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		<title>Why Grassroutes.us Represents the Future of Civic Engagement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about how to make civic engagement easy &#38; ubiquitous which is why when I saw Grassroutes.us instant feedback app I was both awed and bummed. Awed because they nailed the key components &#8230; <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/why-grassroutes-us-is-the-future-of-civic-engagement/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=175&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad UX! Bad product management! Bad RIM! Or, why does my BlackBerry have a flashing light?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Want to know why the RIM management team should be fired and BlackBerry has gone from cool to crap? The green flashing light! Anyone who&#8217;s owned a BlackBerry knows what I&#8217;m talking about. In the top right corner there exists &#8230; <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/eliminate-the-flashing-light/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=157&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why I hate the term product manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 13:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Product managers are supposed to be the voice of the customer and the market, but in most companies that’s a lie. Why? Because a product manager by definition is first and foremost responsible for their product – which is inherently &#8230; <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/why-i-hate-the-term-product-manager/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=151&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are Your Users Idiots or are You? Product Development &amp; Design for a Lazy World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever wondered why people ask for features and never use them;  or how  to be a lazy and successful product developer &#8211; then here&#8217;s a presentation and  a few posts you may find valuable. Product Adoption: Lessons on &#8230; <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/137/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=137&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>30 Minutes a Day of tutoring Equals One Additional Year of School by 11th Grade</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was half way through second grade and I could barely read. I felt stupid, sad and outcast. Fortunately, my dad just happened to be working on his PhD in education &#8211; specifically about new ways of teaching adult illiterates &#8230; <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2011/09/25/30-minutes-a-day-of-tutoring-equals-one-additional-year-of-school-by-11th-grade/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=116&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond Squares &amp; Points: Using free-form shapes to search Google Maps and other applications</title>
		<link>http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/beyond-squares-points-using-free-form-shapes-to-search-google-maps-and-other-applications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 11:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kevinjmireles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today you can search for places using a square or a circle – or an existing boundary such as a city, but what about when you want to search for something that’s doesn’t fit in a square easily, e.g. searching &#8230; <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/beyond-squares-points-using-free-form-shapes-to-search-google-maps-and-other-applications/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=101&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teach Hacking in High Schools!</title>
		<link>http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/teach-hacking-in-high-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 11:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a dream to build a site that will make it as easy to participate in politics as it is shop on Amazon, but without a software developer all I have is slideware. Thousands of other entrepreneurs like me &#8230; <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/teach-hacking-in-high-schools/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=91&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where&#8217;s the Map?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:41:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local news is about connecting you with your neighborhood, city, county, etc.. It&#8217;s about car crashes, crimes, new businesses, schools, events &#8211; usually things where place matters. So why is it, most news sites lack maps to show you exactly &#8230; <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/wheres-the-map/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=75&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lies, damn lies and crime statistics: You can only trust the homicide stats!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 03:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[``You'd hear the gunfire,'' said Santa Ana police officer John Hibbison. ``Then you'd wait for the report over the radio and nothing. The only time people would call was when someone needed medical attention.''

Crime had gotten so bad on parts of Third Street that residents had lost all confidence in the police. Rapes, robberies, carjackings and shootings would go unreported. And if reported, would usually go unprosecuted because victims and witnesses would clam up for fear of being killed. <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/lies-damn-lies-and-crime-statistics-you-can-only-trust-the-homicide-stats/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=62&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Talk and be killed: How a lack of a local witness protection program lets killers walk free</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 07:52:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jose knows who shot him in the head.

Only he can't tell the police for fear of getting his whole family murdered. And unlike the drug dealers turned informants, he can't get into a witness protection program. Instead, he keeps his mouth shut and two-more predators continue terrorizing yet more families. <a href="http://kevinjmireles.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/talk-and-be-killed-how-a-lack-of-a-local-witness-protection-program-lets-killers-walk-free/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=kevinjmireles.wordpress.com&amp;blog=336062&amp;post=56&amp;subd=kevinjmireles&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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