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        <title><![CDATA[I know I will have ONE slow day]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-247254-2385493]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[All my store are closed on Christmas... ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:33:25 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Slow at EOY?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yeah, we're slow PROJECT-wise at EOY, usually, but operations never slows down.  24x7, baybee!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rhonda.russ@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:24:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Slow time?  me too.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[as an app developer in RDIS (research, design, implementation and support) service for the company I work for, there are 2 modes that I find myself in:  1) Work as fast/efficient/long as you can on one of my Priority 1 projects, or 2) drop those and work faster/harder/longer on this new idea.Come to think of it, I'm not sure I would want to work at a SlowTime-able company.  I'm too anxious, I'd worry about job security.In a team of 13 of a retail company of 2300, I have a problem reading about slow times.  I appreciate the article though.  It's nice to know that &quot;normal&quot; IT jobs still exist.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Guitarzan8]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:55:03 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Slow Time?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A lot of those &quot;slow time&quot; projects are considerably more time consuming than they appear on the surface. Biggest reason is that if you're in a small IT department and you're the low-man on the totem pole, everybody else is gone on holiday! You are doing everybody else's work!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Xwindowsjunkie]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:47:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[SLOW TIME ?????]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would like to apply for a job with a company where I can have some slow times. Where does one get such times. I am flat out all the time. During the holiday season I am usually too busy catching up on stuff.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Tang Support]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:30:28 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Who's slow at EOY]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Yeah I couldn't believe the assumption that this is a slow time.  End of year is one of the busiest times for my business, most of my clients and I'd assumed most other business as well.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[BobLaubleau]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:50:55 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[GOOD ONE]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That was great!!!! You ask a question you get an answer. I'll bet nobody can come up with a better answer either.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[No User]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:20:51 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[10 is a good number]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[No fingers feel left out and no need to remove the shoes... Edit: emoticon typo]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:41:37 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Amen Brother!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Don't you mean -  #3: Inventory and remove your obsolete STAFF?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[meme122@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 09:57:25 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is a slow time?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I don't know if it's just me but SLOW TIME can't say I have much experience with that what ever it is.....  If you stop to think about that intelligent people will agree.  The only slow time around holidays that I ever experienced would be delays from vendors or (others) which makes it even harder on me.Typically companies run with skeleton crews around the holidays. That means if your lucky  &quot;You&quot; are the one on vacation otherwise even if business slows down you are working like a one arm wall paper hanger.Although all the ... ahem ... 10 points (TR sure likes the number 10 is it the new lucky 7?) are certainly good things if not necessities you need to plan for and then typically make them fit when you can. Summer is often a better time. That is when everyone (the company, vendors, customers) are on vacation and you have much less demand of course unless you are in the vacation business or related industries. It also has less impact on Operations if what ever you are doing causes issues. You can get away with things like rebooting a server which stops users in their tracks and requires them to reboot as well.What is with the number 10 anyway? Everything is 10 steps or 10 things to do. That is a little to convenient for reality. I think things are both added to and left out of to make it 10. It sounds like a sales/marketing pitch which ultimately focuses on the number 10 and not the subject which then gets lost in a vast sea of 10s.How about 3 things to do for the holidays that seems much more obtainable. Better yet how about things to do around the holidays which happen to number 3 or 10 or what ever the number is?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[No User]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:56:34 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Vacation]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Awesome post. Great info. Too bad I will be on vacation that week...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ellsanto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:55:03 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Absolutely]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Christmas is summer here with everything gearing up for nearly total lunacy (literally this year with a full-moon on Christmas Eve).Mid-January the chaos dies down enough that we can breath again. Leave in the company during this time is by special approval only. Christmas is a heart-breaker.However, a great list for when things are quite.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[GoodOh]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:44:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: 10 small IT projects you can do during holiday slow times]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-247254-2382451]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[Most organizations have slower days before New Years and after Christmas.  Realize - not every company has this phenomena.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[b4real@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:14:05 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: General Maintenance]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is the perfect time for it!  Go for it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[b4real@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:13:16 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Re: General Maintenance]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is the perfect time for it!  Go for it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[b4real@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:13:11 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[You forgot cleaning...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Those dust bunnies build up and up!I know that's what I'll be doing over the quite(r) times, cracking open the boxes and vacuuming up dust and blowing dust and wiping dust...I sooooooo look forward to christmas...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lovs2look]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:11:38 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This is a great list. Thanks for posting.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays everyone!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Photogenic Memory]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 12:01:27 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Holidays and projects]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I'll never forget the &quot;all hands&quot; staff meeting before the holidays one year, when they made us sit at tables with people not in our department, and go around talking about our &quot;special plans&quot; for the holidays.  Everyone else is talking about some trip to see family, go to the Nutcracker, something, and I'm sitting there, growling, &quot;I'll be here, upgrading servers, just like every other holiday.&quot;  Kind of killed the conversation for a minute or two, but do people think magical elves do the systems maintenance?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Server Queen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:14:20 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Amen]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[After the holidays, a good night's sleep (maybe two) and then - maybe - some quiet time ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[burntfinger1@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:25:56 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Ditto!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It must be nice to have &quot;slow&quot; times at the end of the year!  This is the absolute busiest time for me.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ESchlangen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:21:40 -0800</pubDate>
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