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	<title>The Official Joroto Blog &#187; John Boukis</title>
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		<title>Do Tech Start-ups Create Wealth For America?</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/08/22/do-tech-start-ups-create-wealth-for-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 15:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Joroto start-up experiment I recently met with some venture capitalists.  They had read our home page and understood that we wanted to concentrate on American businesses and creating American jobs.  They talked about a new invention &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/08/22/do-tech-start-ups-create-wealth-for-america/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As part of the Joroto start-up experiment I recently met with some venture capitalists.  They had read our home page and understood that we wanted to concentrate on American businesses and creating American jobs.  They talked about a new invention they were funding, and while it would be built in China, it would offer other opportunities, like software developers and such, here in the U.S.  Considering the rate of manufacturing expansion compared to technology expansion I disagree with this notion.   The reader should consider this:  The iPod and iPad part of one of the greatest product success stories in all of history.  However, they are manufactured overseas.  A handful of Apple employees developed the product, but the manufacturing sector that benefits is not here in the country.  And the U.S. consumer is one of the major buyers of this device.  This in some respects is a great big net negative for America.</p>
<p>Today I came across this article from the former CEO of Intel, and he agrees with me.  This is a little absurd as Intel is a multinational company, but the article definitely has some lessons.</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-07-01/how-to-make-an-american-job-before-it-s-too-late-andy-grove.html"><span style="color: #ff0000;">How to Make an American Job Before It&#8217;s Too Late: Andy Grove </span></a></h2>
<p>Consider this story from the article and apply it to your job, your environment, your company, and others that you know.  Is it chiming for you now?</p>
<p>&#8220;The story comes to mind of an engineer who was to be executed by guillotine. The guillotine was stuck, and custom required that if the blade didn’t drop, the condemned man was set free. Before this could happen, the engineer pointed with excitement to a rusty pulley, and told the executioner to apply some oil there. Off went his head.&#8221;</p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">With raging unemployment, and superfluous government spending that could increase inflation ten thousand percent, we are sitting on a nuclear bomb.  Figure out how to be successful, because no one is going to pay your supermarket bill when a lamb chop costs fifteen dollars.  Make no mistake:  Apple and other highly successful companies <em>do not care one bit about the country that made them great.</em></span></span><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #000000;">What will drive your startup in the long run?  Profit margin?  Some semblance of doing the right things perhaps? </span></span></p>
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		<title>&#8220;Design for the future, program for today&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/08/01/design-for-the-future-program-for-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quote from our illustrious programmer (his ego demands this hype, don&#8217;t bother complaining to me)  Tom Hollins. Hear it, listen to it, absorb it, practice it!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A quote from our illustrious programmer (his ego demands this hype, don&#8217;t bother complaining to me)  Tom Hollins.  Hear it, listen to it, <em>absorb it, </em>practice it!</p>
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		<title>Suggestions for cleanup of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 10:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fisherman helping]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not I.T. related but it does require technical solutions. It is also one of the most important topics in modern history, and as such it deserves our attention. Put your eggheads together and let us brainstorm a solution! &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/06/04/suggestions-for-cleanup-of-the-gulf-of-mexico-oil-spill/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is not I.T. related but it does require technical solutions.  It is also one of the most important topics in modern history, and as such it deserves our attention.  Put your eggheads together and let us brainstorm a solution!</p>
<p>The biggest issue is addressing oil that has washed to the Gulf shores.  In damaged areas in Alaska, oil still exists in large quantities just below the ground surface, and it seeps up with any mild disturbance, such as rain.  We must consider novel actions for eliminating this oil.</p>
<p>The first experiment that comes to mind is to farm large amounts of oil-eating bacteria.  Apply this solution to the shoreline via manual sprayers or boat-based powered sprayers.  We can use the bacteria to thoroughly eliminate all of the oil that has reached shore.</p>
<p>A major factor to consider is any dangers a solution of bacteria presents to to the applicator (use chemical protection equipment) and to humans and animals that come in contact with the area in the short term (high concentrations present) and long term (little bacteria left.)</p>
<p>The army core of engineers and BP should be heavily experimenting right now to obtain a safe and effective solution.  On the news I saw fisherman swabbing up the oil with rags by hand.  This is pretty medieval (only the rags have improved since medieval times) and we must apply much more effective solutions.</p>
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		<title>Denial Of Service, BLAH!</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/05/28/denial-of-service-blah/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thursday May 27th Joroto experienced a DOS attack. The web site and e-mail were down for the majority of the day. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our client and customers. If you have not received a &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/05/28/denial-of-service-blah/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thursday May 27th Joroto experienced a DOS attack.  The web site and e-mail were down for the majority of the day.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our client and customers.</p>
<p>If you have not received a response to your e-mail, please re-send it.  We did receive e-mail but it may have gotten lost in the scramble for sanity.</p>
<p>Thank you,</p>
<p>John</p>
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		<title>6 Things a non-engineer should know before founding a web startup</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 17:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please reference the following article: 6 Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup I have a degree in EE. Many of my casual friends can be heard saying, “Well you are an engineer…” I am not an &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/05/01/6-things-a-non-engineer-should-know-before-founding-a-web-startup/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please reference the following article:</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.wepay.com/2010/04/27/6-things-a-non-engineer-should-know-before-founding-a-web-startup/"><span style="color: #ff0000;">6 Things a Non-Engineer Should Know Before Founding a Web Startup</span></a></h2>
<p>I have a degree in EE. Many of my casual friends can be heard saying, “Well you are an engineer…” I am not an engineer, my full time role is administering an open systems software product. My real title includes “Analyst” (which I always thought was weak.) However I do not correct my friends because I know what they mean. People equate a degree with a profession and a mindset, which is not necessarily true.</p>
<p>Professional Engineer: A state licensed engineer is the only one who should be called an engineer. (A non-licensed engineer should probably be called engineer in-training.) Anywhere there is a license for a profession, calling oneself the same title without a license is misrepresentation. Of course, it would be rare for a state authority to prosecute abusers. A “software architect” is not proactively trying to pass themselves off as someone who designs buildings and assures the safety of people who use the building. So we continue to live in this quasi-land of terms, the thinking being live and let live.</p>
