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		<title>Your Agency On PCs</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2011/03/your-agency-on-pcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:50:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, we’ve been working through the switch to Macs in our agency. Our reasons for the switch were a mix of aesthetic desires and perceived efficiencies through that particular ecosystem. This isn’t the first time we’ve tried &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2011/03/your-agency-on-pcs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who to Hire</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/11/who-to-hire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve never claimed to be a good boss; nor, have I ever said that I’m good at hiring. Doing so is one of the hardest things that I’ve had to, and I struggle to find a set of consistent rules &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/11/who-to-hire/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No more employees (or employers)</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/07/no-more-employees-or-employers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;re probably a fine person; meanwhile, I believe I&#8217;m a generally decent human being. If we met over drinks, we&#8217;d probably have a fine time and perhaps even become friends. If, however, I hired you to work at smashLAB, you &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/07/no-more-employees-or-employers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Achieving &#8220;inbox zero&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/03/achieving-inbox-zero/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:52:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I tweeted that I had achieved and maintained &#8220;inbox zero&#8221; nirvana. I&#8217;m sure there are countless posts on the topic, but thought I&#8217;d briefly share how I made sense of the communication barrage that I was once drowning &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/03/achieving-inbox-zero/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poking the schoolyard bully in the eye</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/03/poking_the_schoolyard_bully/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;So, do we just say &#8216;fuck it’ and change our name?&#8221; was the question I started the day with. Over the past year we&#8217;d watched pages of accolades and general “good stuff” about our design studio erode into comments like: &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2009/03/poking_the_schoolyard_bully/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A gratuitous plug for more of our stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/12/gratuitous_plug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you likely know by now, I&#8217;m a big-time self-promotion slut. That&#8217;s right, let&#8217;s just say it. I&#8217;ll pretty much do anything to get you to love the things we do at smashLAB. So, today I&#8217;m doing it again, plugging &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/12/gratuitous_plug/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Applying agile principles to communication design</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/12/applying-agile-principles-to-communication-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/12/applying-agile-principles-to-communication-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know your design process, so, it would be foolish for me to generalize. For the sake of this post however, I&#8217;m going to have to. When I&#8217;m finished you can feel free to tell me that: (A) I&#8217;m &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/12/applying-agile-principles-to-communication-design/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Running your own race</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/08/your_own_race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the past year we&#8217;ve been approached by six different agencies wishing to acquire smashLAB. Some were big players, two were regional firms, and the others were working as agents for other operations. Needless to say, we found all of &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/08/your_own_race/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aspirations, mistakes, advice and death</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/07/aspirations_mistakes_advice_and_death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/07/aspirations_mistakes_advice_and_death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:37:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s summer and I&#8217;ve been writing very little. (Lately the beach has taken priority.) A couple of weeks ago, Mark Dudlik asked me a few questions for a magazine he&#8217;s involved with called Fill/Stroke. Mark&#8217;s been kind enough to allow &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/07/aspirations_mistakes_advice_and_death/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Blockbusting</title>
		<link>http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/05/blockbusting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 21:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Karjaluoto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A year ago I started to write a book on creativity. In it I discuss how we&#8217;ve made this notion so mythic that it has become ridiculously exclusive. This seems rather silly, given that it&#8217;s learnable, just like any other &#8230; <a href="http://www.ideasonideas.com/2008/05/blockbusting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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