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		<title>Pico y Placa &#8211; Is Washington DC ready to tackle traffic congestion?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congestion pricing (also known as variable tariff and dynamic pricing) is a mechanism to charge different amounts for traffic at different times.  As a simple example, you may have to pay 2$ for using a road at peak hours, and it may cost you only 1$ (or be free) at non-peak hours.  Washington DC metro uses [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/05/pico-y-placa-is-washington-dc-ready-to-tackle-traffic-congestion/</link>
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		<title>Business Plan &#8211; Simple is Sufficient?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just because a business plan is simple does not guarantee success. Consider this: Buy chuck e cheese tokens to play their games. Win the tickets from the games and buy soft toys using the tickets. Sell soft toys to retailers. Pocket the difference as your profit. Is that simple enough for you?]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/05/business-plan-simple-is-sufficient/</link>
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		<title>UNIX System Administration &#8211; Study Guide (Another Semester Draws to a Close)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So as another semester draws to a close, the questions about a &#8220;study guide&#8221; &#8220;mock finals&#8221; and such arise again. This guide is a brief outline in that regard for CSCI 4418 (UNIX System Administration) &#8211; the undergraduate + graduate computer class that I taught at GWU during Spring 2012. This is not an exhaustive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/05/unix-system-administration-study-guide-mock-final-gwu/</link>
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		<title>Why did Facebook buy Instagram? (Survey Results)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are the results of the survey.  I would like to note that these results are not scientific and only represent the opinions of the users who chose to participate.  Survey was only open for 48 hours, so if you missed it, come back and see us another time.  You can subscribe if you like, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/04/why-did-facebook-buy-instagram/</link>
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		<title>Challenges for Latin American Ports to Lower Their Logistics Costs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the first session of the day &#8211; &#8220;El Desafío de los Puertos Latinoamericanos para bajar sus costos logísticos: La Visión de las Autoridades Portuarias&#8221; at the 21st congreso latini americano de puertos Domingo Chinea (Port of Buenaventura, Colombia), Rafael Plaza Perdomo (Port of Esmeraldas, Ecuador) and Valentin Moran (Port of Bahia Blanca, Argentina) present [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/04/challenges-for-latin-american-ports-to-lower-their-logistics-costs/</link>
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		<title>What are interesting metrics for measuring competitiveness of ports? (AAPA Congreso Guatemala)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the 21st congreso latin americano de puertos in beautiful Antigua in Guatemala. The first panel consisting of Robert West (Worley Parsons), Alejandro Couttolenc Villar (Port of Vercruz, Mexico), Franc Pigna (AEGIR) and Kenneth O’Hollaren (Port of Longview, Washington state) certainly seems to agree on the importance of improving port competitiveness. The important question on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/04/what-are-interesting-metrics-for-measuring-competitiveness-of-ports-aapa-congreso-guatemala/</link>
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		<title>What&#8217;s good for your mobile is bad for your desktop?  And vice-versa?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is perplexing, to say the least, to observe the simultaneous rise and fall of &#8220;apps&#8221;. Their rate of disappearance from the desktop is eclipsed only by their rate of appearance on the mobile platforms. Currently, both the iPhone and the Apple &#8220;markets&#8221; list more than 500,000 apps. My sixth sense tells me more may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/03/whats-good-for-your-mobile-is-bad-for-your-desktop-and-vice-versa/</link>
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		<title>What will cell phones look like in 2020 – Part III</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yet another notion of what cell phones (and some of the technology accompaniments) may look like in year 2020.]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/03/cell-phones-2020-part-iii/</link>
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		<title>A boarding pass, toner for your printer, the USB charging cable and the tooth brush</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being on the road every other week is a tremendous practice for keeping your travel bag ready.  During the last 5 weeks, I have traveled some miles, some countries, and every single time left about 20 minutes to pack.  That is fine, only if, you don&#8217;t need to print something right before your pickup taxi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/03/boarding-pass-toner-printer-usb-tooth-brush/</link>
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		<title>Artificial Intelligence</title>
		<description><![CDATA[View the entire Rum Raisin Toon book.]]></description>
		<link>http://standardwisdom.com/softwarejournal/2012/02/artificial-intelligence/</link>
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