<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.9.2" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Conformists Unite</title>
	<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com</link>
	<description>A celebration of the unique and personal in business</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:19:29 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>Chief Culture Officer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to post this interview with Grant McCracken simply because it&#8217;s so nicely said.

]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=516</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Shameless Plug</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
For three years now, a couple of saints and all around good guys named Gavin &#38; Drew have pulled together a crowdsourced book of marketing thoughts. This year it&#8217;s called: Age of Conversation III: It’s Time to Get Busy!
It features stories, ideas, strategies and observations from over 300 marketers, writers, thinkers and creative innovators.
It&#8217;s broken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=507</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hope</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;m fascinated with the Obama brand. And not looking forward to seeing it get watered down and distorted over the years -as it will automatically do since it now stands for everything that the government does. Presidencies are the ultimate case study in brand over-extension.  Only when a president is done can we all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=487</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Whole Different Animal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I flew Frontier last week and noticed they had put a friend for me on the wing:

Turns out each of their planes have a different animal, who they introduce on the way in:

Pretty cool. 
Unfortunately, they&#8217;re also too cheap to play any movies or TV (unless you swipe a card) and had no qualms about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=483</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Cups that stay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Here&#8217;s another nice touch from my local coffee shop. Regulars can have their own mugs. (My husband&#8217;s says &#8217;snuggle butt&#8217;.)
]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=480</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Half white chocolate, half dark</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was a top seller last week at my local coffee shop. 

]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=476</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>More Interesting Coffee</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re meeting again this Friday morning December 12th at 9am at Umbria in the Pearl (303 NW 12th at Everett).
We have a few venue possibilities so would be great to get your input on which to choose. 
And we also have Jeffre Jackson coming along -thought it would be a good chat since he&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=475</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Interesting Vancouver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Speaking of interesting, Brett MacFarlane has put together a great line-up for Interesting Vancouver next week (Friday, October 24th) including comic artists, a hydrogen-powered car driver, storytellers, and eco-friendly writers. 
Check out his blog for more info. Or buy tickets here. 
]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=472</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Interesting PDX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re kicking off the thinking for the Portland version of Interesting* next Thursday the 23rd of October -throwing around ideas for potential venues, speakers, dates and what have you. 
We&#8217;ll be at Umbria in the Pearl (303 NW 12th at Everett) at 8a.m.  
If you&#8217;re in Portland and you&#8217;d care to join us, stop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=471</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Big groups, small brains</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently went to lunch with a big group of women, most who I didn&#8217;t know, all arriving at slightly different times and ordering a wide range of things. Some had huge meals with dessert and some just coffee. 
When it was time to go, we faced that often messy process of adding things up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.conformistsunite.com/?p=470</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
