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	<title>Calexis &#187; Life</title>
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		<title>Simple is Really Hard</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2012/02/06/simple-is-really-hard/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=simple-is-really-hard</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were recently charged to create a new logo for a client.  When presented, the logo was approved because it was simple and clear.  But it took a lot of work to make it simple and clear.  When you see something simple, clear and, well obviously fitting, it is easy to assume it was simple <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2012/02/06/simple-is-really-hard/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are Food Additives the Solution for Bad Diet</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2012/01/28/are-food-additives-the-solution-for-bad-diet/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=are-food-additives-the-solution-for-bad-diet</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:06:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were recently in the United States where additives are much more permitted than they are in Canada.  There we found a new peanut butter blended with fish oil.  On the label was a large claim for its Omega-3 content.
Our company helped launch liquid eggs with Omega-3 from fish oil blended into it back when <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2012/01/28/are-food-additives-the-solution-for-bad-diet/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Some Marketers Live on Islands</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2012/01/21/some-marketers-live-on-islands/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=some-marketers-live-on-islands</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertising and communications agencies are agents of change.  As should be Marketing personel.  We try to get potential customers to think of the products or services we are selling in new and different ways.  To do it, we have to upset the equilibrium that already exists and people don’t generally like that equilibrium upset.
Someone once <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2012/01/21/some-marketers-live-on-islands/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dumb Santa Is a Mean Meme</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/12/10/the-dumb-santa-is-a-mean-meme/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-dumb-santa-is-a-mean-meme</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we enter the holiday season, there is a new meme emerging – the dumb Santa that gets one upped by the clever mom.
I really dislike the plethora of dumb dad commercials that we have seen over the past few years. You know, dumb dad couldn&#8217;t do something while the smart wife smiles to camera <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/12/10/the-dumb-santa-is-a-mean-meme/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Using the Right Coke Cans</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/11/27/using-the-right-coke-cans/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=using-the-right-coke-cans</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:01:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are dozens of examples in the Carnie business that can be lessons for the marketing business.  I&#8217;m a Carnie, I should know.
For instance, a retailer with no writing experience who is writing his own radio commercials is, for sure, missing many of the things a creative writer brings to the table.  And I am <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/11/27/using-the-right-coke-cans/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Facebook: I Am My Own Celebrity</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/11/19/facebook-i-am-my-own-celebrity/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=facebook-i-am-my-own-celebrity</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two of the key elements of Facebook are friending and likes.  We ask others we know to be our friends and like us.  And they ask us to be their friends.  We expect our friends to like our comments or postings and be supportive. On inspection of many peoples&#8217; Facebook pages, there is very little <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/11/19/facebook-i-am-my-own-celebrity/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The British Are Messing with Our Language!</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/11/09/the-british-are-messing-with-our-language/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-british-are-messing-with-our-language</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to a BBC podcast the other day where people were mispronouncing words, one after another, from medicine (med-sin) to glacier (glass-i-er) and so on.
Now, I am used to their funny accents, so I more or less understand what they are saying.
But then some sociologist started talking about “feckless chavs” and after that <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/11/09/the-british-are-messing-with-our-language/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Aim Creative at Who the Target Thinks They Are, Not Who They Are</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/11/02/aim-creative-at-who-the-target-thinks-they-are-not-who-they-are/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=aim-creative-at-who-the-target-thinks-they-are-not-who-they-are</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We buy media against demographics like age,  income and education.  And target our creative at that target.   Consistent and correct – right?
So start with how well people perceive themselves.
Take you for example.  (Pull out a mirror or look at the graphic to the right.)
Do you act your age?  Do you spend according to <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/11/02/aim-creative-at-who-the-target-thinks-they-are-not-who-they-are/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Race and Class: A Big Reversal Between the US and UK</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/10/23/race-and-class-a-big-reversal-between-the-us-and-uk/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=race-and-class-a-big-reversal-between-the-us-and-uk</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 13:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past couple months, there have been more racially fuelled riots in London.  Now we have demonstrations on Wall Street protesting how the financial elite have decimated the middle and lower classes &#8211; the 99%.
It seems curious.  The United States has gone through racial warfare seemingly forever.  Race is what almost all social issues <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/10/23/race-and-class-a-big-reversal-between-the-us-and-uk/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are We Creating a Marshmallow Society?</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/10/11/are-we-creating-a-marshmallow-society/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=are-we-creating-a-marshmallow-society</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a famous psychology experiment in the 60s, Walter Mischel tested children on their ability to defer gratification.   The kids were offered a marshmallow, or if they waited to eat it, they were promised two marshmallows.
