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	<title>Rory Cullen, Kaizen Software Developer</title>
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	<description>Finding work you&#039;re passionate about</description>
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		<title>Droid 101: Limiting which Gmail contacts are synced to your Droid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are like me, you use Gmail contacts as your “master” database for contact information.  I not only have email, address, and phone information on friends and family, but also work-related contacts, Frequent flyer numbers, and lots of contacts who I rarely need to contact.  When I got my new Droid, I was psyched [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2010/03/droid-101-limiting-which-gmail-contacts-are-synced-to-your-droid/</link>
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		<title>How to devalue your LinkedIn Recommendations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past month, I have received two endorsement requests from connections in LinkedIn.  One from a high school classmate I have not seen in over 15 years, and another from a friend who I know from non-work activities.  My question is, why do they think I can endorse them?  Is this [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2010/03/how-to-devalue-your-linkedin-recommendations/</link>
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		<title>LinkedIn and Porn: Like chocolate and peanut butter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had no intention of writing a follow-up piece about LinkedIn this month.  No intention at all until yesterday, when I stumbled upon Charly Barry.
A few days ago, I noticed a contact on LinkedIn was part of the Fidelity Investments Alumni group.  Although there are several groups with variations on this name, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2010/01/linkedin-and-porn-like-chocolate-and-peanut-butter/</link>
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		<title>The Weakest Link(edIn)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can no longer deny what has become obvious to me.  I have failed to use LinkedIn appropriately for too long, and it’s starting to make me rethink my approach.  Maybe you can learn from my mistake!
LinkedIn suggests: Accept invitations only from those who you know and trust.
This past week, I finally realized how low [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2009/12/the-weakest-linkedin/</link>
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		<title>The Hangover: Seacoast Half Marathon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No longer can you say I will never be “half the man my brother is!”  Yesterday I became that half a man!*  You may recall that I began running back in April out of boredom and really enjoyed it.  This year’s hobby finally culminated my attempt of the Seacoast Half Marathon yesterday. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2009/11/the-hangover-seacoast-half-marathon/</link>
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		<title>Volunteerism and the Job Search: Getting the most out of it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most professional career counselors will tell you that you should do some volunteer work while you’re looking for a new job.  Their reasons are many, including:

You can make contacts
You can refresh or update your skills
You get out of your house and avoid a rut
It fills your time
You can do some good in the world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2009/10/volunteerism-and-the-job-search-getting-the-most-out-of-it/</link>
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		<title>Back to (Grad) School time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How old do you have to be to stop dreading early September?  I dreaded it well into my late 20s, all due to years of schooling.  Back-to-school shopping ads still bother me when they come out in mid-July.  Well, this September is different!
When I was a fresh-faced college grad, I really wanted a Graduate degree.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2009/09/back-to-grad-school-time/</link>
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		<title>What I&#8217;ve been doing lately</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep, I’ve been busy.   Too busy to write?   Yes, at times.   Also, lacking in appropriate topics.   More on that another time.
Why so busy?   First I spent a lot of time prepping for my presentation to a networking group on Personal Branding.   After that, I implemented a survey to gather [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2009/08/what-ive-been-doing-lately/</link>
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		<title>Guide to Subclipse Decorator Icons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In my current role, we are using Subversion (SVN) as our version control system.  As an Eclipse user, I am using the Subclipse plugin that allows you to easily interact with Subversion to commit changes and make updates to your code.  I quickly noticed that there was no online resource out there that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2009/07/guide-to-subclipse-decorator-icons/</link>
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		<title>Personal Branding for the Ages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few months ago, when I was not working on a million projects, I volunteered to speak to one of my networking groups.  After some delays on my end, it is now slated for next week.  The topic is one of my hobbies, “Personal Branding.”  If you have been reading this blog, you know that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rorycullen.com/blog/2009/07/personal-branding-for-the-ages/</link>
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