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	<description>Random obvious opinions that are entirely my own. I hope you disagree with every one of them.</description>
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		<title>The myth of Mad Men and graphic arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a current narrative going on within the creative community lamenting the demise of professional graphic artists. One such narrative appears on my favorite design blog, Before&#038;After Magazine. Inevitably, someone brings up Mad Men as an example of the &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/the-myth-of-mad-men-and-graphic-arts.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Repairing typewriters</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:22:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I received emails from two former clients who needed some help with some legacy work. One needed some tweaks done on a print ad that was at least three years old. The other had moved his web site &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/repairing-typewriters.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Change is hard but choosing the wrong service is harder</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to the news on the local Cincinnati NPR station this morning and heard a story about the City of Cincinnati moving from its self-hosted email service to either Google or Microsoft. In the analysis portion of the &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/change-is-hard-but-choosing-the-wrong-service-is-harder.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I apologize for that expectation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:34:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I apologize for setting that expectation. Apparently it was done during a weak moment of kindness, one that you are now making me wholeheartedly regret. I&#8217;m sorry I answered the phone on a Sunday morning. You mistook a moment of &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/i-apologize-for-that-expectation.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fun with QR Codes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:46:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cargo van]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I take the event van out, I get annoyed and frustrated with people tailgating. Everyone should have to drive a cargo van so they understand that when you get right up on the bumper, the driver, really, really can &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/fun-with-qr-codes.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are your tweets, retweets and blog posts complicit?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yum Brands expects damage throughout the remainder of the year over a lawsuit brought by a California women in January who later dropped the suit voluntarily in April. How many people knee-jerk tweeted, retweeted and wrote blog posts about the &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/are-your-tweets-retweets-and-blog-posts-complicit.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retro commercials, Boomers and Hipsters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2011 15:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found myself in Times Square this past week, waiting on my daughter to finish her &#8220;quick&#8221; run into Forever 21 when my eye caught the giant Hershey chocolate bar ad stuck in the advertising mess that the corner has &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/retro-commercials-boomers-and-hipsters.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Look, man. We ain&#8217;t Starbucks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past week, I was visiting with a friend in New York. There is a shop around the corner from his office. We stopped in on our way back from lunch to grab some coffee. &#8220;I&#8217;ll have a small,&#8221; he &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/look-man-we-aint-starbucks.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I named mine Gerard</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 12:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get a kick when pop culture recognizes the name &#8220;Gerard&#8221; because it happens so infrequently. Maybe it has something to do with the popularity of Gerard Butler. From the few to choose from though, Raymond&#8217;s cousin Gerard remains my &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/i-named-mine-gerard.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why I will always return your call first</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 23:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gerard McLean</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Accounting forwarded me this notecard that one of our soccer tournament customers sent with his invoice payment. It was in a notecard envelope with the address hand-written on the face. Wow! Most people gripe about having to pay a bill, &#8230; <a href="http://gerardmclean.com/why-i-will-always-return-your-call-first.html">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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