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	<title>Sean Patrick Tario</title>
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	<description>Evangelist of Transformative Technologies, All Things Entrepreneurial, and Building Authentic Communities</description>
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		<title>Prequel to Genstural Interface</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another taste of what&#8217;s to come in the next few years.  Been thinking about if using such a medium would make me more efficient and if/how I would use such a medium to interact with the files/documents/pictures/pages on my desktop&#8230; and all I can come up with, &#8220;I would sure like to find out!&#8221;

10/GUI [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/11/prequel-to-genstural-interface/</link>
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		<title>Microsoft Courier &#8211; Dual Screen Tablet</title>
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More cool tech coming down the pipe sooner than you think!
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/11/microsoft-courier-dual-screen-tablet/</link>
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		<title>Did You Know 4.0 &#8211; Fall 2009</title>
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Even more mind blowing than the original&#8230;
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/10/did-you-know-40-fall-2009/</link>
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		<title>Social Media Revolution</title>
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Surprising to me how powerful this information is and yet how very few people over the age of 55 actually understand just how different this world is going to look in 5-10 years.  The Paradigm HAS Shifted.
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/10/social-media-revolution/</link>
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		<title>Future Designer Laptop &#8211; ROLLTOP</title>
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Yes Please.  I&#8217;ll take 2.
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/10/future-designer-laptop-rolltop/</link>
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		<title>Rethinking Motivation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another brilliant TED talk and articulation of why the old paradigm and traditional models of work/achieve/reward simply do not play out as expected and will continue to not play out as expected in the years/decades to come.  In short, providing human beings with Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose within what they do serves as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/08/rethinking-motivation/</link>
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		<title>Evolved Corporate Values &amp; Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Though I&#8217;ve never worked for NetFlix and don&#8217;t know anyone personally working at the firm, I was EXTREMELY impressed with the presentation below as it speaks directly to the type of management I feel is most effective.  Most people SAY they understand this way of thinking, however I have seen so very few people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/08/573/</link>
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		<title>More Than Just Surf City</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another much deserved re-post from friend and CEO of NextSpace Jeremy Neuner.  If you&#8217;ve even heard of Santa Cruz, you should read this&#8230; in full.
-Sean
More Than Just Surf City
4th August, 2009
written by jeremy neuner
By now, almost everyone in the entire known universe has seen the Huffington Post’s mashup of “Sarah Palin vs. That Crazy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/08/more-than-just-surf-city/</link>
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		<title>Happy Santa Cruz Video #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Will be finding a creative way to post this and other videos being submitted to www.happysantacruz.com, but until then you&#8217;ve got to check this out!  All credit goes to Robert Victori, Artem Yermano and Mike Xu (my amazing interns this quarter from UCSC) who put this together last week.

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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/06/happy-santa-cruz-video-1/</link>
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		<title>Hello Baby Girl!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[8:31am Tuesday, June 2nd Trinity Nichole Tario entered the world and graced us with her beautiful smile and full head of brown curly hair!  Her brother Tyler is STOKED and Laura is recovering and doing well.  &#8220;Daddy&#8217;s Daddy&#8221; Mike and Grandma Teresa are here along with Laura&#8217;s mom &#8220;Nonny&#8221;.
Thank you all for your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/06/hello-baby-girl/</link>
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		<title>A Slow Process of Revitalizing Santa Cruz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Strongly recommend you take the time to read Tom Honig&#8217;s recent opinion piece in the Good Times Santa Cruz entitled A Slow Process of Revitalizing Santa Cruz and check out the document he&#8217;s referencing that started out on the back of a napkin&#8230; where most great ideas start out IMHO :)
As I said in my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/06/a-slow-process-of-revitalizing-santa-cruz/</link>
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		<title>Happy Santa Cruz is Indeed Very Happy :)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After a lot of hard work and help from Todd Schafer, Davy and Ruby at Parachute Creative, Nick Sobrak-Seaton and James Lafferty (HUGE PROPS TO JAMES!) Happy Santa Cruz is now a reality.  Check out the site at www.happysantacruz.com, let us know why Santa Cruz makes you happy, and spread the love!
Big thanks too [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/05/happy-santa-cruz-is-indeed-very-happy/</link>
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		<title>Santa Cruz &#8211; Our Quality of Life is Good for Your Bottom Line</title>
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/05/santa-cruz-our-quality-of-life-is-good-for-your-bottom-line/</link>
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		<title>Yet Another Win for Geeks in Santa Cruz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Rich, Marcus, Emily and Scott @UserVoice!
UserVoice Raises Funding, White-Labels User Feedback Facilitator
Expect some more awesome things coming from UserVoice and a few other rock&#8217;in statups here in town&#8230;
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/05/yet-another-win-for-geeks-in-santa-cruz/</link>
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		<title>Rack One up for Santa Cruz and 12seconds.tv</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought it worth throwing out there that bootstrapped www.12seconds.tv, out of Santa Cruz, CA, with 1 full time developer, 1 mostly full time CEO, 1 part time UI Designer and an endless supply of good Karma and Community Capital backing them have managed to surpass the likes www.seesmic.com in unique visitors per month&#8230; Seesmic, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/05/531/</link>
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		<title>Did You Know?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is simply remarkable stuff if you stop and think about it.

