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		<title>Expanding the house</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I forgot to mention that starting yesterday my site will encompass more than just web and graphic design. I&#8217;m adding photography, artwork, and any other creative interest that I have. I want this site to reflect more of me and eventually I&#8217;ll be going away from the current domain name and only using ravenmccandies.com. Stay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Canon 50D vs Rebel T1i</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m in the market for a dSLR camera and the choice is narrowed down to two of Canon&#8217;s models. The 50D and the Rebel T1i. I have a point-and-shoot SD1100IS and it&#8217;s a great little camera. But, and there&#8217;s a big but for me, it&#8217;s not fast enough to catch sudden movements. It also doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wordpress 2.8.4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally upgraded WP to the latest version. After reading about older versions being hacked I knew I couldn&#8217;t wait any longer. The basic upgrade didn&#8217;t take long. I just had to fix a few plug-in issues. I do like this new admin interface and it&#8217;ll be easier to find the tools I need to update [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticking my toe into the water</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Networking]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve decided that I&#8217;m going to give Twitter a shot (@ravenmccandies). I ran across two articles yesterday ( A Minimalist’s Guide to Using Twitter Simply, Productively, and Funly, Six Ways You Should Be Using Twitter (that Don&#8217;t Involve Breakfast)) that got me thinking. This could be a good way to network with my peers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Redesign Revisited</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still working on this redesign. Designing/Redesigning something for yourself is SO much harder than working for someone else. I have some sketches and functional specs written in my sketch book. I&#8217;ve been writing things down for months but I just haven&#8217;t been able to make my ideas more tangible. Some of it&#8217;s lack of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five Tips to Strengthen the Design of your Nonprofit&#8217;s Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I came across an interesting article through the DCWW listserve.  Five Tips to Strengthen the Design of your Nonprofit&#8217;s Website. It is geared toward non-profits but I think that it&#8217;s applicable for every   group. I really like tips 2 and 3, &#8220;Prioritize your website goals&#8221; and &#8220;Just say “no” to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conferences &#8211; The Relook</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 18:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As of yet, I still haven&#8217;t been able to go to a conference. I had planned on going this year but sometimes life has a habit of changing plans. I&#8217;m subscribed to An Event Apart&#8217;s mailing list so I get emails every once and a while when they have an update on the conferences. Today, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School is in session</title>
		<link>http://www.royalmusedesigns.com/blog/2009/08/school-is-in-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:49:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this field you can never stop learning so, in my Blackberry I&#8217;m keeping a list of all the training that I want to do. I recently found out that my department has an account with Linda.com. I want to move up the ranks and that will be an awesome resource. Some of the things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s top 20 web designers according to .Net</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today .Net Magazine released their list of the world&#8217;s top 20 web designers. I found it interesting that I&#8217;d already been following a few of their picks for one reason on another. Veerle Pieters , Larissa Meek, Fabio Sasso , Cameron Moll , and Jason Santa Maria.   Check out the list. Maybe you&#8217;ll find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m a Mac</title>
		<link>http://www.royalmusedesigns.com/blog/2009/08/im-a-mac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rae</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, long time, no post. This summer I bought a new notebook  and finally got  the Mac that I&#8217;ve been waiting for. I&#8217;ve been looking to make a purchase since I gave away my Powerbook 1400cs around 2002. Since I switched platforms (I had a  Dell notebook running Windows XP) I&#8217;ve had to [...]]]></description>
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