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	<title>MarylandMedia</title>
	<link>http://marylandmedia.com</link>
	<description>Business Oriented Design</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Big “D”</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/05/the-big-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Long story short, my wife, Valerie, and I have decided to split up; we’ll soon just be a statistic. Unfortunately no juicy drama and nothing scandalous to report – we just realized we were not perfectly suited for each other. ]]></description>
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		<title>Go Spec Yourself</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/03/go-spec-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/03/go-spec-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marylandmedia.com/2009/03/go-spec-yourself/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone’s been bitching and complaining about “spec work” these last few weeks; but I am here to rock the boat and write-up a quick little statement in support of spec. ]]></description>
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		<title>Everyone is Hiring!</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/02/everyone-is-hiring/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/02/everyone-is-hiring/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The economy seems to be in the media spotlight and we are all sort of scared shitless. Yet, I wonder, how bad is it?  Just looking around in my own neighborhood, every design agency here is hiring.]]></description>
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		<title>It’s that time of year; get your shit together!</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/01/it%e2%80%99s-that-time-of-year-get-your-shit-together/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/01/it%e2%80%99s-that-time-of-year-get-your-shit-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marylandmedia.com/2009/01/it%e2%80%99s-that-time-of-year-get-your-shit-together/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So yeah, New Years has come and gone but you are still the same procrastinator you were last year; some things never change.]]></description>
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		<title>A Free Idea: USB Wall Outlet</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/01/a-free-idea-usb-wall-outlet/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2009/01/a-free-idea-usb-wall-outlet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing ground breaking here and no true innovation; just bringing to light something of demand with no supply. It is simple and sweet, simply a wall outlet with a slot for USB charging built-in.]]></description>
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		<title>The Twitter You Don’t Know</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/12/the-twitter-you-don%e2%80%99t-know/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/12/the-twitter-you-don%e2%80%99t-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 07:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marylandmedia.com/2008/12/the-twitter-you-don%e2%80%99t-know/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twitter didn’t start out to be the definition of “Micro Blogging”; that term came out of Twitters popularity, out of the way the product was utilized by its users. Twitter didn’t create micro-blogging; Twitter users did using the Twitter platform. ]]></description>
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		<title>When Did We Become So Afraid of Failure?</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/12/when-did-we-become-so-afraid-of-failure/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/12/when-did-we-become-so-afraid-of-failure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This industry is so quick to throw its success to the public but so fearful to do the same for its failures. I question why, especially in an industry where our failures are so fundamentally important to our success. ]]></description>
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		<title>Employees First, Profits Second.</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/12/employees-first-profits-second/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/12/employees-first-profits-second/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[job]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The economy is in a sore spot, a recession is here and layoffs are plentiful; even within our own luxurious Internet industry. But what is bothering me most are the organizations that put profits before people; and hide behind terms like “right sizing”. ]]></description>
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		<title>The Perfect Twitter Client</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/11/the-perfect-twitter-client/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/11/the-perfect-twitter-client/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[ideas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Twitter’s ever growing popularity comes with it a change in who is using the application and how they are using the application. For many of us, it is hard to adapt to the changing environment; so I ask for a change in environment.]]></description>
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		<title>Stop being a dick, support IE6</title>
		<link>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/11/stop-being-a-dick-support-ie6/</link>
		<comments>http://marylandmedia.com/2008/11/stop-being-a-dick-support-ie6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin Ringlein</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[accessibility]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rant]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[web standards]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://marylandmedia.com/2008/11/stop-being-a-dick-support-ie6/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere down the line we forgot what it is all about; the user and the user experience. Rouge irresponsible industry leaders are telling us it is time to move on from Internet Explorer 6, IE6.]]></description>
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