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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/04/did-you-know/</link>
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		<title>State of the Santa Cruz Tech Scene &#8211; RePost</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yep, another repost, but Jeremy Neuner @jjneuner, CEO of www.nextspace.us, hits it out of the park with this one.  Click on the Title to link to the post itself:

State of the Santa Cruz Tech Scene


15th April
2009

written by jeremy

The other day, I spent the morning hanging out with Margaret Rosas, Founder and Chief Strategist at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/04/state-of-the-santa-cruz-tech-scene-repost/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on &#8220;Can Governments Create Entrepreneurial and Innovation Hubs?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[@alexlavidge just directed me to Taylor Davidson&#8217;s (aka @tdavidson) insightful post on the topic of how/if governments can go about aiding the process of creating Entrepreneurial and Innovation hubs.  Definitely worth checking out&#8230;
Can Governments Create Entrepreneurial and Innovation Hubs?
Personal, I&#8217;m yet to see a government program other than the Central Coast Small Business Development Center [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/04/repost-can-governments-create-entrepreneurial-and-innovation-hubs/</link>
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		<title>Major Internet and Mobile Phone Outage in Santa Cruz and South Bay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having just spent a few years in the datacenter infrastructure space I can&#8217;t help but comment on the recent internet and mobile phone outage effecting Santa Cruz and the South Bay all day.  What has been said all day from news sources is that 4 pairs of fiber were cut from a single carrier (AT&#38;T) [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/04/major-internet-and-mobile-phone-outage-in-santa-cruz-and-south-bay/</link>
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		<title>Business is Personal &#8211; The Twisted Logic of &#8220;It&#8217;s Just Business&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I believe business should be conducted in such a way that provides for the continued existence, progressive and collective growth and enlightenment of our species. There are clearly caveats as to what progressive means and what growth is and is not preferable, as some growth simply does not benefit the whole or create lasting systemic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/04/business-is-personal-the-twisted-logic-of-its-just-business/</link>
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		<title>Hello Class&#8230; My Name is Sean Patrick Tario&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had the opportunity to speak on campus at UCSC on Friday last week to a Business Management class led by the kind and wonderful Mary Flannery.  Specifically spoke on the life experiences I&#8217;ve had and lessons learned over the past 10 years pushing the limit and trying to forge a different path than the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/03/hello-class-my-name-is-sean-patrick-tario/</link>
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		<title>I See Rain Coming</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Came across a post through the Geeks Group from Paul Graham (an entrepreneur, author and Partner with the fund/incubator Y Combinator) speaking to how other communities and cities are trying to &#8220;recreate&#8221; Silicon Valley and encourage more capital, entrepreneurs and startups to take root in their towns.
Can You Buy A Silicon Valley?
Having dove head first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/02/i-see-rain-coming/</link>
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		<title>Law of Attraction &#8211; Case in Point&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love my friends, especially those who take bold action and consistently surprise me by the awesome projects they&#8217;re working on, companies they&#8217;re working for and people they&#8217;re working with.  To this extent, the decision I made a few years ago to start pro-actively networking with and developing meaningful relationships with these types of people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/02/law-of-attraction-case-in-point/</link>
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		<title>Intermediate Economics &#8211; The &#8220;Money Multiplier&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK class, if you found the 1st Lesson informative and interesting here&#8217;s another (though a bit more complicated) discussion for you about why the creation of $7+ Trillion in debt is not a good thing for our Nation or the world at large.
First things first, you need to understand 2 fundamental concepts:
1. The Economic Theory [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/02/intermediate-economics-the-money-multiplier/</link>
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		<title>Another Step in the Right Direction for Santa Cruz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa Cruz Sentinel has a piece today on the Pilot Project for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PPIE) program between the City and UCSC that is helping to engage entrepreneurial minded students from UCSC with the City and its entrepreneurs, innovators and other movers and shakers.
Piece is linked below and worth the short read.
Students Give Back 
http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/business/ci_11661207
Time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/02/another-step-in-the-right-direction-for-santa-cruz/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Throwing a Party&#8230; You Should Come</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After the AmGen Bicycle Tour rolls through town
Come tour 4 of downtown Santa Cruz&#8217;s finest venues