<p>Despite the legalese, personally I agree with Jim Norcal. My partner did not have a degree until after he had been programming for thirty years. He is one who can figure out any system that involves code, fix it and modify it. We were just discussing titles and I was just telling him that I think Systems Engineer is an appropriate title for him considering his experience. Even agreeing with the poster above that engineering studies are infinitely more difficult that CS studies, programmers who reach the level of Jim Norcal and my business partner, they do in fact create and modify coded systems on a level similar to that of an engineer who works with mechanical, chemical, and electrical systems.</p>
<p>I suggest a state license for Systems Engineer. The testee would have to modify or repair two or three disparate systems. This license would distance individuals on that higher plane from POP (plain ol’ programmers.)</p>
<p>Onto some comments about the post itself. I like the first rule, “Don’t be helpless.” When forming our Startup, I felt somewhat helpless. My partners are highly skilled programmers. With my skills and expertise, I envisioned my role as GUI design, B2B relationships, service, advertising, and marketing. I originally questioned the importance of my role in a web &amp; software development company. Now I have grown to understand that the skills I bring to this startup are excruciatingly important in creating success. I round out an otherwise overly-technical group of founders. Like the author implied about his experience, I get ribbed dramatically by one of our founders. Which is okay, because as far as our users go, I am the ultimate “user”, sometimes the only who looks out for their interests!</p>
<p>One of our clients we are programming for was astounded. They thought we would meet, they would give us the web site specs, and we would program it. We brought many marketing and design ideas to the table. From that they decided, even though our schedule is behind other programmers they can hire, that we must do the site for them because of all of the good ideas that we bring to their project.</p>
<p>Least of all I hope this inspires some of you who are stuck in a roomful of highly technical people who think they do it all, but who rely on you for things they sorely lack, like PEOPLE skills. (No offense to my partners…)</p>
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		<title>Do not use Flash?  Get real. Real programmers, that is.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read an article in Entrepreneur arguing not to use Flash on web sites. From a development standpoint this is like saying, &#8220;Don&#8217;t use a crescent wrench when working on your car.&#8221;   But what if the crescent wrench is &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/04/24/do-not-use-flash-get-real-real-programmers-that-is/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I read an article in Entrepreneur arguing not to use Flash on web sites.  From a development standpoint this is like saying, &#8220;Don&#8217;t use a crescent wrench when working on your car.&#8221;    But what if the crescent wrench is the best tool for the job?  Is prohibitive cost a reasonable reason to avoid using Flash?</p>
<p>Here is the article:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2010/may/206118.html#">Seven reasons to avoid using Flash on your website</a></p>
<p>And I responded:</p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">Mikal,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">&#8220;Flash development is highly specialized&#8221;   I disagree.  Real programmers are language agnostic and can use any tool at their disposal.  Flash development does mean someone has to design the content, but this no different than a well-planned .html web site.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">&#8220;Flash sites are s-l-o-w.&#8221;  This is not a problem with Flash it is a problem with the programmers.  We have developed internal web applications that fly as though they are completely running natively on our local machines.  I am talking about querying information from a huge remote database, and the app responds nearly instantaneously.  Gee, how can this be?</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">You are right about accessibility and you can include the blind or other handicapped people who inherently cannot use a Flash site.  Web site owners should understand this and provide alternative content or direction for users.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">&#8220;The boredom factor&#8221; Web sites with long animations should always offer options to skip the animations or disable them for future visits.  A little planning goes a long way, but this problem does not indicate that the language itself is a problem.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">For programmers who maintain Flash web sites (or any sites!) I suggest learning everything they can about Steve Wozniak.  The guy was obsessive about building computers with fewer chips and at a lower cost.  His motivation was probably due to the extravagant cost of parts at the time, but he is also plainly brilliant and thus took the correct approach to design.  Today, programmers have gobs of CPU power, massive memory, and corporate budgets that let them putz around developing bloatware over several years that should take six months.  They do not address optimization because they do not know how, they do not care, or they do not have political control over the design.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #800000;">In conclusion, always use the right tool for the job.  If Flash is the right tool, use it, and optimize the heck out of every step the program takes.  Certainly do not accept gigabytes of graphics for content that is being viewed on the web.  Get the graphic designer in the habit of compressing to the optimal size!</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">John,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Thank you for your email message. While I agree with what you wrote, it is still going to cost more to work with a programmer who knows what you know (when it comes to using Flash). People such as yourself charge a premium for the skill set you describe, and rightfully so. At the end of the day, that&#8217;s a simple truth (in my experience, and I&#8217;ve been producing websites since 1997).</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;">Mikal</span><span style="color: #0000ff;"><span style="color: #000000;"> </span></span></p>
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		<title>YouTube is down! What will society do without video?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[YouTube being down and all, you will not be able to see the Dot Com documentary below. However, your rabbit ears and digital antenna should still work. So hit the PBS then come back to the World Wide Web in &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/03/26/youtube-is-down-what-will-society-do-without-video/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YouTube being down and all, you will not be able to see the Dot Com documentary below.  However, your rabbit ears and digital antenna should still work.  So hit the PBS then come back to the World Wide Web in a few hours.</p>
<p>JB</p>
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		<title>Joroto is seeking $4,000,000 investment for web</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/03/22/joroto-is-seeking-2000000-investment-for-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joroto is seeking $4,000,000 investment for a unique Web 3.0 project. This web domain is perfectly timed with the current economic crisis and stands to gain large revenues and constant use. If you represent investors, and have great vision and &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/03/22/joroto-is-seeking-2000000-investment-for-web/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Joroto is seeking $4,000,000 investment for a unique Web 3.0  project.  This web domain is perfectly timed with the current economic crisis and stands to gain large revenues and constant use.</p>
<p>If you represent investors, and have great vision and the ability to understand the widespread effect of a business from a generalized overview, please contact us at blog@joroto.com.</p>
<p>John C. Boukis</p>
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		<title>The dangers of working at a dot com</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/03/13/the-dangers-of-working-at-a-dot-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ron, a programmer for Joroto, Inc. is a typical example of the entrepreneur who creates all the success he could want.  However, the working conditions at Joroto are just horrible, and one has to ask if this should be the end result of a programmer's success. <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/03/13/the-dangers-of-working-at-a-dot-com/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Working for a dot com can be much less glamorous than advertised.  It can even be downright inhumane.  The vast wealth gained by programming iPod applications, or reaching any mass audience when one is not prepared, can lead to a tortured life.</p>
