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		<title>Bridge to Baltimore</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saw Ryan Montbleau last weekend and built this for last weeks travel to Baltimore. His tracks anchored this mix with some eclectic add ons from recent additions to the library. Photo Credit Stuckincustoms.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=479&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Continuing Thoughts on the Cost of College</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read Seth Godin&#8217;s Stop Stealing Dreams this week somewhere between JFK and Seattle. It is worth the read if you think that we have to do something to change the education system in our country. I don&#8217;t agree with all of it but its worth a discussion as the other fact I saw this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=474&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Tunes: Say April</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nine new songs built around John Mayers Say which I realized somehow I didn&#8217;t own so it sets the tone for Susan Justice, Noir Desir, Lyle, and Gotye. Enjoy. Photo credit stuckincustoms.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=470&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Staycation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last few weeks has had me in: Miami, London, Helsinki, Chicago, and New York. So, I&#8217;m taking a week at home in VT to sleep in my own bed and wake up for runs with Odin. A few dinners catching up with old friends and getting my hands dirty with some projects will make [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=464&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Four goals for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before we get into the 2012 list we need to hold up the mirror on my 2011 goals and take count. 2011 was a year of less; I did 55 days on the road for work which was down by more than 1/2 over 2010, I only made halting progress on time wasters so partial fail there, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=460&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Best Books of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Amazon I made my way through 58 Kindle books this year and my best guess is about five hardcovers.  In no particular order here are ones worth reading: Lean Start Up by Eric Ries Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Habit: The 95% of Behavior Marketer Ignore by Neale Martin The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan Do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=448&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Idiots of Marketing: Citibank</title>
		<link>http://alecnewcomb.com/2011/10/10/idiots-of-marketing-citibank/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I try to keep rants off my blog but Citibank made such an utter FAIL in their recent marketing that I had to write about it. I have been a loyal Citibank customer for at least 16 years since my days at MTV. I&#8217;ve banked with them personally, professionally as a small business owner,  and used their credit card [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=440&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spotify Review</title>
		<link>http://alecnewcomb.com/2011/09/23/spotify-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 00:25:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was an early Spotify listener as I simply paid the full boat $9.99 package. I&#8217;ve been using it about 50% of the time vs. my usual listening to last.fm on the Sonos. The good: - I love being able to hear an entire album of new music start to finish without buying the album. Then typically I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=425&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Execution vs. Strategy</title>
		<link>http://alecnewcomb.com/2011/09/18/execution-vs-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 19:51:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sriram had this wonderful quote come across my Twitter stream, &#8220;You’re not Steve Jobs and your organization is not Apple. And your well-thought out strategy is probably terrible.&#8221; I could not agree more. We all fall in love with our ideas, especially if your in a power point filled offsite. I find this all even more amusing as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=419&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cory and Thomas Wedding, Party under the Tent</title>
		<link>http://alecnewcomb.com/2011/09/05/cory-and-thomas-wedding-party-under-the-tent/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My best man speech&#8230; It is great to see this tent filled with Cory and Thomas’ family and friends from down the road, and those who have crossed half the world to be here; Tushar from Nepal, Lindsay and Nie from England. There is nothing that means more to Thomas and Cory then being surrounded [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alecnewcomb.com&#038;blog=2353060&#038;post=410&#038;subd=alecnewcomb&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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