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	<description>Website design tips, rants and frequently asked questions... with some comedy thrown in for good measure</description>
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		<title>Get More From Your Website By Being a Proactive Client, Attentive Developer</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:48:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Don't Be an Idiot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A website, once built and launched, is a forever-moving target that requires patience and a good deal of regular maintenance in order to become and remain successful.  The only thing that's certain when you deploy a site is that someone, somewhere, will have trouble with it and will call you to resolve the issue. It requires patience and collaboration to get to the source of the problem.  Here are 2 ways that exchange can go down:  The wrong way and the right way.]]></description>
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		<title>HTML 5 Demos</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 21:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Don't Be an Idiot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Apple recently released a demo site that shows off some of the cooler aspects of HTML 5.  While it will likely be a long time before the dinosaur that is the Internet Explorer &#8220;franchise&#8221; is willing to build in full HTML 5 support&#8211; thereby ensuring we developers don&#8217;t get to build many HTML 5 sites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HTML 5 for Drunks</title>
		<link>http://www.iluminada.com/blog/tips-and-topics/html-5-for-drunks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 19:38:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Found this hilarious article about HTML 5.  Inside all the wisecracks there&#8217;s some useful info: www.happymagicfuntime.com/blog/entry/html5_for_drunks Share this on Facebook Digg this! Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Post on Google Buzz Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati]]></description>
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		<title>CSS Buttons: Why use images when you no longer have to?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 02:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buttons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Found this simple resource today for making CSS buttons.  Very handy: www.webdesignerwall.com/demo/css-buttons.html Share this on Facebook Digg this! Tweet This! Subscribe to the comments for this post? Share this on del.icio.us Post on Google Buzz Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati]]></description>
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		<title>Smashing Mag: Modern CSS Layouts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 15:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A super useful article about CSS that heavily touts the new features available in CSS3.  What I think is interesting to note is the time savings that comes when developers are able to use the latest technologies rather than having to find workarounds to accommodate old browsers while still achieving the visual appeal our clients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Podcast About the New Lithium PHP Framework</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:29:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Useful Software]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s nerd news, check out an interview with Nate Abele, former CakePHP team lead and now team lead for the new Lithium PHP framework, of which our own Jon Adams is a part of.  Nate talks about managing opensource projects, how Lithium was spun off from CakePHP, and talks about the roles of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Drops Support for Internet Explorer 6</title>
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		<comments>http://www.iluminada.com/blog/tips-and-topics/google-drops-support-for-internet-explorer-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You can almost hear web developers everywhere cheering at this one:  Google has dropped support for Internet Explorer 6, which should signal the final death throes of the much-maligned web browser that forces web professionals worldwide to dumb down the designs and web tools we create. Here&#8217;s the full story. Share this on Facebook Digg [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Reason Not to Use IE6</title>
		<link>http://www.iluminada.com/blog/tips-and-topics/another-reason-not-to-use-ie6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iluminada.com/blog/tips-and-topics/another-reason-not-to-use-ie6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ie6 google hack]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How did the hackers do it?  They exploited yet another vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Useful Ways to Use Twitter for Businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I found this article today that has a few useful tips about how a business can leverage Twitter to its fullest:

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-innovative-ways-to-use-twitter-for-business/]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Assessing a Web Firm and Getting the Most From Them Later</title>
		<link>http://www.iluminada.com/blog/tips-and-topics/tips-for-assessing-a-web-firm-and-getting-the-most-from-them-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.iluminada.com/blog/tips-and-topics/tips-for-assessing-a-web-firm-and-getting-the-most-from-them-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Benedetti</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips Trends and Topics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, a friend contacted me to ask some advice about assessing web firms.  He was in China sourcing product for his new startup company, and was looking to work with Chinese web developers for his startup's eCommerce website.  He had seen a range of bids come in at a wide variety of price points, and wasn't sure what to look for.  He had a lot of questions for me.  Here is my response to him.]]></description>
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