<p>Always keep this in mind:  If you are buying Joroto&#8217;s products, you will be contributing to this morbid lifestyle.  You are helping to provide too much money to too few people, and usually they are programmers.  Those are the last ones who will know what to do with their success.  Here is an expose displaying the effects of success on Joroto:</p>
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<p>JB</p>
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		<title>Pasting text sends e-mail in Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/02/02/pasting-text-sends-e-mail-in-outlook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This happened to me using TPX remoting into an IBM 3390 mainframe and MS Outlook 2000.  I was usng &#60;ctrl-c&#62; in the green screen session and pasting into an e-mail in Outlook 2000.  The process must have capture additional keystrokes &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/02/02/pasting-text-sends-e-mail-in-outlook/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This happened to me using TPX remoting into an IBM 3390 mainframe and MS Outlook 2000.  I was usng &lt;ctrl-c&gt; in the green screen session and pasting into an e-mail in Outlook 2000.  The process must have capture additional keystrokes from the TPX session.  When I selected &lt;ctrl-p&gt; to paste in an e-mail, the e-mail was sent.  So, how to handle this?</p>
<p>1) Do not put in an e-mail address until you are ready to send.</p>
<p>2) Copy text from the problem application(s) and try pasting in notepad first, then copying and pasting again into Outlook.</p>
<p>3) Try using any available built-in copy function in the problem application, in my case it was TPX.  TPX has a &#8220;COPY&#8221; function that captures pure text, versus &lt;CTRL&gt;&lt;C&gt; which does more of a screen capture from TPX.</p>
<p>Our business has since migrated to a different e-mail client.  I am not sure but it does not seem to be sensitive to this problem.</p>
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		<title>Astro_TJ Comes through with a flash!</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/30/astro_tj-comes-through-with-a-flash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out our correspondence with astronaut T. J. Creamer via Twitter: @Astro_TJ Are you experiencing flashes due to cosmic rays? Tell us another unique space experience that we may never have heard of. 35 mins ago &#8220;Astro_TJ @joroto Yes,I do &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/30/astro_tj-comes-through-with-a-flash/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Check out our correspondence with astronaut T. J. Creamer via Twitter:</p>
<p><span style="color: #333333;">@Astro_TJ Are you experiencing flashes due to cosmic rays? Tell us another unique space experience that we may never have heard of. 35 mins ago</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">&#8220;Astro_TJ @joroto Yes,I do see flashes occasionally,when I close<br />
my eyes.Another unique story?The noctilucent clouds are both mesmerizing &amp; beautiful.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #000000;">Wow, this IS neat: </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noctilucent_cloud"><strong><span style="color: #993366;">Noctilucent Clouds in Wikipedia </span></strong></a></p>
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		<title>Is doing business in China so bad?</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/24/is-doing-business-in-china-so-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an interesting article that talks about average Chinese citizens working around China&#8217;s Internet filters. Chinese Web Users Plan Tech Workarounds A funny thing about network security is that people are always working around it. Someone is always &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/24/is-doing-business-in-china-so-bad/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The following is an interesting article that talks about average Chinese citizens working around China&#8217;s Internet filters.</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704363504575002772946324934.html">Chinese Web Users Plan Tech Workarounds</a></p>
<p>A funny thing about network security is that people are always working around it.  Someone is always trying to hack into a restricted system.  With this in mind I would like to present a a contrarian argument about doing business in China.  Keep in mind that this is from a guy who believes in treating people with dignity, paying above market rate wages, and creating business and thus jobs in the United States whenever that is possible.</p>
<p>I ask the question:  Is it so bad to do business in China as an Internet services company if one must filter content to comply with the government&#8217;s rules?  Clearly from the above article we see that people have been able to access content outside of China&#8217;s filters.  Eventually China may decide it is fighting a losing battle and remove its restrictions.  However, Google, or any other company, must pursue business in China first, in order to push the boundaries, and gt the Chinese people excited about the web.</p>
<p>I would never condescend to the Chinese people and think that they are clueless about the restrictions put on their Internet.  Emigrants from China may occasionally return to family and inform all of their family and friends of what the rest of the world is seeing on the web.  Again, the inevitability of an open web in China seems to be sneaking up on the government whether they like it or not.</p>
<p>I argue to you that all of us technology companies should keep pushing the boundaries with communist countries.  At a minimum we can introduce the people to new things and help lead them down the road to eventual information freedom.  That freedom may never happen, this is a possibility.  However if we segment ourselves from these countries,we remove any chance the people have of discovering the freedom that others enjoy.</p>
<p>July 13, 2010</p>
<p>I am seeing more articles lately about protectionist policies in China.  As their economy grows they may restrict outside businesses even more.  At the risk of eventually losing China as a marketplace I think we need to strive more than ever to market U.S. products and services there.</p>
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		<title>the server did not provide a certificate during the session e-mail error</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/21/solving-%e2%80%9c-the-server-did-not-provide-a-certificate-during-the-session%e2%80%9d-e-mail-error/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is written for a user of The Bat! Adjust accordingly if your e-mail client is stating that your provider is not providing a certificate. 1) Go to the SSL link at your Internet Provider. If you are using secure &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/21/solving-%e2%80%9c-the-server-did-not-provide-a-certificate-during-the-session%e2%80%9d-e-mail-error/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is written for a user of The Bat!  Adjust accordingly if your e-mail client is stating that your provider is not providing a certificate.  </p>
<p>1)  Go to the SSL link at your Internet Provider. If you are using secure e-mail, this is the POP3/SMTP link in your e-mail configuration.<br />
example: http://host271.hostmonster.com/</p>
<p>2) Click on the &#8220;lock&#8221; icon in the web browser, or choose SAFETY/SECURITY REPORT, or figure it out for your browser.</p>
<p>3) VIEW CERTIFICATE</p>
<p>4) COPY TO FILE</p>
<p>5) Save the certificate to the hard drive as *.P7B<br />
a) Enable &#8220;INCLUDE ALL CERTIFICATES IN THE CERTIFICATION PATH IF POSSIBLE&#8221;</p>
<p>6) In your e-mail client (instructions here are for The Bat!)</p>
<p>a)Right click on one of your accounts and select PROPERTIES</p>
<p>b) Select EDIT PERSONAL CERTIFICATES</p>
<p>c) Select IMPORT and choose the certificate file</p>
<p>d) When the certificate entries are displayed:</p>
<p>1) Double click each entry</p>
<p>2) Select ADD TO ADDRESS BOOK</p>
<p>7) Send some e-mail and bask in the glory that you have overcome either your software vendors intelligence or your provider’s pride.</p>
<p>Mr. Know It All can tell us who the culprit is.  </p>
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		<title>Who here hates getting telephone calls?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 16:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call Me! But Not on Skype or Any Other Videophone In the above article Joel Stein nails how many of us have come to hate the telephone. I bring this up because Tom was just telling me how ubiquitous teleconferencing &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/17/who-here-hates-getting-telephone-calls/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1952314,00.html">Call Me! But Not on Skype or Any Other Videophone</a></p>
