself&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/09/lets-talk-tell-me-about-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/09/lets-talk-tell-me-about-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I liked the format of the last entry, the core dump blog, let&#8217;s call it a dump blog entry. Now that&#8217;s a name people will either love or hate! Moving on, this will be a speed blog entry. My goal is to complete my entry in less than 30 minutes. Most of the time a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Total immersive way of getting things done</title>
		<link>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/08/total-immersive-way-of-getting-things-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.x-cito.com/2005/08/total-immersive-way-of-getting-things-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just the other day, Kathy Sierra on her &#8220;Creating Passionate Users&#8221; blog shared an excellent idea for getting something done. Fresh from her participation at Foo Camp, she shared the results of a session she attended that was focused on &#8220;total immersion / ultra-rapid game development&#8221; from one of the leaders of the The Ad-Lib [...]]]></description>
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