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		<title>Never again will they &#8220;Just not get it&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/08/04/never-again-will-they-just-not-get-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have resolved to never again say that someone &#8220;Just doesn&#8217;t get it&#8221;. Saying someone &#8220;doesn&#8217;t get it&#8221; implies that you&#8217;ve decided that you won&#8217;t take the time (or any more time) to convince them of the merits of your position and thereby proving that it&#8217;s the superior one. If your take on things is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crowd-Trusting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:50:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crowd trust is the trust I place in the crowd that has gone before me and not been burned. For example: EULAs. I never read them fully, I trust someone before me has already read it and if there was something there that was so wrong the crowd would make a fuss and get it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>L. Take a lesson in this image and let us get on with it.</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/07/14/l-take-a-lesson-in-this-image-and-let-us-get-on-with-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<title>TV Listings Software &#8211; TVBrowser</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/04/16/tv-listings-software-tvbrowser/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greek TV is terrible. After a long day, when you just want to flop in front of the TV it&#8217;s a real shame that you are presented with total crap and more advertising than content. We used to buy the weekly TV guide, pick what we wanted to see and just watch it. However, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>72 billion consuming</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/02/17/72-billion-consuming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2008 09:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The population of the world, currently six and a a half billion, is due to rise to nine billion by the middle of the century. The developing world, by definition, aspires to western standards of living. Some economists suggest that nine billion people all consuming resources at peak developed world rates would be equivalent to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Measure Everything</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/05/17/measure-everything-important/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 21:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Measure everything Important &#8211; you&#8217;ll never know how fast or slow you are going without a speedometer. If you need to speedup to overtake or slow down to keep from crashing you need to know about it so remember metrics are everything. You need to be able to prove the value of something you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greece ECDL &#8211; Positive Developments</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/02/16/greece-ecdl-positive-developments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stavros.messinis.com/?p=125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More than a year ago I wrote a scathing blog entry about an ECDL test we underwent and how terribly run it was. Although ECDL Hellas were not the testing provider per se, I feltÂ  they needed a mention. Today, I had a chance to meet and talk withÂ  group from ECDL Greece and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Been a long time</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/01/16/been-a-long-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.stavros.messinis.com/?p=126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t posted in ages. The only reason being that I&#8217;ve been involved in an integration project that has been one constant nightmare for the most part of a year now. Well, it&#8217;s almost over thank goodness and I might be ready for the next one soon.]]></description>
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		<title></title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/08/11/103/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is for you D. Jay Adelson, CEO of Digg says: If your business idea fails, at least you will make the contacts and gained experience that will help you to make a success the second time round and unless you&#8217;re totally incompetent, you will still have enough trust from them to help you succeed.]]></description>
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		<title>DHL Rules !!!!  2,5 kgs For only $32,99</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/07/27/dhl-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<title>Nasty tip #302</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2005/11/30/nasty-tip-302/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Normally I like people coming into my office to visit. Except when I&#8217;m coding. So here&#8217;s a nasty time saving tip &#8211; Get yourself the most uncomfortable visitors chair in the building. A couple of months ago, I had a visitors chair similar to the one in the pic. One moring, The boss walks in, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bigger Office = Bigger Desk = Bigger Mess</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2005/10/31/bigger-office-bigger-desk-bigger-mess/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2005/10/31/bigger-office-bigger-desk-bigger-mess/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 12:23:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my office right now. Tomorrow morning I will be moving to a new room. I asked for a bigger office when the new room became available but I did warn the boss that if he gave me a bigger office, I would make a bigger mess. Goodbye my little office, we&#8217;ve been the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Post: It&#8217;s Gotta Be &#8216;Hello World&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2005/10/28/first-post-its-gotta-be-hello-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2005/10/28/first-post-its-gotta-be-hello-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Full of Myself]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not the first personal blog I've started. It will, however, be the last.]]></description>
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