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		<title>Writing advice: what to do when you&#8217;re stuck</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Gant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone can be a writer, it’s true. But sometimes---whether you’re writing an article, webcopy, a direct marketing piece or a book---you’re going to get stuck and it can seem as if no amount of rewriting is going to fix your copy.

Don’t wait for that sinking feeling to set in.

Here’s the first thing you must do.<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://thinkitcreative.com/blog/writing-advice-stuck/' addthis:title='Writing advice: what to do when you&#8217;re stuck' ><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_google +1"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a></div>
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		<title>Patently troubling</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Gant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commentary on a new infographic regarding patent law today. The problem in a nutshell: patents are a 19th century solution to 21st century problems. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://thinkitcreative.com/blog/patently-troubling/' addthis:title='Patently troubling' ><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_google +1"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a></div>
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		<title>The case against comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Gant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As my reader, you value great content and creating a fantastic reading experience as much as I do. I want this to be a great reading experience for you every time. I'm always happy when my readers tell me what they have to say. Those comments are good. And the idea behind them is a good one. 

That's not why comments have fallen out of favour with me. I just don't think they are for everyone. Before you enable comments, you should ask yourself why you're doing this in the first place. <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://thinkitcreative.com/blog/case-against-comments/' addthis:title='The case against comments' ><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_google +1"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a></div>
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		<title>Remembering Steve, a Switcher tells his story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Gant</dc:creator>
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		<title>A new era in design</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Gant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evidence is everywhere. We are entering a new era in design. Today&#8212;more than at any other point in human history&#8212;more thought goes into the construction of things around us. That&#8217;s a development that has implications for everyone in the business of marketing to other people. In other words, everyone. Today, design is about more [...]<div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style" addthis:url='http://thinkitcreative.com/blog/era-design/' addthis:title='A new era in design' ><a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a><a class="addthis_button_google +1"></a><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a></div>
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		<title>A history of title design</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:42:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Gant</dc:creator>
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		<title>Entrepreneur as magician</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:45:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Making it easier to buy things: the magic behind the Mac App Store</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 19:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Gant</dc:creator>
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		<title>What I have learned in my first 10 years running a successful business</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 12:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Gant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although I find I am still pinching myself in disbelief, 2011 marks ten years since I first founded thinkit creative and took a bold step into this business as a writer, speaker and marketer. It's been the best decade of my life so far and I'm really looking forward to what's in store for the next ten years working with clients, friends and colleagues. 

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