$20 gets you great food at Hula&#8217;s and Cypress, 1 Free drink, and a chance to win a beach cruiser&#8230; Plus it helps us offset the cost of the food, band and beach cruiser!
1st Stop from 5:30 &#8211; 6:15pm @ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/02/im-throwing-a-party-you-should-come/</link>
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		<title>My Morning on KUSP&#8217;s GeekSpeak</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a great time this morning with GeekSpeak host Lyle Troxell and his fellow geeks Drew Meyer, Miles Elam, and Ben Jaffe at KUSP&#8217;s GeekSpeak.  Thank you Drew for setting this up, thank you Lyle for making it happen and thank you Santa Cruz Geeks for all your support pre/during/post the broadcast!
Check out the 12second.tv [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/my-morning-on-kusps-geekspeak/</link>
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		<title>Server Hosting Options &#8211; A Rough Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Potential Customer: &#8220;I have a startup/website/application in development and launching soon and am looking into hosting options. How cheap is hosting with UnitedLayer?&#8221;
As someone who frequently hangs around and associates with entrepreneurs and small growing businesses, I get this question nearly 2-3 times a week.  In truth, it is a very good question as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/server-hosting-options-a-rough-guide/</link>
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		<title>How I Use and View Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Talking with my homeboy @chadarimura the other day about Twitter, who just started using the service.&#160; He commented about how it&#8217;s information overload if/when you start following more than a few dozen people&#8230; especially if/when you don&#8217;t have time to read every single Tweet.&#160; My response is below.
&#8220;You are right about saturation if not filtered [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/how-i-use-and-view-twitter/</link>
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		<title>Get Customers First and Then Write a Business Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a blog post from one of my favorite bloggers Wil Schroter, founder and CEO of GoBigNetwork.com.  The title says it all, but if you want more details, read below.
Get Customers First and Then Write a Business Plan
Author: Wil Schroter
Thursday, January 22, 2009
If you’re thinking about starting a company, please don’t write a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/get-customers-first-and-then-write-a-business-plan/</link>
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		<title>2008 Was a Great Year for Santa Cruz Geeks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At the dinner we had last week I sat down about 30 minutes before the event started and began writing down all the different and amazing things that took place in 2008 that either directly or indirectly spawned out of the Geek Dinners we had started only a little over a year prior.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/2008-was-a-great-year-for-santa-cruz-geeks/</link>
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		<title>How to Fail: 25 Secrets Learned Through Failure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Was digging through the blog of a new friend (Taylor Davidson) and came across a gem of a posting.  The Slide Deck is below, but the full post is HERE:
How To Fail: 25 Secrets Learned through Failure
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: management lesson)

