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		<title>i need a reality check</title>
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		<title>Moving Locations</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/03/08/moving-locations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 02:22:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having been thinking about this one for a while and finally made the decision to move the site over to a hosted location so I could add more plugins.
Here is the new link (and new name):  A Random Jog
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		<title>Jedi Marketing</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/03/07/jedi-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buyology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/?p=393</guid>
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Very interesting interview in this month&#8217;s AMA Marketing News magazine (link not online yet but should be here) with the author of Buyology.
Martin Lindstrom discuss the science of neuromarketing and the science behind why people buy.
Some interesting quotes from the article:
The first step marketers should take is to realize that, most likely, the research studies [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=393&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vacation (with no cords)</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/vacation-with-no-cords/</link>
		<comments>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/vacation-with-no-cords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[vacation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/?p=387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have I mentioned I am way overdue for  a vacation (as I am sure most are these days)?
Unfortunately, the timing is crap.   There are a million things going on with my product, key launch dates are approaching, and there is an endless request for Power Points.
Nevertheless, the tickets are purchases and the rooms are booked.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=387&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MIAW + SmartTime</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/02/16/miaw-smarttime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 04:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[iPhone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MIAW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SmartTime]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/?p=369</guid>
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I am failing at &#8220;Making It All Work&#8221;, David Allen style.  The last week has been crazy and I have had to focus all my energies on just staying afloat.  So, instead of having my own personal review of MIAW, here are some great ones I found before I bought the book (at this rate, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=369&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worth The Read</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/worth-the-read-5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/?p=374</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Decide go / no-go before buy vs. build
Unfortunately, sometimes good product ideas can get stopped in their tracks because of a feeling that it will be too hard to build or partner for it, even though truly the investment would be worthwhile. Conversely, bad products can be brought to market because “it would be easy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=374&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are You Making It All Work?</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/are-you-making-it-all-work/</link>
		<comments>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/are-you-making-it-all-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[random]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Evernote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/?p=346</guid>
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Just started listening to the new book from GTD guru David Allen, Making It All Work.  Billed as a companion toolkit to the now classic, Getting Things Done:
David Allen shows us how to excel in dealing with our daily commitments, the unexpected, and the information overload that threatens to drown us. “Making It All Work” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=346&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Signs You Have Crossed The Line</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/signs-you-have-crossed-the-line/</link>
		<comments>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/01/28/signs-you-have-crossed-the-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 02:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Passionately Detached]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I received a few questions on my previous post, Can you be too passionate about your product?, wondering how can you tell when you crossed the line.  It&#8217;s a great question but usually hard to answer until after the fact.  Here are a few things I came up with.
You find your self saying any of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=332&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can You Be Too Passionate About Your Product?</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/can-you-be-too-passionate-about-your-product/</link>
		<comments>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/can-you-be-too-passionate-about-your-product/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Passionately Detached]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seven Laws of Spiritual Success]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[skills]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/?p=314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you were putting together a skill set list for a product manager, you would probably end up with something like this (as a start):

Customer/market knowledge
Communication skills
Facilitation/collaboration
Ability to influence without authority
Subject matter expertise

And the number one thing to tie all of this together, passion.  Often during the development of a product, you have to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=314&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Product Manager Manifesto? Oath?  Something Else?  Is It Worth Arguing Over?</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/product-manager-manifesto-oath-something-else-is-it-worth-arguing-over/</link>
		<comments>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/01/20/product-manager-manifesto-oath-something-else-is-it-worth-arguing-over/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 03:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Product]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[280Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forrester]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manifesto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pragmatic Marketing]]></category>

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The 280Group blog has recently posted a Product Manager Manifesto.  The stated purpose was to help explain product marketing to people outside the realm and to express why the job can be a lot of fun:
In the course of managing my products there are thousands of small decisions that must be made and tasks that must be accomplished. The sum of these can add up to a phenomenal product. I choose to own the responsibility for making this happen.
I am an expert in all areas regarding my products: customers, the market, technology, competition, channels,
press, analysts, trends and anything else that must be taken into account in order to win.
Tom Grant on the Forrest Product Blog, not a fan:
In fact, some of the elements of the &#8220;Manifesto&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=295&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worth The Read</title>
		<link>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/worth-the-read-4/</link>
		<comments>http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/worth-the-read-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>josh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[worth the read]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CES]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com/?p=263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[http://leadonpurposeblog.com/2009/01/16/technology-it%E2%80%99s-all-about-the-people/<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ineedarealitycheck.wordpress.com&blog=5541378&post=263&subd=ineedarealitycheck&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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