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	<title>Michael Burke Jnr</title>
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	<description>Freelance Website Design &#38; Development in the West Midlands. Website Management, SEO, Print Design, Advertising, Social Marketing</description>
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		<title>Training With A Bin Bag &#8211; The Pro&#8217;s &amp; Con&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/personal/training-with-a-bin-bag-the-pros-cons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week while doing my running on the treadmill (I will be writing about my week&#8217;s training and results this weekend) I have been trying out a technique where you use a bin bag to aid loosing weight. The use &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/personal/training-with-a-bin-bag-the-pros-cons/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Challenge &amp; Charity For 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:48:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Birmingham Half Marathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Macmillan Cancer Support]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To some people, a little known fact about me is that I used to be a boxer. To other people who knew this, they also know that I never achieved what I should have achieved for various reasons. The most &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/personal/my-challenge-charity-for-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes Football Manager A Successful Management Game?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Football Manager]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In preparation for a new game I am developing, I saw a guy on the train play Football Manager on his iPhone. This made me wonder, why is Football Manager the most successful management game in the world? I&#8217;m an &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/games/what-makes-football-manager-a-successful-management-game/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Schools &amp; Colleges Must Either Adapt Their ICT Lessons Or Drop Them Altogether</title>
		<link>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/soapbox/why-schools-and-colleges-must-either-adapt-their-ict-lessons-or-drop-them-altogether/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/soapbox/why-schools-and-colleges-must-either-adapt-their-ict-lessons-or-drop-them-altogether/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Soapbox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ICT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secondary Schools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[web design]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/?p=216</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I left my first job as a web designer/developer, it was during the height of the economic recession. I couldn&#8217;t get a job in the field, and I didn&#8217;t have the guts to go freelance at that stage. So &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/soapbox/why-schools-and-colleges-must-either-adapt-their-ict-lessons-or-drop-them-altogether/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The closed walls of Apple, and the open playground of BlackBerry</title>
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		<comments>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/mobile-devices/the-closed-walls-of-apple-and-the-open-playground-of-blackberry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile Devices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blackberry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/?p=207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For you to design and release an app for the iPhone, iPod or iPad, you have to develop the app on an Apple iMac computer. Apple won&#8217;t release their SDK on to the Linux or Windows platform as it&#8217;s &#8220;too &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/mobile-devices/the-closed-walls-of-apple-and-the-open-playground-of-blackberry/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance Of Designing Wireframes</title>
		<link>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/the-importance-of-designing-wireframes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/the-importance-of-designing-wireframes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[backend design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fireworks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photoshop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Launch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wireframe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/?p=205</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of designers will design a website straight in to Photoshop or Fireworks, play about with how nice it looks, then transfer the design to HTML and CSS. The site&#8217;s backend then gets developed using this design, the site &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/the-importance-of-designing-wireframes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Linux &#8211; What Does It Have To Do To Get Noticed Round Here?</title>
		<link>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/operating-systems/linux-what-does-it-have-to-do-to-get-noticed-round-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/operating-systems/linux-what-does-it-have-to-do-to-get-noticed-round-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Operating Systems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev.michael-burke.co.uk/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some years ago (2007), a friend of mine introduced me to Ubuntu. Back then, you could go on the Canonical website and order a ridiculous amount of free CD&#8217;s. These CD&#8217;s were intended to be used as a promotional tool. &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/operating-systems/linux-what-does-it-have-to-do-to-get-noticed-round-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Backend System Design For Websites</title>
		<link>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/backend-system-design-for-websites/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/backend-system-design-for-websites/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Infrastructure]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev.michael-burke.co.uk/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, my interface design phase is complete. I&#8217;ve come up with something very nice and sleek, and quite unusual in the way of it being laid out and how the user navigates it. I would upload a taster of it, &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/backend-system-design-for-websites/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Where And When To Use The Word BETA/Beta/beta</title>
		<link>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/where-and-when-to-use-the-word-beta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/where-and-when-to-use-the-word-beta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Launches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BETA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naming Conventions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Launching]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev.michael-burke.co.uk/?p=185</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just love the word BETA. Or is it Beta? Or beta? The word beta is a greek thing. It&#8217;s the second letter in the ancient greek alphabet. But in computing it means a whole different thing. BETA/Beta/beta is a &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/where-and-when-to-use-the-word-beta/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Designing Your Own Site Is More Difficult Than Designing A Site For A Customer</title>
		<link>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/why-designing-your-own-site-is-more-difficult-than-designing-a-site-for-a-customer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/why-designing-your-own-site-is-more-difficult-than-designing-a-site-for-a-customer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mickburkejnr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web Design & Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Website Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[designing for customers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[website development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://dev.michael-burke.co.uk/?p=189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Designers are perfectionists. Everything has to be right. A block may be a pixel too wide, but the designer will pick this up. That is why a designer gets the glory and money for doing a kick ass design for &#8230; <a href="http://www.michael-burke.co.uk/web-design-development/why-designing-your-own-site-is-more-difficult-than-designing-a-site-for-a-customer/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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