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		<title>Is your Twitter working for you or against you?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do you have a Twitter? Is it because Ashton Kutcher has one or because you are actually interested in taking advantage of it&#8217;s networking capabilities? I wish I could tell you why I signed up for Twitter over a year ago, but to be honest the best answer I have was to see what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Things a Designers Can Learn in Every Day Life</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ONE. There is more than just one direction. There is always more than one right way to approach and tackle design obstacles. If certain techniques aren&#8217;t working for you, look for a new solution. TWO. Strangers can offer good advice. The most unbiased advice can come from a stranger. Online design communities are a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A round-up of round-ups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I lied, this post doesn&#8217;t contain just round-ups. It also houses some of my favorite and in my opinion, some of the most inspirational blog posts thus far in 2010. I wanted to do this round-up because I&#8217;d like to think it can really be a great resource for a struggling designer looking for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to gain experience without being given opportunity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;ve just graduate college and you&#8217;re ready to jump into the real world and start your life as a professional designer. Exciting, isn&#8217;t it! Something that can really put a damper on your excitement is reading the position qualifications under a job listing in hitting every point on the head, but the one reading: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 Amazing Movie Posters From the 1980&#8242;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 1980s was a decade of cultural and artistic confidence and exuberance, represented in all media including the movies. The brilliance of the decade’s films is reflected in the posters created to accompany them, and many of these designs are fine artworks in their own right. This list brings together 20 amazing movie posters of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Indonesian Holiday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past 13 days I have been enjoying the culture in Indonesia. I met up with a few friends from Florida in Bali, Indonesia for a quick, but much needed holiday. It was a really amazing trip full of good food, great people, and amazing waves. I wanted to share some of the pictures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VelvetAnt gets a facelift and turns 1!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every year I like to take my personal brand and spruce it up a bit, and that&#8217;s what I have done. What better way to kick off the year than with a facelift. If you are reading this through your RSS reader please drop by the site and have a look around. I am very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to design for yourself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You’re your own worst critic. I think we have all heard this one, and it has never been anymore true. Designing for yourself may bring on some of the hardest projects you will face during your life as a professional designer. If you’re good enough to design for others, you’re good enough to design for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>VelvetAnt iPhone Wallpaper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is your iPhone wallpaper?]]></description>
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		<title>Heres to a new decade!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 has arrived and I haven’t really had any deep thoughts about any goals or aspirations for the new year. I do not even feel obligated to reflect on 2009 at all. I am really excited to look to the future and I am looking forward to a new year. I have never made a [...]]]></description>
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