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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/how-to-fail-25-secrets-learned-through-failure/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Slow Money&#8221; at NextSpace on Jan 22nd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Author Woody Tasch will be at NextSpace on January 22 at 6:30 pm to discuss his book SLOW MONEY.  In these difficult economic times, I think Woody offers us a very Santa Cruz solution that will allow our community to leverage its ideals and strengths to create a sustainable economy.
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Author and Investor’s Circle founder Woody [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/slow-money-at-nextspace-on-jan-22nd/</link>
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		<title>Podcast on Economic Transformation in Santa Cruz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a bit belated now, but my good friend Alex Lavidge hosted a Podcast last week with me and a few other movers and shakers here in Santa Cruz (@jjneuner and @pkoht), specifically speaking to the work we&#8217;re doing here in town to transform the old economic landscape and way of thinking from a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/podcast-on-economic-transformation-in-santa-cruz/</link>
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		<title>12seconds.tv takes Runner-up at The Crunchies 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Had a freaking phenominal time at The Crunchies 2008 Award Ceremonies Friday night with Margaret Rosas, Mr. and Mrs. Beach, Shai Goldman, Brandon Peele (and his new wife!), Jacob Knobel, Mr. and Mrs. Lipman, ZTrip and many others.
Though 12seconds.tv did not win the trophy for Best Bootstrapped Startup of 2008, for a company that literally [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/12secondstv-takes-runner-up-at-the-crunchies-2008/</link>
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		<title>The OC vs. Gossip Girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the record, despite the character and cast similarities, The OC wins, hands down, on so many levels.
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/the-oc-vs-gossip-girl/</link>
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		<title>UnitedLayer on Forbes.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friend, colleague, boss and COO of UnitedLayer Richard Donaldson does a solid job explaining why power and cooling are such essential variables inside these facilities and why shrinking hardware doesn&#8217;t necessarily solve anything when it comes to power consumption.  At very least, this is another stride in the right direction for UnitedLayer in getting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/unitedlayer-on-forbescom/</link>
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		<title>Debt Monetization = Inflation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK class, here&#8217;s one of the most fundamental lessons in economics&#8230;
Monetization of market-less bankrupt debt with no guarantee of recovery in value is the ULTIMATE ACT OF INFLATION.  For this case study we&#8217;ll speak directly to the US dollar.
Axiom: To monetize debt is to inflate currency
What Does Monetize Mean?
1. To convert into money.
2. To [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2009/01/debt-monetization-inflation/</link>
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		<title>Happy Belated Holidays and Happy New Year!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MY ANNUAL LETTER ON WHAT WENT DOWN IN 2008
Most of all, I&#8217;m just happy that so many of the people I love and care about were directly a part of our lives this year.  In all honesty, though the world is changing drastically day by day around us, I simply can’t wait for what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/12/happy-belated-holidays-and-happy-new-year/</link>
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		<title>Quotes from 2008</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My dad&#8217;s a banker and sends me financial data, analysis and forecasts daily as he reads through mountains of this information and picks out the relevant/interesting stuff.  Below is from an email he sent me today revealing just how ridiculous and off base some of the seemingly educated and informed talking heads are in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/12/quotes-from-2008/</link>
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		<title>Business is Personal &#8211; Quality and Quantity #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Been thinking a ton lately about &#8220;quality and quantity&#8221; or probably better put, &#8220;quality vs. quantity&#8221; as it is coming into play both personally and at work more and more. I&#8217;m fully aware that almost everything I&#8217;m about to write has been written before, but I wanted to share my thoughts. Here&#8217;s round 1.
Who would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/12/business-is-personal-quality-and-quantity-1/</link>
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		<title>Plastic Logic Reader</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Released at DEMO &#8216;08 and yet another amazing piece of technology that I think will over time transform the medium through which the world receives information.

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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/12/plastic-logic-reader/</link>
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		<title>Table Top PC</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, this has been around for awhile, but I&#8217;m on a transformative technologies kick lately and still can&#8217;t wait to see one of these live and in action.

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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/12/table-top-pc/</link>
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		<title>Gestural Interface</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve seen Minority Report, you&#8217;ve seen this in action.  The future is NOW.

