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		<title>Apps, BUGs and Potatoes</title>
		<link>http://blog.open-comms.com/2011/04/apps-bugs-and-potatoes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 10:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google App Engine can be used to host infinitely scalable web applications on Google’s infrastructure. It supports Django and is even free for low demand sites – perfect for a light touch, cloud based approach to deploying websites. Potato kindly hosted a Django Bath and Bristol Users Group last night to tell us more. Two excellent, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 &#8216;light touch&#8217; principles</title>
		<link>http://blog.open-comms.com/2010/10/10-light-touch-principles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few years we&#8217;ve evolved our way of working. No longer are we at the mercy  and burden of complex legacy code, bespoke server maintenance, and inflexible of vendor lock-in. We&#8217;re free to adapt and change and we like it. We&#8217;ve been using the term &#8216;light touch&#8217; to describe our approach to technical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plone Wessex meetup</title>
		<link>http://blog.open-comms.com/2010/02/plone-wessex-meet-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesguest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fantastic turn out for the Plone Wessex meet up last night – despite a couple of absences due to sickness and late working, we still had the largest gathering I’ve been to so far. The Plone conference 2010 was obviously one of the main topics of conversation. Thanks to the efforts of Matt Hamilton, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social media or: how I learned to stop worrying and love Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesguest</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.open-comms.com/?p=237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is no denying the massive growth of social media. It’s become a huge part of our culture, with 10% of all time spent on the internet  on social media sites. Whilst it’s important to get involved, with so many channels available it can be a little daunting at first. I joined the members of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Futures Night - Winner!</title>
		<link>http://blog.open-comms.com/2009/11/futures-night-%c2%a0winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesguest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was World Usability Day 2009, so I joined the members of Bristol Usability Group (BUG) for ‘Futures Night’ at CX Partners. Not only was the evening an enjoyable mix of talk and debate about the future of the computing, but I also won the prize draw! The evening began with Dave Ellender’s demonstration of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>15 reasons for an agile, user centred approach</title>
		<link>http://blog.open-comms.com/2009/10/15-reasons-for-an-agile-user-centred-approach/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.open-comms.com/2009/10/15-reasons-for-an-agile-user-centred-approach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m always looking for ways to promote an agile, user centred approach. Anyone who has taken a few steps into agile development, or taken a few moments to watch actual users, will know that this is the only way to go. It gets results. Whilst I’m enlightened, I often need to remind myself that I’m [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New rules for SEO?</title>
		<link>http://blog.open-comms.com/2009/08/new-rules-for-seo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot happening in search lately. Yahoo! has finally given up the battle and sold up to Microsoft, increasing the market share for Bing, Microsoft&#8217;s recently launched search engine from around 8 to 28 percent. Google, still dominating with a massive 65% share of the market has recently announced Caffeine – a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Balloon Sprint</title>
		<link>http://blog.open-comms.com/2009/08/balloon-sprint/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesguest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben and I attended the Bristol Plone Balloon Sprint this weekend, joining around 20 Plone developers and enthusiasts from across Europe. The sprint was kindly organised by Team Rubber, running from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon, to coincide with the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta. The event started with welcome drinks in the Woods bar as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Becoming open minded</title>
		<link>http://blog.open-comms.com/2009/07/becoming-open-minded/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.open-comms.com/2009/07/becoming-open-minded/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jamesguest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After many years of licensed software development, in late 2007 we decided the time had come to embrace and support open source. This complete change of mindset, company name and business model did present a few initial hurdles, but we haven’t looked back. From my sales and project management perspectives, here’s why I feel this has [...]]]></description>
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