<p>In the above article Joel Stein nails how many of us have come to hate the telephone.  I bring this up because Tom was just telling me how ubiquitous teleconferencing will replace travel for corporations in the future.  While that may be so, most telephones are owned by individuals, and I might suggest that telephone communication among individuals could completely evaporate.  Read the article and tell me what you think.</p>
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		<title>Tesla:  Cool.  Very Cool.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long-Dead Inventor Nikola Tesla Is Electrifying Hip Techies Funny I should come across the above article as Tom was just telling me about a book he just read on Tesla, about Tesla&#8217;s amazing inventions and his great understanding of how &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/17/tesla-cool-very-coo/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704362004575000841720318942.html?mod=WSJ_auto_TopRightCarousel">Long-Dead Inventor Nikola Tesla Is Electrifying Hip Techies</a></p>
<p>Funny I should come across the above article as Tom was just telling me about a book he just read on Tesla, about Tesla&#8217;s amazing inventions and his great understanding of how electricity works.  From our discussion it sounds like Tesla had some understandings and accomplishments that have been completely lost in history.</p>
<p>Here is my letter to the Wall Street Journal writer of the above article.  I could not let this one slip:</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #996633;">Daniel,</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #996633;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #996633;">One small correction with major implications, if you haven&#8217;t heard it from overly-protective electrical geeks everywhere:  Tesla would not have run electricity through his body as the article states.  In such a case, even a tiny current across the heart would kill a person.  What he did do was allow electricity to flow across the outside of his body.  Static electricity actually sits on top of the skin.  It is this property of static electricity that assures it will not harm us.  A small scale example:  We generate static electricity as we walk across carpet during the winter.   The electricity sits on top of our skin until we touch something such as a doorknob or another person.  We experience a significant shock as we transfer the electricity to them.  This harmless shock amounts to thousands of volts! </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #996633;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #996633;">Tesla was brilliant to demonstrate to average people that although electricity can be dangerous, man can completely control it and also put it to good us, such as making our hair stand up.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #996633;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="color: #996633;">Some facts:  God made the human body fairly insulated.  We have all heard of people being struck by lightning and surviving.  In such cases, the lightning flowed on the outside of the person&#8217;s body, then directly into the ground.  Their skin would be burned because the electricity penetrated to some level.  However to live is a great gift as lightening consists of a current that may be as large as 100,000 amps.  Unlike static electricity, this current is quite dangerous as it has the power to penetrate through the body, given the right (or wrong as it may be) circumstances.</span></strong></p>
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		<title>Are tax incentives for technology companies good?</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/16/are-tax-incentives-for-technology-companies-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a great article on recent developments regarding a state trying to spur technology business growth: Pennsylvania Tax Incentives Questioned I am not sure if there was a time when I was a true proponent of tax incentives for &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2010/01/16/are-tax-incentives-for-technology-companies-good/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a great article on recent developments regarding a state trying to spur technology business growth:</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126334594759127077.html">Pennsylvania Tax Incentives Questioned</a></p>
<p>I am not sure if there was a time when I was a true proponent of tax incentives for business growth.  There are too many problems with such policies and as the article states, the results can be minimal, even negligible.   Number one, if tax incentives become a competition among different states, where does the race end?  One state offers a two year tax abatement, so the next state offers five, then next twenty years, and so on.  In the end the citizens get hosed as each new deal assures they will get less tax revenue for their area irrespective of how much the area grows with new businesses.<br />
Additional examples of the people being flattened by the corporate steamroller include corporations receiving sweetheart deals from local communities, only to move elsewhere when the deal runs dry or when another deal comes along.</p>
<p>Note the article&#8217;s point is that tax incentives are used by companies looking for a location but they are the absolute last factor considered.  Labor rates are a priority for location selection.  Apply this to a real situation:  A company chooses an area with extremely low labor rates.  The area then gives the company a tax abatement.  I think that this is a slippery slope, a self-perpetuating industrial slave machine that lowers wages and reduces the municipality&#8217;s income.  Consider that this may be one of the cycles, (another being offshoring) that has helped reduce America&#8217;s standard of living, even assuring that generations x, y, z, aa, and bb have a lower standard of living their their baby boomer parents.</p>
<p>Looking at a top down view of taxation, I do not think that corporations should be taxed at all.  Such tax gets passed onto the consumers in the form of higher prices, and reduces employee compensation and stock holder returns.  (Lest you think I am a proponent of the wealthy investors, many of us average people own stock.)</p>
<p>What actions can increase technology development with no side effects?  Individuals starting companies, angel investing, venture capital, and new business partnerships among others.  I personally like to leave the government out of the equation completely.  Every action the government takes results in even greater negative reactions.  Just watch as a health care plan crafted in the name of providing health care to more people actually results in significantly increased costs for us citizens.  </p>
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		<title>Rhapsody stops playing in XP</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/12/25/rhapsody-stops-playing-in-xp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[This article refers to Rhapsody software for Windows version 4.0 Build 5.209] I have the latest Rhapsody software and Windows XP. Periodically Rhapsody stops playing music. I click on the song, and no indicator appears to indicate it is attempting &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/12/25/rhapsody-stops-playing-in-xp/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[This article refers to Rhapsody software for Windows version 4.0 Build 5.209]</p>
<p>I have the latest Rhapsody software and Windows XP.  Periodically Rhapsody stops playing music.  I click on the song, and no indicator appears to indicate it is attempting to play.  I think this is triggered by Windows XP going into standby mode, but I am not positive.</p>
<p>I wrote Real support and the brainless wonder response I got was to shut off all XP power saving features.  I lambasted them but have not heard back, and do not think I will hear back in this lifetime.</p>
<p>I found a temporary fix:</p>
<p>1) CTRL-ALT-DEL<br />
2) Shut down the process RHAPHPLR.EXE<br />
3) Restart Rhapsody</p>
<p>At least it brings back the music pretty easily.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:  May 23, 2010 </strong></p>
<p>Presuming that your software is set to download the files for off-line listening, like mine, try this:  Delete all of the downloaded songs.  I suspect that when the computer is authorized, it ties the downloads to that particular authorization instance.  When you upgrade the software, or Rhapsody on its own decides to re-authorize the computer (have you seen the authorization dialog and wondered why it popped up randomly?) it decides it cannot play files that were saved from the previous authorization event.</p>
