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	<title>Sam Howat - Entrepreneur and web adventurer. &#187; Updates</title>
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	<description>I&#039;m a partner at Avelient.com, an entrepreneur, adventurer and husband. Posting thoughts on web, tech and life since 2000.</description>
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		<title>Goodbye BLUETUX, Hello Avelient.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:13:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After eight years, the team and I are leaving BLUETUX and joining Avelient. It's been a long road, full of ups and downs, but over-all, a great experience for me that has let me grow as an entrepreneur and leader. As we pass into 2010, it's time for a little change...]]></description>
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		<title>2009 : The Year In Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As 2009 comes to a close, I figured it would be easiest to sum up some of the high points in a single blog post, instead of trying to do a 2-3 part series that wouldn't attract anyone's attention.]]></description>
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		<title>I put a ring on it.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I asked Megan to marry me and she said yes, so I'm getting one of the best Christmas gifts, ever.]]></description>
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		<title>Good Riddance Google Push</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:28:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several weeks I've been trying out Google's push service for it's Gmail users. Over the course of the last 3 weeks I have had only about 3 or 4 hours of actual working service from it. It's a complete fail whale for me. ]]></description>
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		<title>Site Refresh</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 00:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may or may not (depending on your cache) have noticed the slight revisions to the site today. I cleaned up, and refined the logo, tweaked type and spacing. I have a few more changes planed, and a major refresh coming soon.  Let me know what you think!]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve Got Growing Pains!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 is going to be a big year for us at BLUETUX. We’re pushing a new marketing campaign, website, services and have engaged new employees to help us grow the company. 

Sam is not getting any sleep, any time soon.]]></description>
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		<title>The Boys Are Back In Town!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michael and I got back from our trip to New York and are trying to recover. With my already tenuous sleep-schedule the transition was a bit difficult and I've been going into work later -- at 7 AM. However, the trip was great and we've got some video and pictures of the trip for those of you who enjoy the visuals. ]]></description>
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		<title>Heading to New York &#8211; Quick Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to give my friends a quick update on where I've been in the last few months.  The short story is that work has been keeping me busy... however, thats always been the case. The longer story is that work has been going through the roof and we are now positioning ourselves for a new year with new services and products. ]]></description>
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		<title>Smash Hit Displays Project Launched</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the recent projects we launched at BLUETUX was for Smash Hit Displays. They provide full service trade show display systems all USA residents. I was truly surprised at how competitive it is to market trade show displays on the internet! The PPC costs are high and the businesses seem pretty cut-throat. ]]></description>
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		<title>I Am Hiring &#8211; Designer / Assistant / Intern</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking for a job? BLUETUX is looking for people to fill various rolls in the company. We're looking for a designer / html guru and a lower level office assistant / tech "laborer". Both positions offer competitive pay and you'll get a boat load of experience.]]></description>
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		<title>The Office</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 17:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is something just great about moving into a new building; whether for living or for business, the fresh office smell is a great catalyst for action. We&#8217;ve just completed the move from our old office into our brand new, 2nd floor, posh offices. The paint is fresh, the carpet is new, and the offices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fame, What You Like Is In The Limo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, I woke up this morning and logged into Word Press to check my comments log and saw that I had endured a sudden burst of linkage to my website. After checking the stats I discovered that I had been featured in a few website galleries including lightondark.com. I never asked to be included or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workforce Education: Get Involved</title>
		<link>http://samhowat.com/corporate-responsibility-to-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 08:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having been involved in the web development field for several years now as a Creative Director and as I move towards the roll of Manager I have become more aware of the lack of standards in education for our field. Plenty of kids are interested in the field but when they try to get practical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready Set, Write!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 07:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got the comments sections working for WordPress so visitors can now add comments to individual posts. Please keep an eye out for problems or WP template problems that I may have not caught. At this point I think i&#8217;ve got all the details pretty much worked out but there&#8217;s no debug like user debug.]]></description>
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		<title>Pardon the Dust</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 06:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Howat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I accidentally moved this working version of the site live too early so there are still a few features that are broken in the site. Please bare with me as I finish up the details on the site.]]></description>
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