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		<title>Apple iPad &amp; The Bath Water</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Apple. There, I said it. I love their vibe, their vision and most of all, their products. In fact, I'm so enamored with the iPad that I'm staking my future on it by building a company around developing software for iPad. Or at least I'm trying to. What's my biggest barrier to success? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/08/apple-ipad-and-the-bath-water/</link>
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		<title>Brimenzi Productions Makes Three</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a good friend who is in public relations. She's also just announced that she's pregnant with her (and her husband's) first child. So how does she tell everyone? A press release, of course. Brilliant. We love you Nicole and wish you, Bryce and Baby the very best. Here's the release I received via [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/07/brimenzi-productions-makes-three/</link>
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		<title>What Foursquare Could Learn from Marco Polo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It's no great secret that I don't get Foursquare. At least not for me. While I readily admit that I find the societal phenomenon that is Foursquare to be interesting, (like my friend Holly Wall) I just don't care if people know where I am or not. The truth is I feel it probably gives [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/06/what-foursquare-could-learn-from-marco-polo/</link>
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		<title>Architactile Named TESA Top 25 Finalist!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(cross posted from Architactile.com)
We're so proud to be named as one of top 25 finalist in the Tulsa Entrepreneurial Spirit Award for 2010. We've been working (mostly in stealth mode) for the last few months developing our first product, Architactile Inception for the iPad, which will hopefully be submitted (as a beta) to the Apple [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/06/architactile-named-tesa-top-25-finalist/</link>
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		<title>Stop Whining About Openness, Loser.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My good friend Abby Waumbaugh (@abbyannette) pointed out an interesting post by Andrew Swenson (@wordpost) about the iPad and "openness" and future of broadcasting.  Andrew was riffing on themes presented by the great Doc Searls on same.  Andrews focus was really more on the openness as it applied to content creators but it prompted me to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/04/stop-whining-about-openness-loser/</link>
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		<title>Why iPad?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those just tuning it, I'm starting a business developing software for the iPad. When I tell people that I'm targeting iPad I get mixed responses. Fanboys want to gush about how the iPad will forever change the destiny of man.  Critics want to talk about netbooks, iPad's missing features or the forthcoming Microsoft Courier. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/03/why-ipad/</link>
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		<title>Architactile Cometh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My life has changed a lot in the last few months. Most folks that know me through the internet have no idea what I do professionally. Lots of folks think I'm somehow involved in marketing, public relations, social media consulting, etc. (I'm not.) This is partly by my own design. Both when I started blogging [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/03/architactile-cometh/</link>
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		<title>Starbucks Buys 122M Pounds of Unethically Traded Beans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Full disclosure: I think most marketing is really, really bad. Why?  It's because I think most marketing people are more focused on manipulating the consumer into believing a half-truth than they are on anything even remotely related to their product.  In doing so, two things happen:
1.) Focus is shifted off of the product. (Or more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/02/starbucks-buys-122m-pounds-of-unethically-traded-beans/</link>
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		<title>Oklahoma City Doesn&#8217;t Suck</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I spoke at IgniteOKC. It was the second Ignite event at which I’ve spoken. I love Ignite. Simply put: Ignite rocks. As a speaker, the format is challenging and invigorating, but the best thing about Ignite is the people. Hands down. And not just the speakers, but everyone - the audience, the organizers, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2010/01/oklahoma-city-doesnt-suck/</link>
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		<title>Everyone Loves a Good Smackdown</title>
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This past weekend I participated in the most amazing event ever – Startup Weekend Tulsa.  I plan to write more about the experience soon, but here's the gist – about 45 strangers got together, formed 5 teams and created 5 startup companies over the course of about 54 hours. It's the kind of thing that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thebasement.com/2009/11/everyone-loves-a-good-smackdown/</link>
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