<p>After deleting all of my downloaded songs, I listed the library by play count, and started playing the first song.  I walked away knowing that it was re-downloading all of my favorite songs.</p>
<p>I closed Rhapsody twice, re-opened, and it played music.  It did not do this before without killing the RHAPHPLR.EXE service once or twice.</p>
<p>Let us know how you fare!</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE:  June 26, 2010 </strong></p>
<p>Well those bozos at Rhapsody decided to re-authorize my computer.  So, back to deleted two gigabytes of local files, and the system will have to re-download everything at least once.  BAH!</p>
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		<title>Software Patent Malaise</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/12/12/software-patent-malaise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:15:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We should all be paying attention to events involving software patent processes in countries around the world. The processes of issuing patents and hopefully, forthcoming corrections, highly influence technology development and implementation. Software patent vote delayed February 13, 2010 update &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/12/12/software-patent-malaise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We should all be paying attention to events involving software patent processes in countries around the world.  The processes of issuing patents and hopefully, forthcoming corrections, highly influence technology development and implementation.</p>
<p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/2100-1012_3-1022181.html">Software patent vote delayed</a></p>
<p><strong>February 13, 2010 update</strong></p>
<p>Here is an interesting blog entry, the title speaks for itself:</p>
<p><a class="aligncenter" href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2010/tc2010021_330487.htm" target="_blank">Debunking the &#8216;Patent Troll&#8217; Myth</a></p>
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		<title>Sunday night Shark Tank Victims should be worried about the next attack.</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/08/30/sunday-night-shark-tank-victims-should-be-worried-about-the-next-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Television Show &#8220;Shark Tank&#8221; has a team of millionaires offering venture capital to inventors and entrepreneurs alike.    The millionaires include Barbara Corcoran, Kevin Harrington, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O&#8217;Leary.  The contestants are inventors, some who have very cool &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/08/30/sunday-night-shark-tank-victims-should-be-worried-about-the-next-attack/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Television Show &#8220;Shark Tank&#8221; has a team of millionaires offering venture capital to inventors and entrepreneurs alike.    The millionaires include Barbara Corcoran, Kevin Harrington, Robert Herjavec, Daymond John, Kevin O&#8217;Leary.  The contestants are inventors, some who have very cool products, but who are mostly ignorant about venture capital.</p>
<p>The name &#8220;Shark Tank&#8221; is apropos in that the cast offers &#8220;puny&#8221; amounts of money to the entrepreneurs in exchange for a large percentage of the entrepreneur&#8217;s business.  The idea that the millionaires convey is that the entrepreneurs will become millionaires themselves if they take one of the highly aggressive deals offered to them.  Of course the investors are bound to make a great deal of money also, or they would otherwise not offer funding.</p>
<p>The entrepreneurs asking for money need to seriously consider the next funding step in their businesses.  Take for example Marian Cruz, inventor of the Turbo Baster.  She accepted $35,000 from Kevin Harrington in exchange for a two percent royalty on all sales.  The first question to ask is what can this amount of money accomplish?  I would say that $35,000 would build a prototype baster, and allow the start of the manufacturing tooling to manufacture the baster.  Of course, this is all in China, as costs in the U.S. would be far higher.  So what happens when this money is quickly burned through?  Marian will need more funding.  She will approach Kevin for the money, and Kevin will state that he needs something in return.  He will forward her some cash, and take an even larger stake in her company, leaving her with practically nothing.</p>
<p>Of course, Kevin may be willing to give this product to his existing manufacturing resources and cover the cost of development.  He might also take the initial manufacturing costs out of Marian&#8217;s paltry two percent commission.  None of these details are hammered out in the parts of the show that are shown on television.</p>
<p>Here is a more recent interview with Marian Cruz where she does give us more detail of the business deal.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/08/28/aftershark-why-isnt-marian-cruzs-turbo-baster-cooking-yet/ " target="_blank">AfterShark: Why isn&#8217;t Marian Cruz&#8217;s Turbo Baster cooking yet?</a></p>
<p>[Check out this cool web site billed as "After Shark" with interviews with the entrepreneurs who appeared on the show.]</p>
<p>In this interview Marian states that she made a licensing deal and that Kevin is going to create the prototype.  If it is a pure licensing deal, and all other costs are covered by Harrington, that answers more of the issues that I presented.  Apparently there is a lot of the show that is not shown on television, and also they may do several takes for each entrepreneur.  This format of only highlighting the major negotiations leaves me uncomfortable as I want to see and understand the entirety of these deals.  That is television for you!</p>
<p>I am not so worried about the inventors being under capitalized seeing these after show interviews.  It does sound like the millionaires are willing to see these projects completely through.  Only time will tell as we continue to keep an eye on the show participants&#8217; lives.  I know that I want to see products such as the Turbo Baster making one billion dollars and offering these budding entrepreneurs massive amounts of cash.   Now that would be cool.</p>
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		<title>Add a custom symbol to a field in Excel</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/08/26/add-a-custom-symbol-to-a-field-in-excel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:58:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this method when attempting to add a percent (%) sign to my data without Excel multiplying all of the numbers by one hundred, as it does when formatting as a percent. I could find no way to &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/08/26/add-a-custom-symbol-to-a-field-in-excel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I came across this method when attempting to add a percent (%) sign to my data without Excel multiplying all of the numbers by one hundred, as it does when formatting as a percent.  I could find no way to just append a symbol to my data, except, for some reason only Bill Gates knows, there is a feature to add a custom currency sign to Excel.  So these instructions add a custom dollar sign to the sheet, as though you are entering currency numbers from a country that does not use the dollar sign.  However, the symbol can be any symbol you choose.  Again, I will add a percent sign, because that was my mission for my customer.</p>
<p>I am working in Excel 2000.  Hey, why upgrade?  Any feedback on the options in later versions of Excel is certainly welcome.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>INSTRUCTIONS:</strong></p>
<p><strong>1) Right click the field(s)</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>2) Select FORMAT CELLS</strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>3) Select CUSTOM. </strong></p>
<p><strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>4) In the TYPE field, type this:  ##.#[$%]</strong></p>
<p><strong>* Use your symbol of choice in place of the percent sign. </strong></p>
<p>The pound signs represent the numbers in your data, so adjust the number of them before or after the decimal as necessary.  The period is a decimal, of course.  The bracketed expression is telling Excel that &#8220;In this country, we use a percent sign rather than a dollar sign.&#8221;</p>
<address>Now you can enter data, or paste number <em>values </em> (PASTE/SPECIAL/VALUES) from another sheet into these newly formatted cells, and </address>
<address> </address>
<address>this:                          3.19 </address>
<address>will appear like this:  3.19%</address>
