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		<title>On being a hub</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2010/05/24/on-being-a-hub/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 06:53:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organisations that fail to realise the importance of being a hub will simply fail. Call it what you like, a marketplace, a center of excellence, an agora whatever, it&#8217;s a hub. You don&#8217;t have to be an expert in the subject you&#8217;re hosting but you need to have the skills to get people to share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be professional but be a little amateur too &#8211; Don&#8217;t lose the love</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2010/04/02/be-professional-but-be-a-little-amateur-too-dont-lose-the-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Apr 2010 08:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a tough couple of weeks and we have been at the mercy of some cold, hard balled professionals and the impact has been devastating but we will overcome. I wanted to make a point regarding professionalism vs amateurism and how one without the other will most likely lead to failure of some sort. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And what matters is:</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2009/08/03/and-what-matters-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My (slightly modified) view on what matters is: * An alternative culture, a brighter light * A tight relationship with stakeholders, partners and the wider community that all give us permission to talk with them * Doing business in a remarkable way that&#8217;s worth talking about * A story that spreads, a tale that sticks [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OpenCoffee Athens featuring Jason Calacanis</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/10/16/opencoffee-athens-featuring-jason-calacanis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George and his crowd scored a real hit with the latest OpenCoffee. I witnessed one of the most inspiring talks ever. Direct, to the point. Jason was superb. In summary: Entrepeneurship is like going into battle. It&#8217;s tough and not everyone is cut out for it. There are two types of people, those that are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scratching your own itch</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/08/05/239/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently reading Getting Real from 37 Signals and wanted to share some phrases from it. Here&#8217;s a first &#8220;Build software for yourself A great way to build software is to start out by solving your own problems. You&#8217;ll be the target audience and you&#8217;ll know what&#8217;s important and what&#8217;s not. That gives you a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The new way &#8211; cut and skydive</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/07/14/the-new-way-stop-doing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 19:40:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some colleagues will recognise the concepts listed below. Taking a pragmatic approach, one can see where it&#8217;s going and why it&#8217;s going there. The aim is efficiency, to be more targeted and achieve more where it matters most. 1) Clarify: &#8211; Identify objectives to do and Identify objectives to stop doing. Now execute both. 2) [...]]]></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>Solar</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/05/22/solar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/05/22/solar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 20:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[40 minutes of solar radiation has enough energy content to power the world for a whole year. How do we store this energy. Storage is the problem. As photo-voltaic cells (PV&#8217;s) get more efficient, we need creative ways to store this energy. Here&#8217;s the cycle: during the day &#8211; use super efficient PV&#8217;s to collect [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Speeches and Presentations</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/05/22/on-speeches-and-presentaions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/05/22/on-speeches-and-presentaions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 20:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only two things about speeches and presentations matter. Your audience is subconsciously asking: A. Whatâ€™s your point? B. Why does it matter?]]></description>
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		<title>A website is like a baby. It needs love, care and feeding</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/03/19/a-website-is-like-a-baby-it-needs-love-care-and-feeding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2008/03/19/a-website-is-like-a-baby-it-needs-love-care-and-feeding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend asked if I would help with setting up of a new website. My first response: Does your organisation have the commitment and resource available to follow the process through? Can you or someone here look after this new child of yours? One that needs love, care and feeding? If not, then it&#8217;s best [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Will Do&#8217;s &#8211; #3 of 10</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/07/07/10-will-dos-3-of-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/07/07/10-will-dos-3-of-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2007 07:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Will Find focus. I can work on whatever I want, whenever I want to. I have a boss but I must also be my own boss. She has her own job to concentrate on. I will concentrate on my current task or project, and eliminate all distractions so that I can focus on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Will Do&#8217;s &#8211; #2 of 10</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/07/06/10-will-dos-2-of-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/07/06/10-will-dos-2-of-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 19:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Will Set and Meet Deadlines. Recently, I&#8217;ve been the recipient of many empty promises. It&#8217;s such a waste of time and trust (read reputation) when someone doesn&#8217;t deliver when they say they will. I&#8217;ll probably not use these providers again. Now as far as I&#8217;m concerned, deadlines are important. They pressure us providers to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Will Do&#8217;s &#8211; #1 of 10</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/07/03/10-will-dos-1-of-10/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/07/03/10-will-dos-1-of-10/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. I am a brand. I will constantly Market myself. Few people know me, fewer than I&#8217;d like. I can hang a sign on my door, or on my blog advertising who I am and what I do well but I expect that people won&#8217;t come knocking down my door on the first day. