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		<title>FourSquare check-ins versus native applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been playing with FourSquare for about four weeks now as many of my friends have probably seen the check-ins on Facebook and Twitter. I have even gone to the extent to checking out the API behind the scenes and it looks very clean and easy. The basis of the API is REST (REpresentational [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog and video stats for 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I started keeping stats in 2010 and it looks like 2010 was a &#8220;better&#8221; year for hits and posts, most likely because I blogged a lot about Lotus and Eclipse stuff more (about twice as many posts) that year than 2011. This site generated 88,815 hits for the year in 2011 and 68,443 in 2010 (minus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2011 &#8211; A year of change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[2011 was an amazing year for me. Full of struggles, change, and excitement. Here are few of the highlights I had for the year (minus a few struggles): First year of be married to my wonderful wife, we now collectively have five kids in the house! I turned 40 this year, really starting to feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>12 Days of commerce: Flash Sales</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this demo I show how you can set up a flash sale in WebSphere Commerce. This mixes date and time driven promotions and web activities. The setup is a sale for a new Nike shirt will happen on Friday from noon to five where the shirt will be 20% off. The advertisement helps on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.balfes.net/2011/12/22/12-days-of-commerce-flash-sales/</link>
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		<title>12 Days of commerce: Replace Logo in an extended Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this video I show how you can replace the default content for an eMarketing Spot in WebSphere Commerce. You can optionally use a web activity and change the logo based on rules but this approach shows how you can achieve a new logo by utilizing the default content field on the eSpot itself.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.balfes.net/2011/12/20/12-days-of-commerce-replace-logo-in-an-extended-site/</link>
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		<title>Solr synonym file for different segments and industries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have gotten asked in previous conversations if there are standard synonym files for different product sets and industries for the Solr search engine. Interestingly enough I could not find anything out there so I decided to create an online repository on GitHub for such files. I envision files for all kinds of industries and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.balfes.net/2011/12/19/solr-synonym-file-for-different-segments-and-industries/</link>
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		<title>WebSphere Commerce welcomes iOS to its arsenal!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t part of the originally planned &#8220;Twelve Days of Commerce&#8221; but it fits in well! A few weeks ago IBM announced a native application for Android based devices. Being an Apple guy myself I have been waiting to announce this. WebSphere Commerce now has a native iOS application that uses the same REST base [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.balfes.net/2011/12/16/websphere-commerce-welcomes-ios-to-its-arsenal/</link>
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		<title>12 Days of commerce: Proximity Alerts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this video I show how you can create basic proximity alerts in WebSphere Commerce. An example is, you can show an alert when the shopper is close to a promotion. Example, say you have a proximity alert set for a minimum order of $120 and a discount of $30 when the cart contents reach [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.balfes.net/2011/12/16/12-days-of-commerce-proximity-alerts/</link>
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		<title>Pissed off Penguins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been a user and fan of the Blender tool for quite some time. There is a KickStarter project looking for less than $250 to complete the bidding process for the project. If you believe in Open Source and education for the masses then help Kris complete this project. Whether you are a low [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.balfes.net/2011/12/16/pissed-off-penguins/</link>
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		<title>12 Days of commerce: Generating SKU&#8217;s</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In this video I show the cool tool &#8220;Generating SKU&#8217;s&#8221; in the WebSphere Commerce Management Center. A business user can use Management Center to enter products and SKU&#8217;s very easily and in this video I show how easy it is.]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.balfes.net/2011/12/15/12-days-of-commerce-generating-skus/</link>
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