The idea was to find out if four year-olds could defer gratification.  Three year-olds cannot.  Apparently at four, for some <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/10/11/are-we-creating-a-marshmallow-society/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Ugly Tie Can Look Good</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/10/06/an-ugly-tie-can-ook-good/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=an-ugly-tie-can-ook-good</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 21:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in Vancouver recently and was asked, on the spur of the moment, to create a commercial for a promotion that the B.C. Paraplegic Association were running – wear an ugly tie on September 29 and show your support for spinal cord injuries.
Like any good ad guy, my thoughts come prepared in 30 second <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/10/06/an-ugly-tie-can-ook-good/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In the Clash Between Technology and Psychology: The Winner Is…</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/09/30/in-the-clash-between-technology-and-psychology-the-winner-is%e2%80%a6/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=in-the-clash-between-technology-and-psychology-the-winner-is%25e2%2580%25a6</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 01:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our technology is evolving fast.  Moore’s Law says that processor speed will double every eighteen months.  That’s incredible!
On the other hand, human psychology is based on a million year old piece of hardware that has to change on a biological timetable that requires 20 year generations for change.
That biological change is painfully slow when compared <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/09/30/in-the-clash-between-technology-and-psychology-the-winner-is%e2%80%a6/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Age of Needy Software</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/09/15/the-age-of-needy-software/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-age-of-needy-software</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have not noticed it yet, but we are in an age of needy software.
Seems like every time I turn my computer on, one of my software programs is downloading updates.
Or worse, it is shutting me down so the program can reboot itself with the updates.
These updates are getting more and more intrusive.  It <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/09/15/the-age-of-needy-software/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is Golf a Barometer of a Changing World?</title>
		<link>http://calexis.com/blog/2011/08/08/is-golf-a-barometer-of-a-changing-world/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=is-golf-a-barometer-of-a-changing-world</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Tiger Wood’s story seems to dominate reporting about the golf world, it may have distracted us from a bigger story in golf.
This week&#8217;s World Invitational and next week&#8217;s PGA Championship are significant events in the golfing calendar and bring golf to the front of sports news.
Not that long ago virtually all the best players <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/08/08/is-golf-a-barometer-of-a-changing-world/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What if We Advertised Products Like Politicians Advertise?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 22:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The advertising community has long been accused of packaging politicians as if they were soap.
But Politicians have discovered negative advertising and now focus more on their competitors than they do on packaging themselves.  It is amazing how horrible their opponents and the opponents policies are.
Long term this kind of advertising has left all politicians at <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/07/27/what-if-we-advertised-products-like-politicians-advertise/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is the United States Too Big To Fail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have heard the line “too big to fail” when talking about banks, industrial companies, insurance companies, even recently about sports teams.
But let&#8217;s go really big.
If organizations grow large enough and interdependent enough, it is theorized that it may be in everyone’s interest to support them even through bad times.  That was the argument <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/07/16/is-the-united-states-too-big-to-fail/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Canadians: The Inside Outsiders</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 17:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Canada Day, it is time to think of our national character.  So here is a sideways look.
I have often wondered why there are so many Canadian comedians, singers, actors and television commentators that are successful in the United States.  Because we are a small country, the level of local success one can have is <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/07/01/canadians-the-inside-outsiders/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Grandfather’s Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fathers’ day provides appreciation to fathers; but how about a word of appreciation for Grandfathers.  I had two that had a lot of gumption.
One grandfather was orphaned as a teen and ended up fighting for the British Army in South Africa.  Then he went out to what was the Northwestern Territory of Canada to homestead <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/06/15/happy-grandfather%e2%80%99s-day/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I Used To Be My Own Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 04:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Humans used to take pride in knowing all kinds of things, in being able recall information about things, in spelling words, in understanding concepts.
I was good at this &#8212; Hey, I used to be my own Google.
That was then.
Why would anyone want to remember any information any more?  Why does anyone need this ability&#8230; other <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/05/25/i-used-to-be-my-own-google/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural Predisposition Toward Redistribution of Wealth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 17:48:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Barry Milavsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing I find amazing is the natural predisposition we all have for redistribution of wealth.  That is, if we don’t have it, we believe we are entitled to stuff from someone who has lots of that stuff.
“Sure I took some of her chocolate, she had so much” is the childhood version of the instinct <a href="http://calexis.com/blog/2011/05/15/the-natural-predisposition-toward-redistribution-of-wealth/"> <b>...Read the Rest</b></a>]]></description>
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