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		<title>By: Jim Parkes</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Parkes</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“Never fear perfection, because you won’t reach it” is a great quote from Salvador Dali and I agree it applies equally in the art of blogging!

Salvador Dali was a complex and controversial character. On Dalí&#039;s personality, George Orwell once remarked that &#039;one ought to be able to hold in one&#039;s head simultaneously the two facts, that Dalí is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being, the one does not invalidate or, in a sense, affect the other.&#039; ha-ha, keep up the good work!

&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.free-art-images.com/salvador_dali.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;My favorite paintings by Salvador Dali&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Never fear perfection, because you won’t reach it” is a great quote from Salvador Dali and I agree it applies equally in the art of blogging!</p>
<p>Salvador Dali was a complex and controversial character. On Dalí&#8217;s personality, George Orwell once remarked that &#8216;one ought to be able to hold in one&#8217;s head simultaneously the two facts, that Dalí is a good draughtsman and a disgusting human being, the one does not invalidate or, in a sense, affect the other.&#8217; ha-ha, keep up the good work!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.free-art-images.com/salvador_dali.html">My favorite paintings by Salvador Dali</a></p>
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		<title>By: Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor</title>
		<link>http://www.z-oc.com/blog/2008/04/perfect-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1305</link>
		<dc:creator>Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Jen / domestika - I think you are right. Aiming for perfection seems to be the root of a lot of procrastination.

I can only speak for myself, but I think I speak for many when I say that many hours of my time are wasted on the last 1% of works.

And this is not because is (technically) the hardest bit, but is probably because the struggle with the fact that once you call it done, you will have to live with its imperfection.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Jen / domestika &#8211; I think you are right. Aiming for perfection seems to be the root of a lot of procrastination.</p>
<p>I can only speak for myself, but I think I speak for many when I say that many hours of my time are wasted on the last 1% of works.</p>
<p>And this is not because is (technically) the hardest bit, but is probably because the struggle with the fact that once you call it done, you will have to live with its imperfection.</p>
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		<title>By: Jen / domestika</title>
		<link>http://www.z-oc.com/blog/2008/04/perfect-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1300</link>
		<dc:creator>Jen / domestika</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 21:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The feeling that we must somehow reach Perfect is at the root of a lot of procrastination, I think! How very silly - but how very human. I like to remember the tradition of quiltmaking that calls for the women sewing the quilt to deliberately make one small &#039;error&#039; in the pattern: I think this may have roots in many cultures, and in the idea that to strive for perfection is to tempt the fates or the gods to strike you down! A hint there for bloggers who try to &#039;play all the notes&#039;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The feeling that we must somehow reach Perfect is at the root of a lot of procrastination, I think! How very silly &#8211; but how very human. I like to remember the tradition of quiltmaking that calls for the women sewing the quilt to deliberately make one small &#8216;error&#8217; in the pattern: I think this may have roots in many cultures, and in the idea that to strive for perfection is to tempt the fates or the gods to strike you down! A hint there for bloggers who try to &#8216;play all the notes&#8217;?</p>
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		<title>By: Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 08:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Steve - It&#039;s really great advice.

@VM (Holy Text) - I agree fiction does that too. I&#039;d say that fiction, like dissertative text, often tries to make a point but, unlike dissertative text, won&#039;t tell you what the point is. And it might not be 100% rational. I think that is a very powerful learning tool for both reader and &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.z-oc.com/blog/2007/06/learn-by-writing/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;writer&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Steve &#8211; It&#8217;s really great advice.</p>
<p>@VM (Holy Text) &#8211; I agree fiction does that too. I&#8217;d say that fiction, like dissertative text, often tries to make a point but, unlike dissertative text, won&#8217;t tell you what the point is. And it might not be 100% rational. I think that is a very powerful learning tool for both reader and <a href="http://www.z-oc.com/blog/2007/06/learn-by-writing/">writer</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: VM (Holy Text)</title>
		<link>http://www.z-oc.com/blog/2008/04/perfect-blog-post/comment-page-1/#comment-1278</link>
		<dc:creator>VM (Holy Text)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like to think of a post as a nudge in the right direction. It is far from perfect, but it points the reader/user in the direction of perfection.

And this doesn&#039;t only apply to posts with the teaching intent. Posts that just make a point (fiction maybe?) also do the same, though in a slightly more obscure way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like to think of a post as a nudge in the right direction. It is far from perfect, but it points the reader/user in the direction of perfection.</p>
<p>And this doesn&#8217;t only apply to posts with the teaching intent. Posts that just make a point (fiction maybe?) also do the same, though in a slightly more obscure way.</p>
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		<title>By: Steve</title>
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		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, that Dali quote fits very well.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, that Dali quote fits very well.</p>
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		<title>By: Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Michael Martine, Blog Consultant - &lt;blockquote&gt;Site redesign? Oooh! How exciting! Looking forward to that!&lt;/blockquote&gt;

:-)

Shame on me, it&#039;s almost done, but couldn&#039;t finish it yet with all the work on client projects and this looking-for-work-in-London thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Michael Martine, Blog Consultant &#8211;<br />
<blockquote>Site redesign? Oooh! How exciting! Looking forward to that!</p></blockquote>
<p>:-)</p>
<p>Shame on me, it&#8217;s almost done, but couldn&#8217;t finish it yet with all the work on client projects and this looking-for-work-in-London thing.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Martine, Blog Consultant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Site redesign? Oooh! How exciting! Looking forward to that!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Site redesign? Oooh! How exciting! Looking forward to that!</p>
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		<title>By: Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guilherme Zühlke O'Connor</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Michael Martine, Blog Consultant - &lt;blockquote&gt;I love it when people write full posts as a response instead of a comment. It carries the conversation across the blogosphere! :)&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I though you would like it, I like it myself. I think that when a discussion is worthwhile it makes much more sense to follow it by navigating than by scrolling.

Comment areas are often so small. Not mine, mine is big because I want to encourage people to write as much as they need, but still not big enough, and when I&#039;d redesign this site, I&#039;ll make it even bigger and more comfortable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Michael Martine, Blog Consultant &#8211;<br />
<blockquote>I love it when people write full posts as a response instead of a comment. It carries the conversation across the blogosphere! :)</p></blockquote>
<p>I though you would like it, I like it myself. I think that when a discussion is worthwhile it makes much more sense to follow it by navigating than by scrolling.</p>
<p>Comment areas are often so small. Not mine, mine is big because I want to encourage people to write as much as they need, but still not big enough, and when I&#8217;d redesign this site, I&#8217;ll make it even bigger and more comfortable.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Martine, Blog Consultant</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael Martine, Blog Consultant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great points! Love the Dali quote. Let&#039;s also not forget that on the web, a blog post can only claim to be comprehensive for the time it was published. I love it when people write full posts as a response instead of a comment. It carries the conversation across the blogosphere! :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great points! Love the Dali quote. Let&#8217;s also not forget that on the web, a blog post can only claim to be comprehensive for the time it was published. I love it when people write full posts as a response instead of a comment. It carries the conversation across the blogosphere! :)</p>
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