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		<title>TechCrunch site down</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/08/01/techcrunch-site-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 11:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note:  Joroto had absolutely nothing, NOTHING to do with TechCrunch&#8217;s outage yesterday. Ah, I feel better now.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note:  Joroto had absolutely nothing, NOTHING to do with TechCrunch&#8217;s outage yesterday.</p>
<p>Ah, I feel better now.</p>
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		<title>See you at the LinkedIn Patio Party!</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/07/18/see-you-at-the-linkedin-patio-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:43:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have not decided yet, I encourage you to go ahead and make the big effort. Come introduce yourself to me, as I will be at the Shaker Heights Country Club LinkedIn event Tuesday night! Good luck finding me &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/07/18/see-you-at-the-linkedin-patio-party/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have not decided yet, I encourage you to go ahead and make the big effort.  Come introduce yourself to me, as I will be at the Shaker Heights Country Club LinkedIn event Tuesday night!  Good luck finding me of course as there are well over six hundred people registered.  WOW (™Microsoft).  I am waiting for a cancellation or a notice of overcrowding to dash my hopes.  The guest list has continued to increase, although I thought it would tail off at about five hundred.   (That is why I never win the lottery nor predict recessions accurately.)</p>
<p>This will be fun.</p>
<p>Today Tom continually iterated how much he hates people and there is no way he is going.  Therefore, if you are interested in talking high-level tech talk with our lead developer, I must apologize.  That is okay by me though.  At least Tom will not embarrass us by showing up at this posh event wearing the same green polo he has worn to work for the past three months.   Instead, we should send him to CES the next round.   That is, if he can bear to sit next to a human being on the plane ride.</p>
<p>July 22, 2009 Update</p>
<p>The event was very cool.  Seven hundred-something did I hear?  More accomplished people in one area than I have ever seen.  Real tough to do this sort of thing at the end of the workday, but well worth it.</p>
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		<title>How to backup your WordPress Blog</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/07/11/how-to-backup-your-wordpress-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Jul 2009 07:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I post this, not because there are not a million other web sites that tell how to do this, but because they all tell me to go to &#8220;manage&#8221; and I do not see a &#8220;manage&#8221; function in WordPress. Here &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/07/11/how-to-backup-your-wordpress-blog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I post this, not because there are not a million other web sites that tell how to do this, but because they all tell me to go to &#8220;manage&#8221; and I do not see a &#8220;manage&#8221; function in WordPress.  Here is how to backup your WordPress content:</p>
<p>1)  Go to the ADMIN Panel &#8211; http://www.YOURBLOG.com/wp-admin</p>
<p>2) Select TOOLS on the lower left.  Use the down arrow to expand the TOOLS section.</p>
<p>3) Select EXPORT</p>
<p>4) Select ALL AUTHORS</p>
<p>5) Select DOWNLOAD EXPORT</p>
<p>6) Save the xml file to your computer.</p>
<p>This backs up posts, comments, essentially the written content.  To backup plugin information and other data store in the SQL database, you should do a database backup.  This can be done through your Hosting Control Panel.</p>
<p>Here are backup instructions, including how to backup the database.  Sure, I am not afraid to send you to another site.  It is 3 AM and I am done writing!</p>
<p><a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups">WordPress Backups</a></p>
<p>http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups</p>
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		<title>Cannot login to LinkedIn after changing password</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/07/05/cannot-login-to-linkedin-after-changing-password/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I cannot login to LinkedIn after resetting my password. <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/07/05/cannot-login-to-linkedin-after-changing-password/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At LinkedIn&#8217;s login page I requested a password reset.  I immediately received a secure URL to a password change page where I created a new password.  Subsequently I could not sign in using this new password.  After trying every e-mail address I have thinking I had screwed up, no dice.  I actually found my original password.  With theory in mind, I requested a password reset.  I then changed my password to my old password.  Voila, I was able to login.  I suppose LinkedIn is not refreshing their authentication server when the user changes their password.</p>
<p>UPDATE JULY 24, 2009  I found in the following blog the reason for the login failure:  The password must be between 6 and 16 characters.   I used more characters and the page said it was accepted.  However LinkedIn truncated the password to the first 16 digits.  So if you created a password longer than 16 digits, try logging in with the first 16 and you should be good to go.  Lastly, I had no problem using symbols, upper and lowercase letters, and numbers in my password.</p>
<p>Credited article:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="aligncenter" title="Password Length" href="http://www.verenaswelt.at/2008/12/09/linkedin-password-length-confusion/" target="_blank">Password Format</a></p>
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		<title>Monster.com going bye-bye?</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/28/monster-dot-com-going-bye-bye/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[job market]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[monster.com dying]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BusinessWeek wrote about Monster.com&#8217;s competition and loss of business: Recruiting: Enough to Make a Monster Tremble A clear sign that a formerly super-successful dot com with a spectacular profit margin has turned into a typical Fortune 500 Company run by &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/28/monster-dot-com-going-bye-bye/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BusinessWeek wrote about Monster.com&#8217;s competition and loss of business:</p>
<p><a class="aligncenter" title="Recruiting: Enough to Make a Monster Tremble" href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_27/b4138043180664.htm" target="_blank">Recruiting: Enough to Make a Monster Tremble</a></p>
<p>A clear sign that a formerly super-successful dot com with a spectacular profit margin has turned into a typical Fortune 500 Company run by a myopic big city businessman:  The CEO eliminated paper cups in the break rooms.</p>
<p>Newsflash:  Just like Monster.com replaced the newspaper, Monster better think completely out of the box in order to gain some new, currently unknown, advantage over its online competitors.</p>
<p>As I have worked for major corporations that have gone the same route, here is some advice Mr. Iannuzzi:  Put the paper cups back.  Not only is your business revenue hurting badly, but you just made all of your employees resentful.  These are the people whom you will rely on for innovation and superior service.</p>
<p>Mr. Iannuzzi, I have an idea for you to steal a very cool niche in recruiting.  Contact us if you are interested.</p>
<p>JB</p>
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		<title>Where is our CTO?  And who really cares?</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/28/where-is-our-cto/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Presidential Speak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disappearing CTO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governor mark sanford]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[illness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[steve jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[where is our cto?]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I received an e-mail from a partner asking where our third partner and lead developer is. Like the rush of Niagara Falls, thoughts of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford taking off for Argentina and telling no one went though &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/28/where-is-our-cto/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yesterday I received an e-mail from a partner asking where our third partner and lead developer is.  Like the rush of Niagara Falls, thoughts of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford taking off for Argentina and telling no one went though my head.  Then there was Steve Jobs: He nearly died, and no one holding Apple stock, most of the value of which is Steve himself, knew anything about his condition.</p>
