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		<title>Twitter&#8217;s BlackBird Pie</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 21:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now you can embed tweets. Because copying 140 characters of text and citing it would be hard. .bbpBox{background:url(http://a3.twimg.com/profile_background_images/75736281/DSC_0012.jpg) #18284e;padding:20px;}p.bbpTweet{background:#fff;padding:10px 12px 10px 12px;margin:0;min-height:48px;color:#000;font-size:18px !important;line-height:22px;-moz-border-radius:5px;-webkit-border-radius:5px}p.bbpTweet span.metadata{display:block;width:100%;clear:both;margin-top:8px;padding-top:12px;height:40px;border-top:1px solid #fff;border-top:1px solid #e6e6e6}p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author{line-height:19px}p.bbpTweet span.metadata span.author img{float:left;margin:0 7px 0 0px;width:38px;height:38px}p.bbpTweet a:hover{text-decoration:underline}p.bbpTweet span.timestamp{font-size:12px;display:block} I&#8217;m testing out this new Blackbird Pie service on Twitter http://media.twitter.com/blackbird-pie/less than a minute ago via webRyan [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.futile.com/2008/10/simple-css-based-wireframe-annotation/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Simple CSS based wireframe annotation'>Simple CSS based wireframe annotation</a></li>
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		<title>Photos of the First Microsoft Store</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2009/10/photos-of-the-first-microsoft-store/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was lucky enough to be at the first Microsoft Store in Scottsdale on opening day. Here are the photos I took: Related posts:Microsoft Surface in AT&#038;T Retail Store Fairwell to Microsoft from David Stutz Microsoft tries a new model for device team


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<li><a href='http://www.futile.com/2008/06/fairwell-to-microsoft-from-david-stutz/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Fairwell to Microsoft from David Stutz'>Fairwell to Microsoft from David Stutz</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.futile.com/2006/09/microsoft-tries-a-new-model-for-device-team/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Microsoft tries a new model for device team'>Microsoft tries a new model for device team</a></li>
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		<title>I&#8217;m sick of UI examples that do nothing</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2009/07/im-sick-of-ui-examples-that-do-nothing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futile.com/2009/07/im-sick-of-ui-examples-that-do-nothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yep I&#8217;m going to go there. There are a ton of concept UI&#8217;s that are blown up on walls and support a multitouch gestural interface. Sure they look pretty, but a vast majority of these examples don&#8217;t do anything. I mean look at this video: Tangible Multi-touch Connectivity from nearinteraction on Vimeo. ooh look at [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.futile.com/2006/07/the-uncanny-valley/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: The Uncanny Valley'>The Uncanny Valley</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.futile.com/2006/01/dyrt-dynamic-response-textures-for-real-time-deformation/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: DyRT: Dynamic Response Textures for Real Time Deformation'>DyRT: Dynamic Response Textures for Real Time Deformation</a></li>
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		<title>clyckslexia</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2009/07/clyckslexia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 06:37:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Word of the day: clyckslexia When a user double clicks the submit button, or double click web links. Related posts:Twitter Affiliate Ad Network One desktop to rule them all


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		<title>The Digital Landscape: Digital Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2009/07/the-digital-landscape-digital-marketing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futile.com/2009/07/the-digital-landscape-digital-marketing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[information architecture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like my previous post about Social Technologies I wanted to put together a better classification model in place for digital marketing. Often it seems terms are thrown around without much standardization. Personalization Behavioral Targeting IP Targeting Dynamic Content Delivery Research Network Based Targeting Segmentation Search SEO / Organic Search Vertical Search Paid Search Search Engine [...]


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<li><a href='http://www.futile.com/2008/10/what-is-your-web-sites-purpose/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: What Is Your Web Site&rsquo;s Purpose?'>What Is Your Web Site&rsquo;s Purpose?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.futile.com/2009/05/microsofts-cannon-pi/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Microsoft&rsquo;s Cannon P.I.'>Microsoft&rsquo;s Cannon P.I.</a></li>
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		<title>Twitter Affiliate Ad Network</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2009/07/twitter-affiliate-ad-network/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futile.com/2009/07/twitter-affiliate-ad-network/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[adsense]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of days now and what we really need is a Twitter affiliate ad network like service.&#160; I often post tweets about products I like or things that I find interesting.&#160; In most cases that is valuable to those companies.&#160; I’ve done some small tests with my twitter [...]


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		<title>The Alphabet Game</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2009/01/the-alphabet-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futile.com/2009/01/the-alphabet-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a list of companies I’ve worked for or with over the years in alphabet book format A is for Ascentium &#38; Altrec B is for Blast Radius, Brickfan and Bowne C is for Coinstar D is for Decision Processes International (DPI) E is for Enic.cc &#38; Eddie Bauer F is for Freerange &#38; Flying [...]


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		<title>OLPC, future of computing, and stuff&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2008/05/olpc-future-of-computing-and-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futile.com/2008/05/olpc-future-of-computing-and-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 19:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sitting here in a Starbucks trying out the OLPC as a blogging platform. It&#8217;s a great little machine for so many reasons, but I&#8217;m actually finding myself a little limited trying to do real stuff that I do everyday on this system. Sure it wasn&#8217;t designed for this at all so I will be [...]


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		<title>Video of my iPhone getting laser etched</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2008/04/video-of-my-iphone-getting-laser-etched/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futile.com/2008/04/video-of-my-iphone-getting-laser-etched/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video of my iPhone getting laser etched Originally uploaded by futileboy Here&#8217;s a short little video clip of the etching machine in action. I have to say CO2 lasers are super cool. I think I want one of these. Related posts:QR codes laser etched on my phone iPhone as remote keyboard Multitouch me


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		<title>QR codes laser etched on my phone</title>
		<link>http://www.futile.com/2008/04/qr-codes-laser-etched-on-my-phone/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futile.com/2008/04/qr-codes-laser-etched-on-my-phone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Lane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CR codes laser etched on my phone Originally uploaded by futileboy My iPhone is all customized and pretty thanks to Instructables.com. They are offering free laser etching at the Web2.0 Expo if you bring a high contrast image on a thumb drive. First person to decode my QR codes gets a cookie. Related posts:Video of [...]


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