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Weather in the Server Room</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/06/07/the-weather-in-the-server-room/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/06/07/the-weather-in-the-server-room/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago I had an airconditioner failure in the server room. The consequences could have been catastrophic had I not realised in time. This got me thinking that I should really have a system installed that could give me a warning when the temperature or humidity was not right in there. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mouse to the Left</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/05/20/mouse-to-the-left-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 05:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RSI (repetitive strain injury) is playing up really bad this week. I&#8217;m changing hands for mousing and switching mouse buttons to give my right hand a little rest. Rest is the only way to recover. Some really good software for helping a recovery of RSI by reminding you to take frequent rests and do stretching [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Faster Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2007/05/15/faster-meetings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 19:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What if, at our next meeting, everyone around the table actually was ready and had anticipated everything that might come up? Wouldnâ€™t it go faster? Or better? What if we tried something completely new and had the meeting standing up. That might make it go faster. Meeting participants should only have 3 things to say. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just Do It !</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/06/05/just-do-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2006 20:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Must give credit to the Nobility for this. It was his idea.) I&#8217;m getting a little fed up of the &#8220;It&#8217;s not My Job&#8221; mentality that has beset my workplaceÂ recently, So,Â I decided a couple of days ago to print off a few Nike signs as shown here. A truly inspiring message if you ask me.Â  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does seeing the letters &#8220;RSS&#8221; or &#8220;XML&#8221; make you feel dumb?</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/04/13/does-seeing-the-letters-rss-or-xml-make-you-feel-dumb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/04/13/does-seeing-the-letters-rss-or-xml-make-you-feel-dumb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read somewhere yesterday (i&#8217;ll post the link when I find it) that one reason intranets fail is that when users see RSS or XML, it makes them feel dumb. I can understand that. I&#8217;ve had RSS newsfeeds on our intranet for about 2years now and very few actually use them. Do you think I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Server Failures in 2 weeks &#8211; Jeez !!</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/04/03/5-server-failures-in-2-weeks-jeez/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/04/03/5-server-failures-in-2-weeks-jeez/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2006 23:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are Getting old !! We need newer kit. Hopefully soon. I&#8217;ve never had such a spate of failures in such short a time. tomorrow is going to be another long day.]]></description>
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		<title>Hard Core Gardening</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/03/11/hard-core-gardening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/03/11/hard-core-gardening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was walking through the CEO&#8217;s house the other day while fixing a PC there and noticed his gardener has an assistant. Talk about priorities !! I don&#8217;t have an assistant &#8211; I&#8217;ve been asking for one since day 0 but it seems that the garden is more important than the system. Â Mind&#8217;s made up, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dashboard for getting things done</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/02/23/dashboard-for-getting-things-done/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2006 13:01:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A functional dashboard for getting things done Should really only have current Items &#8211; and should not turn into an ad hoc project plan. Everything on there represents a commitment Challenging Todo list can become a snapshot of anxieties for the day 2 have done list think about what needs doing and what needs to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m an HP Guy</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2006/01/03/why-im-an-hp-guy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2006 10:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I realised I had a problem with a PC that is used by many. Those many really need this machine and I really need to pre-empt the frustration fast. A failed HDD prevents it from booting and I don&#8217;t have another 40GB Serial ATA to replace and rebuild. Thankfully, this is a relatively [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greek ECDL Testing Farce</title>
		<link>http://www.stavros.messinis.com/2005/12/15/greek-ecdl-testing-farce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stavros Messinis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[45 days ago IMS: &#8220;Are you sure your team don&#8217;t want the Greek test?&#8221; Me: &#8220;No. We prefer to be tested in English thanks.&#8221; IMS:&#8221;Ok, but it might be a little different, like you won&#8217;t get the results straight away&#8221; Me:&#8221;Is that the only difference? No problem, we can handle that, go ahead and book [...]]]></description>
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