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		<title>When in Doubt, Make A List</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/12/when-in-doubt-make-a-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When in Doubt, Make A List. Great advice from Scott. When I’m stuck or doubting the right way to approach something my fallback is always to write a list down in my notebook, think it over, and then add it to OmniFocus. It may feel... <a class="moretag" href="http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/12/when-in-doubt-make-a-list/">Continue reading &#8594;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://scottberkun.com/2013/make-a-list/">When in Doubt, Make A List</a>. Great advice from Scott. When I’m stuck or doubting the right way to approach something my fallback is always to write a list down in my notebook, think it over, and then add it to <a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnifocus/">OmniFocus</a>. It may feel like a step backward at first but it always gets me moving in the right direction.</p>
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		<title>Don’t make things for “everyone”</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/09/dont-make-things-for-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 00:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my god, don’t make things for “Everyone.” Fantastic post from Dan Sinker about the pitfalls of trying to design for mass consumption. My favorite line: Don’t ever make something for “Everyone” make it for someone. And make that person love it.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://dansinker.com/post/51696529985/oh-my-god-dont-make-things-for-everyone">Oh my god, don’t make things for “Everyone.”</a> Fantastic post from Dan Sinker about the pitfalls of trying to design for mass consumption. My favorite line:</p>
<blockquote><p>Don’t ever make something for “Everyone” make it for someone. And make that person love it.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>The Space Between the Notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 23:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These days, doing anything on my phone isn’t measured by what an app does, but by the space in time I’m navigating between apps—the moments of transition between doing something and doing something else. The Space Between the Notes.]]></description>
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<p>These days, doing anything on my phone isn’t measured by what an app does, but by the space in time I’m navigating between apps—the moments of transition between doing something and doing something else.</p>
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<p><a href="http://jasonsantamaria.com/articles/the-space-between-the-notes">The Space Between the Notes</a>.</p>
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		<title>24 hours in Kirkby Stephen</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/24-hours-in-kirkby-stephen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the very end of our 3 weeks in England Leah and I took the train up to Kirkby Stephen to stay with a college professor of ours. It was a wonderful change of pace from Southern England and London. Kirkby Stephen is just east... <a class="moretag" href="http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/24-hours-in-kirkby-stephen/">Continue reading &#8594;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At the very end of our 3 weeks in England Leah and I took the train up to Kirkby Stephen to stay with a college professor of ours. It was a wonderful change of pace from Southern England and London. Kirkby Stephen is just east of the Lake District and is gorgeous.</p>
<p>We stayed in the <a href="http://cranesbillbarn.com/">Cranesbill Barn</a> that Jeanette and Alex own. It’s a great holiday cottage in a small village.</p>
<p>While there we went on a whirlwind tour of the area including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_Castle">Brough Castle</a> and a fantastic old, working mill. Really great way to spend the last day on vacation.</p>

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		<title>Cambridge and Newmarket</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Bath and London, Leah and I went to spend a week in Cambridge with our friend Sarah. While there we wandered around the city and the colleges and took a day trip out to Newmarket and The National Stud horse facility. With the exception... <a class="moretag" href="http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/cambridge-and-newmarket/">Continue reading &#8594;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After Bath and London, Leah and I went to spend a week in Cambridge with our friend Sarah. While there we wandered around the city and the colleges and took a day trip out to Newmarket and <a href="http://www.nationalstud.co.uk/">The National Stud horse facility</a>.</p>
<p>With the exception of the day in Newmarket the weather was wonderful. Sarah’s studying at <a href="http://www.lucy-cav.cam.ac.uk/">Lucy Cavendish</a>, too, which meant we got to wander around a bit more of the campuses as well as free entry in to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_College_Chapel,_Cambridge">King’s College Chapel</a>.</p>

<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/cambridge-and-newmarket/dsc_8732/' title='King&#039;s College Chapel'><img width="1200" height="1800" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8732-1200x1800.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="King&#039;s College Chapel" /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/cambridge-and-newmarket/dsc_8932/' title='King&#039;s College Chapel'><img width="1200" height="1792" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8932-1200x1792.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="The gorgeous fan vaulted ceiling within King&#039;s College Chapel." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/cambridge-and-newmarket/dsc_8941/' title='King&#039;s College Chapel'><img width="1200" height="1057" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8941-1200x1057.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="There were a few sets of these little pieces of glass along the sides of the chapel. I thought the yellow and black was a neat effect." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/cambridge-and-newmarket/dsc_8772/' title='The National Stud'><img width="1200" height="803" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8772-1200x803.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="Young foal at The National Stud horse facility." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/cambridge-and-newmarket/dsc_8779/' title='The National Stud'><img width="1200" height="803" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8779-1200x803.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="The National Stud" /></a>

