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		<title>Designing Your Search Experience</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working on a new research concept and prototype that will illustrate some future directions of search engines. New emerging technologies like the semantic web, RDF, the mobile web, and social media may open up unprecedented opportunities for controlling the ebb and flow of information. This control will be enhanced and increased as more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/usability/designing-your-search-experience/</link>
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		<title>Stargate Dubai - Live in an eco-friendly pyramid with one million of your closest friends</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are some insane developments in the works in Dubai. 
According to World Architecture News, a concept will soon be revealed for the Ziggurat, a carbon-neutral super structure that could house over 1 million residents all connected with a public transit system that runs both horizontally and vertically. New energy management technologies enable the entire [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/gear/stargate-dubai-live-in-an-eco-friendly-pyramid-with-one-million-of-your-closest-friends/</link>
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		<title>iPhone Quick Tip: Take a screenshot on your iPhone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[iPhone users are finding lots of little tricks and shortcuts. It&#8217;s strange that Apple doesn&#8217;t publish a complete user&#8217;s manual&#8230;
Taking screenshots is easy. Just hold down the home button and press the sleep button. The screenshot is stored in your camera role. Very useful!

More iPhone tips.
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		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/gear/iphone-quick-tip-take-a-screenshot-on-your-iphone/</link>
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		<title>Alan Cooper&#8217;s Brilliant Presentation on Agile Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every once in awhile you see a presentation that just makes you say “wow”.

Alan Cooper’s keynote address at the Agile2008 Conference, titled The Wisdom of Experience presents a deeply insightful perspective the software development process. 
The presentation starts by painting a clear, broad picture of the software development landscape and then dives deeper into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/work/alan-coopers-brilliant-presentation-on-agile-development/</link>
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		<title>More Awards for RDVO</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some more good news from RDVO&#8230;we were recently awarded with an Outstanding Achievement Award from the IMA. 
We won for work we did for the Gillette Young Guns website. Congrats to both the awesome team at RDVO and our great clients at Gillette and P&#038;G.
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		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/rdvo/more-awards-for-rdvo/</link>
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		<title>False advertising? Apple&#8217;s iPhone commercial versus the real world.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As much as I&#8217;m enjoying my new iPhone 3G, I&#8217;ve been more than a little frustrated with it&#8217;s failings, like poor battery performance, software bugs, slow UI response, and the disappointing lack of speed from the 3G network.
While I&#8217;m not planning to go back to a Treo any time soon, in my opinion the iPhone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/gear/false-advertising-apples-iphone-commercial-versus-the-real-world/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in a FOAF anyway?</title>
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I’ve been doing some research on Web 3.0 and semantic search. There are a lot of exciting and groundbreaking new technologies emerging that could reinvent the Internet. It will become increasingly important for web marketers and digital strategists to stay on top of these advances—there are numerous communications and marketing applications.

One of these new technologies [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/search-marketing/whats-in-a-foaf-anyway/</link>
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		<title>Design Patterns in Semantic Search</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The recent launch of Cuil.com and Microsoft&#8217;s acquisition of Powerset.com has piqued some new interest semantic search engines. To deliver on their promise, these new search tools must provide a new experience for search, integrating a number of new paradigms and experiences.

In preparation for a new project, I put together a quick presentation that compares [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/work/design-patterns-in-semantic-search/</link>
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		<title>Blogging from the iPhone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow. Blogging from the iPhone is ridiculously easy&#8230;no excuse not to write more!
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		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/gear/blogging-from-the-iphone/</link>
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		<title>Google Can Now Index Adobe Flash Content</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lo and behold! Google has greatly improved its ability to index Flash content. 
This improvement has some wide-reaching implications for web developers. The &#8220;use of Flash vs. indexability&#8221; dialog that is an element of nearly all web projects just may eventually become a thing of the past.
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		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/search-marketing/google-can-now-index-adobe-flash-content/</link>
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		<title>Hands on with Google Ad Planner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google&#8217;s new Ad Planner product provides useful analytic tools for planning online media campaigns. According to the official announcement, the purpose of Ad Planner is to connect advertisers and publishers—providing media planners with demographic data and insights designed to help them buy targeted media. I was able to get a obtain a beta account and, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/search-marketing/hands-on-with-google-ad-planner/</link>
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		<title>Martian Skies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
With all that&#8217;s going on in the world and with everything seemingly spinning out of control it&#8217;s becoming increasingly hard to filter out all the bad news and focus on the good.
One incredible event that seems to have been relegated to the back pages is actually occurring on different planet. Not only has the Mars [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/work/martian-skies/</link>
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		<title>Got Silverlight? RDVO is hiring senior .Net developers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not a lot of posts this month. I&#8217;ve been swamped with work, life, and travel. Lots of great stuff going on!

