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	<title>Nancy's Blog</title>
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		<title>Things Have Changed &#8212; But&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/864/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Young women today don&#8217;t realize, I think, how things were, and not that long ago. Gail Collins&#8217; new book reminds us of how things were.



When I was in high school I decided to be a &#8220;lady lawyer&#8221; &#8212; that was the term for women lawyers, since there were so few. 



In college at a Jesuit [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=864&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;She&#8217;s Geeky&#8221; conference in Bay Area &#8211; and call for volunteers</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/shes-geeky-conference-in-bay-area-and-call-for-volunteers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the &#8220;She&#8217;s Geeky&#8221; organizers:
Dear She&#8217;s Geeky Women,
We are really pleased to announce that Early Bird Registration is open for:
DC &#8211; November 13-14, 2009  Friday &#8211; Saturday
Announcement:
http://www.facebook.com/l/41b3a;shesgeeky.org/sg/2009/09/annoucing-shes-geeky-dc-nov-13-14/
Registration: http://www.facebook.com/l/41b3a;shesgeekydc.eventbrite.com/
Bay Area &#8211; January 29-31, 2010  Friday &#8211; Sunday
Announcement:
http://www.facebook.com/l/41b3a;shesgeeky.org/sg/2009/09/shes-geeky-bay-area-3/
Registration: http://www.facebook.com/l/41b3a;shesgeekybayarea3.eventbrite.com/
We are looking for Bay Area &#8220;Host/Organizing Team Members&#8221; – if you live in the Bay Area and would like to/are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=861&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Review</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/kindle-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[usability]]></category>

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Update 10/1/09: Amazon has quietly raised the price of most new books to $15.  They are, more or less, a monopoly provider, so they can and no doubt will raise the price of books as they gain market share.

There has recently been  discussion about using Kindle for student textbooks. I got a Kindle 2 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=853&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Alert: laptoplcdworld.com</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/09/17/consumer-alert-laptoplcdworld-com/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Laptop LCD Screen World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[laptoplcdworld.com]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ordered a laptop screen from them &#8212; BAD idea.  Their eBay ad was incomplete &#8212; what they advertised as a replacement screen for my Dell Latitude X1 came as glossy, not matte, which was the original. Their ad did not specify glossy or matte.  And they&#8217;ve been a pain the ass over trying to get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=848&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consumer Complaint: United Airlines</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/consumer-complaint-united-airlines/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[consumer complaints]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[frequent flyer programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mileage plus problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Airlines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United airlines problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Mileage Plus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Summary: I was booking an international ticket on United with frequent flyer miles and there was a problem with the info saved on my Mileage Plus account &#8212; because the United Visa database got hacked a few years ago.   But the India call center, instead of telling me about the problem, stonewalled me and then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=841&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Leukemia Society Telemarketing Overkill &#8211; here&#8217;s who to complain to</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/leukemia-society-telemarketing-overkill-heres-who-to-complain-to/</link>
		<comments>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/leukemia-society-telemarketing-overkill-heres-who-to-complain-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[telemarketing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leukemia and Lymphona Society]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have received endless telemarketing calls from the Leukemia Society &#8212; one every day this week. They have used two different phone #s: 208-991-1209 and 801-618-2059. When I googled these #s, I found LOTS of complaints.
If you&#8217;re getting them, too, here are the the emails  at the Leukemia Society to complain to:
JohnWalter@leukemia-lymphoma.org (president)
Nancy.Klein@lls.org (head of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=836&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle, cont.</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/kindle-cont/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>N.</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Berkeley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[there goes the neighborhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindle "Pegasus Books"]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The other day I wrote a brief post about getting a Kindle.  Here I want to expand on the effect of the Kindle on my reading and book-buying habits.
I love it that I could pre-order a book that was about to be published and have it appear on my Kindle.  I love being able to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=829&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Bookstore Closing</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/another-bookstore-closing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 16:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Berkeley]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Belatedly &#8212; I&#8217;ve learned that Black Oak Books closed in early June.
I guess it says something about Black Oak that I used to be one of their regular customers, and drive past their store all the time, but didn&#8217;t know about this until 2 months after it happened.  I&#8217;ve shifted to using Pegasus on Solano [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=827&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Usability at large: camera flashes</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/usability-at-large-camera-flashes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just when I think the world has caught onto the idea of usability, I hear this: not my own experience but someone I know.
In a photography workshop we were learning to use flash.  Most flash attachments have a little light to tell you that it&#8217;s on and how the battery is doing.  Most light up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=823&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kindle Report</title>
		<link>http://nancyv.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/kindle-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[information technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kindle]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve had a Kindle 2 for a couple of weeks now, and have some reflections.
It is incredibly convenient.  I take it to the gym, enlarge the text, prop it on the reading stand on the cardio machines, and off I go.  It turns pages quite fast enough.
The $10 or so per book is great.  I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nancyv.wordpress.com&blog=289211&post=821&subd=nancyv&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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