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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/12/gestural-interface/</link>
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		<title>Business is Personal &#8211; Hard Decisions Are The Most Personal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reality is hard decisions need to be made both inside and outside the office.  Layoffs happen and sometimes need to happen. Companies change vendors/suppliers and clients sometimes decide to work with your competitor(s). Sometimes vendors and employees need to go without getting paid for a period of time until the company can get out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/12/business-is-personal-and-hard-decisions-are-the-most-personal/</link>
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		<title>Those Crazy Cubs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, my buddies are all a buzz about baseball spring training coming up, and as I consider heading down to Arizona with them for the first time ever to check it out (an experience I think worth having at least once) I gotta get something off my chest&#8230;
The CUBS are the only sports team with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/12/those-crazy-cubs/</link>
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		<title>Business is Personal &#8211; Case Study #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One thing I’ve learned having worked for large companies, medium sized companies, started a few companies of my own, and consulted for many more, is that one should keep the big picture in mind and chose battles wisely.

However, when someone calls my character or integrity into question, or claims I’m not doing my job when [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/business-is-personal-case-study-2/</link>
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		<title>Lesser of 2 Evils &#8211; The Pro Life Ploy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, as I&#8217;ve already posted a few times, I am most definitely not someone who believes in a lesser of 2 evils when it comes to voting. I take this stance because of a variety of reasons that have to do with my understanding of history, politics, economics, media, framing, and the systems that work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/lesser-of-2-evils-the-pro-life-ploy/</link>
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		<title>Business is Personal &#8211; Case Study #1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Heard a familiar story today from a good friend of mine down in Los Angeles, about 2 business partners, at the end of the day, not being honest with one another.
Specifically, my friend had a product development consulting firm with a partner who she seemed to work well with for a little over a year.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/business-is-personal-case-study-1/</link>
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		<title>True Innovation is Undercapitalized</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most shocking and telling is slide #13 which shows that the amount of money going into VC firms now exceeds the total economic value created by VC firms&#8230;
TheFunded &#8211; Canarie

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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/true-innovation-is-undercapitalized/</link>
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		<title>10 Commandments to Save the US Economy</title>
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/10-commandments-to-save-the-us-economy/</link>
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		<title>The NextSpace Investors Forum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is the final day for submissions for our November 19th Forum.  So stoked to be a part of making this happen here in Santa Cruz &#8211; making the connections between local capital and local businesses!!!  If you want to learn more, below is the email I kicked to a few local networks talking about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/the-nextspace-investors-forum/</link>
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		<title>What is an &#8220;Authentic Community&#8221;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friend of mine asked me today what exactly an &#8220;authentic community&#8221; was in reference to my tagline and mission.  It&#8217;s actually a great question and one I wish people asked more often.
I believe it is the intent behind building a community and within a community that makes it &#8220;authentic&#8221; or not. For example, most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/what-is-an-authentic-community/</link>
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		<title>What should be at the top of Obama&#8217;s agenda for change?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Props out to Marcus Nelson and Rich White of UserVoice for their work putting together this pretty kick ass forum allowing people to vote on what they think Obama&#8217;s agenda should be for change moving forward.
I voted on a few, namely:

