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<title>The Long Lonely Leap</title>
<description><![CDATA[OVERHEAD my onion-shaped balloon spread its 200-foot diameter against a black daytime sky. More than 18 1/2 miles below lay the cloud-hidden New Mexico desert to which I shortly would parachute. Sitting in my gondola, which gently twisted with the balloon's slow turnings, I had begun to sweat lightly, though the temperature read 36 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Sunlight burned in on me under the edge of an aluminized antiglare curtain and through the gondola's open door.<a href="http://marckimmel.com/the_long_lonely_leap.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Power of Language</title>
<description><![CDATA[Google+ and Facebook are both social networking sites. They are built for and around people and communication. They are similiar in so many ways, but they are also different in many ways. The other day I noticed a little example of how they are different in a pretty fundemental way.For whatever reason, I decided to Google myself. On the first page I saw the results for both Google+ and Facebook. They looked like this.<a href="http://marckimmel.com/the_power_of_language.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Simplifying Interfaces</title>
<description><![CDATA[I think one of the most important elements of a smooth user experience is simplicity. Removing unnecassary steps gets a user from their goal to a result more quickly. It makes the experience more enjoyable when the process is transparent.<a href="http://marckimmel.com/simplifying_interfaces.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Fleeting Digital World</title>
<description><![CDATA[love waking up in the morning these days. Sometimes I wake up before my alarm goes off. I used to eat huge breakfasts, now I have a quick bowl of cereal. Watching CNN news highlights (okay, cartoons) is no longer a fixture on my morning routine either. These days I sometimes even leave the house with mismatched socks. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/the_fleeting_digital_world.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Vertical Worlds</title>
<description><![CDATA[There is something extraordinary about standing on the sidewalk next to a massive skyscaper, looking up at the top and staring into the sky. Something about skyscapers has always fascinated me. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/vertical_worlds.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Marc Kimmel: A Visual History</title>
<description><![CDATA[This is the life of Marc Kimmel. Each significant event has changed it's course. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/about.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Trivial Statistics</title>
<description><![CDATA[I'm a big hockey fan. I also love statistics. Obviously following important stats like goals and assists, wins and losses are interesting, but it's the more obscure numbers and percentages that I have some bizarre need to follow. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/trivial_statistics.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lexus LFA: Strategic or Stupid?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of Toyota, a Japanese manufacturer and one of the biggest in the world. At the end of 2010 Lexus planned to go ahead with the production of the LFA, the first supercar ever produced by them, after 9 years in development. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/lexus_lfa_strategic_or_stupid.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Mind Share</title>
<description><![CDATA[Last year I wrote an essay on advertising's effectiveness. I looked at the extent everything from television commercials to billboards had on consumer decision making process. Because it was an extremely expansive topic and I didn't spend a lot of time with it, I didn't come out with any particularly concrete answers. But since I wrote it, I've constantly been thinking about the influences advertising has on people in the form of Mind Share. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/mind_share.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Looking Back From The Future</title>
<description><![CDATA[I've always kind of wondered what the future will look like. Where will technology take us? What discoveries will be made that change our lives forever? What will the global issues of today result in? <a href="http://marckimmel.com/looking_back_from_the_future.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Decisions</title>
<description><![CDATA[Recently I've started thinking about the future and the many decisions that I need to make pretty soon. Right or wrong, I feel these choices will set my life's path. I definitely don't feel that I am committed to any one decision for a lifetime, but I have no forecast of how long I will be involved in that area or what opportunities will appear as a result. There are so many different things I want to try out and I don't know where to start. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/decisions.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Good Enough</title>
<description><![CDATA[After 4 years of design studies, entering my first job that revolved around graphic design this summer was an exciting step. Even after working on what could be real world projects, I still had only the smallest grasp of what the field was like. I didn't know what to expect. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/good_enough.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>A Rant About Lists</title>
<description><![CDATA[First off, let me preface this mini-rant by making it clear that I have nothing against the concept of lists. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/a_rant_about_lists.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>The Reach of Mobile Phones</title>
<description><![CDATA[I just came across a book about developing for the mobile web. In it's introduction, it provides context to the exponentially expanding reach of mobile phones. <a href="http://marckimmel.com/the_reach_of_mobile_phones.html">Continue Reading...</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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