<p>Rest assured, Tom is not duplicating the efforts of either of the above shady characters.  He is taking a rare break from developing device drivers all day, and developing web apps all night, to spend some time with his family.</p>
<p>I do not miss the twenty-something e-mails a day that each details some new, advanced system or method that gets Tom all excited, but which I could care less about.  For one week I have been able to spend most of my time communicating with magazine editors, developers, and users in the tech blogs, continually trying to figure out what we can do for them.  People are awesome.  Life was never better.</p>
<p>Alas I fear the honeymoon is over, and I will be chastised for my marketing prowess and lack of high level tech insight any minute now&#8230;</p>
<p>JB</p>
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		<title>aGauge now available for iPhone &amp; iPod</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/20/agauge-now-available-for-iphone-ipod/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iPod and Apple Platform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accelerometer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accelerometer test page]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iphone]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[aGauge is now available for the iPod and iPhone! Test your accelerometer with this utility. Super Cool! aGauge WEB SITE Or visit the Joroto iTunes Store:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>aGauge is now available for the iPod and iPhone! Test your accelerometer with this utility. Super Cool!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="aligncenter" title="aGauge" href="http://agauge.joroto.com/" target="_blank"><strong>aGauge WEB SITE</strong></a></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Or visit the Joroto iTunes Store: </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a class="aligncenter" title="aGauge" href="http://agauge.joroto.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewArtist?id=305783761&amp;uo=6"></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://ax.itunes.apple.com/images/badgeitunes61x15dark.gif" alt="" width="122" height="30" /></p>
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		<title>Internet Pricing Exposed &#8211; Time for a personal domain?</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/19/internet-pricing-exposed-time-for-a-personal-domain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellaneous Apps and Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative personal domain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[att price hike]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get a permanentn e-mail]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Those of you getting a price increase in Internet service, consider buying a personal domain, setting up a permanent e-mail address, giving you the freedom to switch providers at will. <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/19/internet-pricing-exposed-time-for-a-personal-domain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yet another sour deal:  In 2007 I was offered high speed DSL from AT&amp;T Yahoo! for $24.99.  At the time I said, &#8220;That is too low, they are going to raise the price in a year.&#8221;  I was a little bit off.  Almost two years later, and sure enough they raised the price five dollars.  Of course I am not sure about the price because the phone company consolidates all costs (hides them) in one grand total on the bill.  They must have gotten that idea from congress.</p>
<p>Just after seeing the price increase I was notified that AT&amp;T will be dropping Usenet.  Tom said this is a decision made solely to gain bandwidth.  He is right (only because he is always right&#8230;just ask him.)</p>
<p>I feel like I am back in 1999 with Internet companies raising prices and dropping services.  (At least the constant, unexplained communication outages are not still a problem for me.)  Anticipating AT&amp;T pulling another stunt in two or four days, I must look at my options.  The only big problem with switching providers is changing my e-mail address.  Whoop!  Time to register a personal domain, select a permanent e-mail address, and update all of my contacts for the final time.  I wonder if &#8220;tomslesserbusinesspartner&#8221; is taken?  In any case, a personal domain can stay with a person forever.  This is something I should have done ten years ago.</p>
<p>Registering a domain name is in the ten dollar range.  Additionally, if one is already hosting a web site (joroto.com for example), they may be able to use the same hosting service for the new domain (tomslesserbusinesspartner.com).  That means the additonal domain&#8217;s yearly cost is limisted to the registration fee, which is quite a bargain.</p>
<p>If you are not tech savvy, you should be warned that there is more effort associated with managing your own domain.  This is only moderately difficult, but if I can do it, you can do it faster and better.</p>
<p>Now  I am seriously considering the personal domain option.   Once I have an e-mail address established on my own registered domain, I can switch to any Internet provider, at any time, without having to worry about updating all of my contacts (hi mom!)</p>
<p>Just a thought for the day for the millions of you who just got jacked by AT&amp;T.</p>
<p>Time to surf for a good responsive newsgroup server before AT&amp;T cuts off Usenet on July 15th.  Ideas?</p>
<p>JB</p>
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		<title>How to Edit Your WordPress Blog with Adobe Contribute</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/13/how-to-edit-your-wordpress-blog-with-adobe-contribute/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adobe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adobe contribute wordpress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connection]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wordpress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress access point contribute]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[xml]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Setup Adobe Contribute to edit your Wordpress blog. <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/13/how-to-edit-your-wordpress-blog-with-adobe-contribute/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As usual, this should be a process that a newbie could execute.  In other words, open Contribute, point to your web site, type your login, and go.  Of course, Contribute returns generic errors stating that it cannot connect, and so you (I) try every password in your password file.  Well, here is the skinny on setting this up, and let me know if I missed anything.</p>
<p>This setup assumes you are hosting your own WordPress blog, which does support xml-rpc.  Edit the url or settings appropriately if you are using WordPress.com or another protocol.</p>
<p>1) Turn on XML-RPC in WordPress</p>
<p>Admin Panel<br />
Settings (lower left)<br />
Writing (lower left)<br />
Remote Publishing (middle of page)<br />
XML-RPC &#8211; Check this box</p>
<p>2) In Adobe Contribute create the connection</p>
<p>From the Contribute home page, or if the home page is hidden, select the “Ct” icon on the right side of the toolbar to bring it up.</p>
<p>CREATE NEW BLOG CONNECTION</p>
<p>(FYI to manage connections select  EDIT/MY CONNECTIONS from the menu…Yea, the EDIT menu makes sense for managing Internet connections.  SPLAH!)</p>
<p>What do you want to connect to?  CONNECT TO BLOGS<br />
WHO HOSTS YOUR BLOG?              OTHER BLOG SERVERS</p>
<p>“What is the URL of your blog”  Skip this.  Make yourself happy.</p>
<p>USER         Type your WordPress username<br />
PASSWORD Type your WordPress password</p>
<p>ACCESS POINT</p>
<p>http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/BLOG DIRECTORTY/xmlrpc.php</p>
<p>DONE</p>
<p>Contribute will download the blog.  You may get an error such as “Cannot create template…”, then it may continue to download.  You are on your own, I just set up your connection, I do not work here.</p>
<p>Here are the same instructions in a 1-2-3 form. Feel free to copy this to your own reference document:</p>
<p>In WordPress:</p>
<p>Admin Panel<br />
Settings (lower left)<br />
Writing (lower left)<br />
Remote Publishing (middle of page)<br />
XML-RPC &#8211; Check this box</p>
<p>In Adobe Contribute:</p>
<p>CREATE NEW BLOG CONNECTION</p>
<p>CONNECT TO BLOGS</p>
<p>Who hosts your blog?  OTHER BLOG SERVERS</p>