Repeal The Patriot Act
Get Rid of the Electoral College
Bring Back the Fireside Chat
Educate Americans on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/what-should-be-at-the-top-of-obamas-agenda-for-change/</link>
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		<title>100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in San Francisco</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s crazy to think about as it seems like just yesterday I started working here, but UnitedLayer was listed as one of the top 100 fastest growing private companies in San Francisco, and will definitely be higher on the list next year.  When I started in April of 2007, the company was clearing a little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/11/100-fastest-growing-private-companies-in-san-francisco/</link>
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		<title>Little Baby Tario #2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official, our little Tyler is going to be a BIG BROTHER!!  We have baby #2 on the way and due to arrive at the end of May.  On the left of the dotted line is his/her bottom and on the right of the dotted line is to top of his/her head.  Today Baby Tario [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/little-baby-tario-2/</link>
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		<title>You Can&#8217;t Copy Execution</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wil Schroter has a great article on how those that think they&#8217;ll succeed by simply mimicking a successful online company are missing the forest for the trees.
Why Just Copying Someone Else Doesn&#8217;t Work
Moral of the story, as you&#8217;ve likely heard before, execution matters more than the idea.  I would rather work with an allstar team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/you-cant-copy-execution/</link>
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		<title>Press for 12seconds.tv</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another step in the right direction. Congrats on the press 12seconds!
Page B5 in the Business Section of the Santa Cruz Sentinel today for those of you who want to see it in print.
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/press-for-12secondstv/</link>
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		<title>Business IS Personal &#8211; Prologue</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I&#8217;ve been thinking A LOT about it over the past few years, and I can not even begin to tell you how strange and interesting it is that people say &#8220;Don&#8217;t take it personal, it&#8217;s just business.&#8221;
I&#8217;ve been thinking about it for so long in fact that I&#8217;ve practically written an entire book about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/business-is-personal-prologue/</link>
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		<title>State of New Tech in Santa Cruz</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently dropped a post into the Geeks Google Group addressing a question posted on LinkedIn.com.  Question was about &#8220;the state of New Tech in Santa Cruz.&#8221;  Specifically,
&#8220;What is the state of new technology developing in Santa Cruz County? Is Santa Cruz a good environment for tech? Is there the right support structure for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/state-of-new-tech-in-santa-cruz/</link>
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		<title>Santa Cruz NEXT in GoodTimes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Stoked the cover story of the new issue of Good Times here in town features Santa Cruz NEXT.
Simply an example of what Patience, Persistence and simply Making it Happen can accomplish.
I&#8217;m working on getting another piece written on the companies working in, and coming out of, Santa Cruz as well ;)
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/santa-cruz-next-in-goodtimes/</link>
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		<title>Passion is Recession Proof</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend Sol Lipman wrote a masterpiece that speaks to the core of what I believe we are building here in Santa Cruz is all about.  I encourage you to take the time and give it a read.  Thank you Sol for your friendship and your passion.
http://12seconds.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/passion-is-recession-proof/
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/testing-this-ish-out/</link>
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		<title>Lesser of 2 Evils?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have found the following to provide some good context and insight into a discussion on the pros and cons of voting for a lesser of 2 evils come election day:

Lesser of two evils principle
False dilemma
Framing (social sciences)

Been having this debate in fact with my father every 4 years since College, and I only become [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/lesser-of-2-evils/</link>
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		<title>Why I LOVE xobni</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh Xobni, how I love thee.  Let me count the ways:

You&#8217;ve saved me the equivalent of 6 full work days as I no longer need to go mining and searching through Outlook for documents, contacts, emails, email threads, quotes&#8230; you name it.  (15 minutes x 5 days x 48 weeks = 3,600 minutes / 60 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/10/why-i-love-xobni/</link>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Sailing!!!!  I&#8217;m Sailing!!!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Went sailing on the Monterey Bay for the first time today with a bunch of Geeks and it freaking rocked my socks off.  Still can&#8217;t get over why it has taken me over 10 years living so close to the Bay to finally make this happen??!!
Raced a 42 foot yacht around the Bay and then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/09/im-sailing-im-sailing/</link>
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		<title>Lesser of 2 Evils &#8211; A Short Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine you are exhausted and starving and sit down at a table in a restaurant where the waiter places in front of you 2 plates; A moldy apple with maggots growing inside and a piece of dog poo.
The apple however has been dipped in dark chocolate and has beautiful edible flowers garnishing it.
The dog poo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/09/lesser-of-2-evils-a-short-story/</link>
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		<title>The Conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you David Speiser for sharing and Brian Solis for compiling. Great visual representation of all the tools available online to help people share content and ideas. Worth a look for those of you interested in what options are out there.
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/08/the-conversation/</link>
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		<title>Me Being Geeky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The good folks at InfinIT Consulting did a Podcast the other day on &#8220;Why Managed Colocation Can Be A Strategic IT and Business Investment.&#8221; Essentially it gave me an opportunity to sound relatively smart and geeky about a topic not that many folks know that much about, which makes me feel warm and fuzzy. ;)
It&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://seantario.com/2008/05/me-being-geeky/</link>
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		<title>Venture to Mentor Entrepreneurial Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
A little writeup from the Santa Clara University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship about Bronco Student Services, a company I started a few years back focused on providing services to students and mentoring students on how to run a business.
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		<link>http://seantario.com/2006/10/venture-to-mentor-entrepreneurial-students/</link>
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