In the meantime, RDVO is still hiring like mad! We have immediate openings for seasoned .Net developers looking to get involved in some great new projects.

Here&#8217;s the job listing if you&#8217;re interested.

Email me directly if [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/work/got-silverlight-rdvo-is-hiring-senior-net-developers/</link>
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		<title>Windows 7 Will Feature a Multi-Touch Interface</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates just unveiled some of the few features of Windows 7, due out sometime in 2009-2010. One of more intriguing features is new &#8220;multi-touch&#8221; functionality that allows users to interact with the screen similar to the CNN Magic Screen or iPhone interface. The video below shows a demo of the Windows 7 functionality.


Video: Multi-Touch [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/work/windows-7-will-feature-a-multi-touch-interface/</link>
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		<title>3 quick Google Adwords optimizations &#8212; Fix your campaigns in 10 minutes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are you an Adwords beginner? Are you wondering how you can tweak and optimize your campaigns but aren’t sure where to start? Here are three quick optimizations you can apply within ten minutes that may help you get more value. 
1. Apply Ad Scheduling
Ad Scheduling allows you to set what times of the day you’d [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/work/3-quick-google-adwords-optimizations-fix-your-campaigns-in-10-minutes/</link>
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		<title>Healthcare Technologies of the Future&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled across this very interesting video while researching some of the new stuff Microsoft is doing in the multi-touch interfaces realm (check out Bill Gates&#8217; keynote and the &#8216;Touch Wall&#8217;). 
This video, which is from the team at Office Labs, provides some innovating and exciting new concepts in healthcare technologies, as well as some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/experience-design/healthcare-technologies-of-the-future/</link>
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		<title>RIP Robert Rauschenberg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Visionary American artist Robert Rauschenberg died on Monday at the age of 82. He was a true innovator in the disciplines of graphic arts, poster art, and mixed media design. Rauschenberg&#8217;s ability to work across different types of artwork and practices defines him as one of the first true multi-media artists.


Some Rauschenberg resources online:


NY Times [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/life/rip-robert-rauschenberg/</link>
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		<title>3D Interface for the HTC Touch Diamond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HTC&#8217;s recently announce Touch Diamond smartphone is touting a new 3D interface that looks amazing.

Check out the demo:


The TouchFlo UI sits on top of Windows Mobile and offers a number of multi-touch features like list grabbing and &#8220;flicking&#8221; to control screen scrolling. The graphical styling looks top-notch.

There appears to be a number of functions and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/technology/3d-interface-for-the-htc-touch-diamond/</link>
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		<title>RDVO is Hiring: Interaction Designers, Interface Developers, Producers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re again looking for amazing people to join our team at RDVO. We have a number of new interactive and user experience projects for clients like Microsoft, Monster.com, and Gillette. We are mostly seeking people for full-time positions but are also open to working with freelancer.

We&#8217;re specifically looking for the following roles but as usual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/work/rdvo-is-hiring-interaction-designers-interface-developers-producers/</link>
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		<title>Copy as Interface</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s an interesting presentation from Mule Design on how a designer&#8217;s approach and strategy for copy can make or break a digital interface.

For a lot of projects, copy and wording are considered &#8220;icing&#8221; or an element of the design process that gets fitted in later—often with little or no involvement from designers. While many user [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.benzipkin.com/usability/copy-as-interface/</link>
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