<p>“What is the URL of your blog”  Skip this.  Make yourself happy.</p>
<p>USER             Type your WordPress username<br />
PASSWORD     Type your WordPress password</p>
<p>ACCESS POINT</p>
<p>http://www.YOURDOMAIN.com/BLOG DIRECTORTY/xmlrpc.php</p>
<p>DONE</p>
<p>Many say that bloggers are karaoke journalists.  Forget them.  Blog on!</p>
<p>jb</p>
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		<title>The miserable life of a programmer</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/11/the-hoppity-life-of-a-programmer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Presidential Speak]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no sleep]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why not begin the new blog with some fun!  (I anticipate Tom quickly taking over and never allowing me here again, unless I can make up some highly technical explanation for something-something.  Well, it was nice meeting you anyway.) Here &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/06/11/the-hoppity-life-of-a-programmer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Why not begin the new blog with some fun!  (I anticipate Tom quickly taking over and never allowing me here again, unless I can make up some highly technical explanation for something-something.  Well, it was nice meeting you anyway.)</p>
<p>Here was our promotional video for our game Trisaic for the iPod.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/jorotoinc">VIDEO</a></p>
<p>We were hoping for responses such as &#8220;Awe, that&#8217;s funny.&#8221;  Along with some positive comments like that, we immediately began receiving comments like this:</p>
<p>&#8220;LOL, I thought it was funny.  Sad thing is, there is probably some truth to it.  My nephew had a friend who was a XXXX developer for XXXXX and told me stories of some of the things they would do to meet dead lines.&#8221;</p>
<p>Okay, so we are now as worried about you all as we are about our developers.</p>
<p>What comes to your mind as you view this?</p>
<p>JB</p>
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		<title>Joroto promotes both electricity use and more sustainable production methods</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/03/27/joroto-promotes-both-electricity-use-and-more-sustainable-production-methods/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to the naturally-inclined actions of many organizations reducing their electricity us in celebration of Earth Day, Joroto is taking a different approach: Rewarding employees for using the most energy possible over the course of April 22nd, Earth Day &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/03/27/joroto-promotes-both-electricity-use-and-more-sustainable-production-methods/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to the naturally-inclined actions of many organizations reducing their electricity us in celebration of Earth Day, Joroto is taking a different approach: Rewarding employees for using the most energy possible over the course of April 22nd, Earth Day 2009. Joroto, in fact, will be holding a contest, and will reward the developer who uses the most electricity on Earth Day.</p>
<p>President John Boukis states: &#8220;In the world of software and web development, electricity is productivity.  On Earth Day, we will be monitoring the electricity use of our employees. We have outlined a set of rules that define cheating. Employees will be forbidden from executing such tactics as adding accessories such as portable air conditioners to their personal network stations, or playing 3D games (restricted only on this particular work day.). We have basic monitoring capabilities which will help us determine which individual used the most electricity on Earth Day. The winner of this internal contest will receive an additional $5 million dollars in Joroto stock options.&#8221;</p>
<p>Asked about observers&#8217; gut reactions that these actions are generally irresponsible Boukis cautions all to carefully consider their reasoning: &#8220;The problem the world faces is not overuse of electricity. The macro problem is that our lifestyle depends on electricity more than ever, and we need to produce a great deal more electricity in order to continue growing our new computer-based economy. &#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We absolutely believe that energy should be produced using the latest, most efficient, and most sustainable technology.  Every new house should be built with solar panels, and local governments should bury their bureaucracies, and allow the building of private wind turbines in all but the most dense areas, in order to generate significantly more electricity while producing (including manufacturing processes that produce solar and wind power materials) greatly reduced pollution levels.  With this in mind, consider that this contest is a celebration of the computer, and what it has meant to our employees and this company: Creativity and most importantly, freedom.  Electricity is productivity.  The more electricity we as an IT company use, the more applications we crank out. The more applications, the more revenue, the more we grow, the more people we hire, right on down the line. This is Productive Energy Tap, and we will continue to vehemently promote all of its tenets.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Joroto, Inc Releases Trisaic for the iPod and iPhone</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/03/13/joroto-inc-releases-trisaic-for-the-ipod-and-iphone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iPod and Apple Platform]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Joroto announced the release Trisaic, a puzzle game for Apple&#8217;s portable devices, the iPod and iPhone. The game board for Trisaic is full of pairs of adjacent triangles that the player must match. The player selects the objects and &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/03/13/joroto-inc-releases-trisaic-for-the-ipod-and-iphone/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Today Joroto announced the release Trisaic, a puzzle game for Apple&#8217;s portable devices, the iPod and iPhone.  The game board for Trisaic is full of pairs of adjacent triangles that the player must match.  The player selects the objects and cycles through their various designs in order to match the design of an adjacent object.  The game quickly becomes difficult, and a great memory teaser, as the number of possible designs for each triangle increase with each new level.  A handful of objects will have no match, making the game even more challenging.</p>
<p>Find all Joroto products at the following web page:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a title="PRODUCTS" href="http://joroto.com/products.htm">PRODUCTS</a></p>
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		<title>Welcome</title>
		<link>http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/03/11/welcome/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Joroto&#8217;s blog. I will tend to opine periodically about the lighter side of life. Our CTO Tom will tend to dish out tech advice, whether we want it or not. Be prepared as anything goes within the walls &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/03/11/welcome/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Joroto&#8217;s blog.  I will tend to opine periodically about the lighter side of life.  Our CTO Tom will tend to dish out tech advice, whether we want it or not.  Be prepared as anything goes within the walls of Joroto, and the blog reflects our openness.</p>
<p>Thank you for coming!</p>
<p>John Boukis<br />
President</p>
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		<title>Joroto Inc. Seeks Two Million Dollar Investment for Web Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Boukis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you represent a VC firm that funds tech companies, Joroto is looking for you. Joroto seeks funding for a commercial web domain. Please contact us at: blog@joroto.com Send us information on your capital investment company. Once we research your &#8230; <a href="http://www.joroto.com/blog/2009/01/01/joroto-tech-startup-seeks-venture-capital/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you represent a VC firm that funds tech companies, Joroto is looking for you.   Joroto seeks funding for a commercial web domain.   Please contact us at:</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:blog@joroto.com"><strong>blog@joroto.com</strong></a></p>
<p>Send us information on your capital investment company.  Once we research your company, we will provide a generalized design and monetization project plan for your review.  If you are able to visualize our concept, work from a  generalized overview, and you show an interest in our project, we will provide a detailed CV for each Joroto employee.</p>
<p>John</p>
<p>Co-Founder &amp; President, Joroto, Inc.</p>
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