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		<title>Tourist time in London</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 17:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before spending time in Bath Leah and I spent a week in London. Overall we spent two weeks in the city in April. It was great to split that time up with breaks in Bath and Cambridge. London is great and all but smaller towns... <a class="moretag" href="http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/">Continue reading &#8594;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before <a href="http://andrewspittle.net/2013/05/26/spending-24-hours-in-bath-england/">spending time in Bath</a> Leah and I spent a week in London. Overall we spent two weeks in the city in April. It was great to split that time up with breaks in Bath and Cambridge. London is great and all but smaller towns are nice, too.</p>
<p>This was Leah’s first trip to England so we hit a lot of the popular sights in London: British Museum, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Westminster area, Tower of London, National Gallery, and more.</p>

<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_8459/' title='Trafalgar Square'><img width="1200" height="803" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8459-1200x803.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="The view south from Trafalgar Square. Outside the National Gallery." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_8518/' title='Queen&#039;s Life Guard'><img width="1200" height="803" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8518-1200x803.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="The inspection of the Queen&#039;s Life Guard outside the Household Cavalry museum." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_9147/' title='Queen&#039;s Life Guard'><img width="1200" height="803" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_9147-1200x803.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="The changing of the Queen&#039;s Life Guard." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_8566/' title='The Cenotaph'><img width="1200" height="803" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8566-1200x803.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="The Cenotaph in Whitehall. Wikipedia has more context." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_8590/' title='St. Paul&#039;s Cathedral'><img width="1200" height="803" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8590-1200x803.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="The view south from St. Paul&#039;s Cathedral." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_8989/' title='British Museum'><img width="1200" height="803" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_8989-1200x803.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="One of a few Egyptian rooms in the British Museum. We spent most of our time in the Greek and Roman areas." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_9069/' title='The Tower of London'><img width="1200" height="1792" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_9069-1200x1792.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="The view out of the Tower of London area. The juxtaposition of the old castle area with the much more modern city behind it was neat." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_9077/' title='The Tower of London'><img width="1200" height="1800" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_9077-1200x1800.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="In the foreground is the old chapel." /></a>
<a href='http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/08/tourist-time-in-london/dsc_9107/' title='Big Ben'><img width="1200" height="1792" src="http://www-andrewspittle-net.zippykid.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/DSC_9107-1200x1792.jpg" class="attachment-large" alt="Big Ben" /></a>

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		<title>Status</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/06/status-62/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 02:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apparently it takes about two weeks to get completely out of shape. Ooph.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently it takes about two weeks to get completely out of shape. Ooph.</p>
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		<title>Faculty blogging</title>
		<link>http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/03/faculty-blogging/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to activate faculty to fuel your content. Great set of tips for motivating consistent blogging among faculty.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://meetcontent.com/blog/activate-faculty-to-fuel-your-content/">How to activate faculty to fuel your content</a>. Great set of tips for motivating consistent blogging among faculty.</p>
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		<title>Checkboxes that kill</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 04:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Checkboxes that kill. Great post about the dangers in complex, customizable settings. Two key takeaways: regularly audit how people are using your product and consider whether more than 2% of your users will use a setting.]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://limi.net/checkboxes-that-kill/">Checkboxes that kill</a>. Great post about the dangers in complex, customizable settings. Two key takeaways: regularly audit how people are using your product and consider whether more than 2% of your users will use a setting.</p>
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		<title>Tech biologists</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 18:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Spittle</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dyson: We have created this expanding computational universe, and it’s open to the evolution of all kinds of things. It’s cycling faster and faster, and it’s way, way, way more than doubling in scale every year. Even with the help of Google and YouTube and... <a class="moretag" href="http://andrewspittle.net/2013/06/03/tech-biologists/">Continue reading &#8594;</a>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><strong>Dyson</strong>: We have created this expanding computational universe, and it’s open to the evolution of all kinds of things. It’s cycling faster and faster, and it’s way, way, way more than doubling in scale every year. Even with the help of Google and YouTube and Facebook, we can’t consume it all. And we aren’t really aware what this vast space is filling up with. From the human perspective, computers are idle 99 percent of the time, just waiting for the next instruction. While they’re waiting for us to come up with instructions, more and more computation is happening without us, as computers write instructions for each other. And as Turing showed mathematically, this space can’t be supervised. As the digital universe expands, so does this wild, undomesticated side.</p>
<p><strong>Wired</strong>: If this is true, what’s the takeaway?</p>
<p><strong>Dyson</strong>: Hire biologists! It doesn’t make sense for a high tech company to have 3,000 software engineers but no biologists.</p></blockquote>
<p>From a <a href="http://www.wired.com/magazine/2012/02/ff_dysonqa/all/">Q&amp;A between George Dyson and Wired’s Kevin Kelly</a>.</p>
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