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	<title>Traffic Patterns</title>
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	<description>Advice and Musings on Ad Agency Workflow</description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a dog person.</title>
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A cat person&#8230;
A turtle person&#8230;
A… well, you get the point. I love creatures of all shapes and sizes.
This afternoon, I have the pleasure of dog-sitting my best friend’s cocker spaniel/dachshund mix, Peyton, for a few hours. 
 She’s been sniffing around the office, checking everything out. She’s even stretched out on my guest chair a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/motivation/im-a-dog-person/</link>
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		<title>Skip Intro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I visit websites &#8212; lots of websites &#8212; many of them belonging to ad agencies. I&#8217;ve found that browsing an agency&#8217;s website can tell me a lot about the company &#8212; How big are they? who are their clients? do they specialize in a particular vertical? Many agencies will put their employees on display in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“What’s my motivation?”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I scared the you-know-what out of my co-worker. While finalizing the 2012 budget for our company, I mistakenly quoted his salary as being considerably lower than what he’s currently being paid. After sedating him (kidding), I began thinking about what motivates me as a, “traffic person.”
Is it fame? In my 10+ years of traffic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/motivation/%e2%80%9cwhat%e2%80%99s-my-motivation%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>That&#8217;s the Power of CRM.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just got off the phone with a prospective client. He told me to call him back &#8220;after the new year,&#8221; a common response for this time of year. Now what? How should I remind myself to get back to him?
I could set up an event in iCal to remind myself to call him. No [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/technology/thats-the-power-of-crm/</link>
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		<title>“I say ‘traffic,’ you say ‘production’.”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While traffic managers and production managers are often found within the same department, and their roles frequently combined, they each have very different functions within an agency.
The traffic manager is responsible for scheduling and moving work along a Critical Path while the production manager is assigned tasks along said Path – estimating, buying and managing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/hr/%e2%80%9ci-say-%e2%80%98traffic%e2%80%99-you-say-%e2%80%98production%e2%80%99-%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Steve Jobs 1955-2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
We are deeply saddened by the loss of our generational genius Steve Jobs of Apple. His contributions to the computer industry are beyond measure. Apple products, imbued with his spirit, impact our lives at work and at home in amazing ways. The gifts of his vision remain with us but the world will sorely miss [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/miscellaneous/steve-jobs-1955-2011/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Efficiency? There are plenty of apps for that.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

I recently had the privilege of attending Second Wind Network&#8217;s Traffic Management seminar in Chicago. There are many challenges facing the small- to mid-sized agency market; we simply must maximize the resources we have in order to thrive in such a challenging and competitive industry. Thankfully, our faces are awash in the glow of that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/miscellaneous/efficiency-there-are-plenty-of-apps-for-that/</link>
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		<title>“Getting to know you…”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In recent months, I’ve watched a CurrentTrack agency grow exponentially. I’ve worked closely with their traffic managers to review their workflow process and made recommendations about how it should be adapted to handle increasing project volume.
Throughout the review process, I’ve been intrigued by the broad spectrum of personalities involved. Now, more than ever, I believe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/motivation/%e2%80%9cgetting-to-know-you%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<title>Keepin&#8217; it real&#8230; lean.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I found myself having a discussion and reading an article about the value of “lean” software. The concept of “lean” is informed by a philosophy of minimalism: don’t let software get bogged down by adding niche features, don’t attempt to reinvent popular conventions, be sure to keep the focus narrow and, most importantly, do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/miscellaneous/keepin-it-real-lean/</link>
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		<title>Traffic Rules to Live By.</title>
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Embrace your role as a servant of the agency.
While the role of Traffic Manager carries with it a certain degree of  “power,” it’s nonetheless a servant role. The agency doesn’t revolve  around the Traffic Manager, rather s(he) is interwoven among the many  people within the larger group. A Manager must think in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://developware.com/blog/traffic/traffic-rules-to-live-by/</link>
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