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        <title><![CDATA[Page refresh, every image. Really?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I know that Tech Republic wants as many page loads as possible for their web traffic stats, but lordy, do you really have to force a refresh of the whole page every time we look at every slide on every one of your many slide shows? Let's get some Ajax rolling here, for Pete's sake. [throw_in object=&quot;towel&quot; /]I've grown too tired of this type of traffic-stat building shenanigans to click on any more TR slide shows. Mercy, please!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[juhlster1021]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 12:40:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[For those getting into consulting...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[When I first starting consulting in IT (Small Business Networks), there was very little that covered the topic, and unless I wanted to call up my potential competition, I didn't have many resources to help me with pricing, contracts, etc.From Serf to Surfer: Becoming a Network Consultant~Matthew StrebeGreat get going book.  Marginally fun, and easy to read...Don]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:49:25 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Like Rick Freedman?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[An actual hand-written review of these books would have been helpful, rather than a cut and paste job from Mr. Freedman.Did you like any of them? Have you used any?]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:11:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[a couple more]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Selling the Invisible&quot; by Harry Beckwith&quot;Solution Selling&quot; by Michael Bosworth]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 12:32:18 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Some Titles to Consider]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I do mostly forensic IT consulting and try to fix broken IT shops and projects when I'm not into development. Many times technologists focus on the craft, the process and technologies. You must first focus on the client, the personalities you will encounter, the image you want to protect and the career path you've chosen. Here's some ideas on books about the &quot;other&quot; side of consulting which I wish some of the software consultants had read BEFORE they got into a project: 1. &quot;What Would Machiavelli Do?&quot; by Stanley Bing2. &quot;House of Lies&quot; by Martin Kihn3. &quot;Dangerous Company&quot; by O'Shea and Madigan4. &quot;Soldiers of Fortune 500&quot; by Steve Romaine5. &quot;Bluff Your Way in Consultancy&quot; by Nigel Viney6. &quot;Consulting Demons&quot; by Lewis Pinault7. &quot;Rip-Off: The scandalous inside story of the management consulting money machine&quot; by David CraigThere's other books on the craft, technology consulting I'd recommend as well, but if you read the above you'll have awareness of what kills most software consulting projects and what IT consultants should avoid and/or exploit for success.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sensor Guy]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:27:45 -0700</pubDate>
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