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	<description>Welcome to CoFactors, the research + development crucible for Catalyst Group Design. Here, we expand and codify our observations and experience independent of clientdriven situations. Our position as consultants gives us an exceptionally broad view of the Web and interface design issues + culture. Feel free to link to our blog, send feedback, download white papers or even to read about developments in our own business.</description>
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		<title>Sometimes I don&#8217;t want an &#8220;Experience.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Gould</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday's kvetch: Sometimes I don't want an "experience," I just want good, usable design that let's me get crap done.]]></description>
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		<title>Speakerphones: Some Guidelines</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Gould</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently received a call from a prospective client &#8212; a really nice person, as it turns out &#8212; who conducted the entire call on speakerphone. It was a brief call and its main purpose was simply to set up a meeting, but when it was over I found that I had a slight negative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>George Carlin, RIP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Gould</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, George Carlin defined &#8220;funny.&#8221;  
At the tender age of 15, I memorized every word of his 1982 post-heart-attack-recovery concert at Carnegie Hall (which you can watch here in its entirety &#8212; thank you Google).  It wasn&#8217;t just his ability to see the irony and absurdity in everyday language and situations &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Drinking Problem</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2005 20:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Gould</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter gets a handle on rental car parking brakes.]]></description>
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		<title>SnickeRSS?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2005 21:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Gould</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proving the point that RSS has not penetrated mainstream marketing.]]></description>
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		<title>You Know You&#8217;re in the Meatpacking District&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2005 00:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Gould</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; when, at 9:30 am, you are practically run over by 5 guys, dressed to the nines in suits and ties wobbling over the cobblestones on 5 shiny new, coordinated (not matching, coordinated) Vespas.  As if this weren&#8217;t odd enough, it turns out that these 5 Uneasy Riders were actually the Queer Eye guys. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six Degrees of SIParation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2005 21:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Franklin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CoFactors toys with Amazon's Statistically Improbable Phrases and uncovers the Papist conspiracy behind low-carb dieting]]></description>
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		<title>This is major&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2005 16:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Gould</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick can't resist publicly celebrating today's Supreme Court ruling. ]]></description>
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