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	<title>Maciej (&#34;Ski&#34;) Skierkowski</title>
	<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com</link>
	<description>Director of Product at AppFog</description>
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		<title>Health Gadgets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some of my top picks for health related gadgets I want to get to monitor my health. I&#8217;m looking for the most complete picture of my health including weight loss, heart condition, and sleep quality. I also want to have the least number of devices. They need to be accurate. They need to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2012/02/01/health-gadgets/</link>
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		<title>Behind every great website there is a great designer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[52 Shots and Startups &#8211; #1 - Barista in the Pearl with Chris Miller (christopherdan) Last week I had coffee at Barista in the Pearl with Chris Miller (christopherdan), founder of Havoc Labs and EnsoCloud. Havoc Labs is a design agency building websites for a variety of customers. EnsoCloud is a CRM service, but calling it a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/11/15/behind-every-great-website-there-is-a-great-designer/</link>
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		<title>Good Product Manager, Bad Product Manager</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every once in s awhile I find articles about my current role at AppFog to see how I align. The gist is quite applicable, but this has to be transformed to be more applicable to a scrappy startup as opposed to a large corporation for which this was written. &#160; Good Product Manager Bad Product Manager By [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/11/08/good-pm-bad-pm/</link>
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		<title>52 Shots and Startups (#52SS)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the next 52 weeks I will have a shot with someone from the startup community once a week. I will meet entrepreneurs, VCs, angels, advisors, etc from the tech community starting with Portland. Some I may already know, but most will be new faces. Shots will include alcohol shots, but in most cases this will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/11/03/52-shots-and-startups/</link>
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		<title>Writing a successful apology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One formula I found to work well for writing a successful apology is to write three statements (apology, problem, solution) with the common thread of openness and accountability. As a scrappy startup focusing on your core proposition you will cause some pain to your customers all while they still love the product. We&#8217;ve made a few of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/09/16/writing-a-successful-apology/</link>
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		<title>Deploying PHP on Windows Azure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can create and deploy an application on PHP Fog in under 5 minutes from scratch to finish; how hard can it be on Windows Azure? On PHP Fog I can create a new application, select a framework (e.g. WordPress, Drupal, CodeIgniter, etc), deploy it, setup SSH and git, pull the app, modify it, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/09/14/deploying-php-on-windows-azure/</link>
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		<title>Puff Pastry Breakfast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This little delight is something I pulled out of my ass today. Well, I shouldn&#8217;t take all the credit, as I did come across something similar in someone else&#8217;s blog not long ago. This is a great breakfast, despite making it for some random meal between lunch and dinner time. It is a puff pastry [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/08/21/puff-pastry-breakfast/</link>
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		<title>German Pancackes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is one of the easiest and most delicious things I&#8217;ve made for breakfast. Here is what you do: (1) melt 2 tbl butter in a pie dish by placing it in the 400 degree oven, (2) mix 1 cup milk, 1 cup flour, and 6 eggs, (3) pour the mixture into the pie dish [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/08/21/german-pancackes/</link>
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		<title>How to Fix Microsoft</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft is broken! I assume you agree with me, but if not, leave a comment or email me. Instead of talking about how it is broken, instead I&#8217;d like to look at ways that I would fix it. Based on my observations while working at Microsoft and at a startup (PHP Fog), I am making a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/06/27/how-to-fix-microsoft/</link>
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		<title>Required reading for entrepreneurs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a collection of some of the books that I think entrepreneurs (anyone starting a new software project) must read. Whenever I work on side-projects with friends (tech and non-tech) I tell them they should read these books. I&#8217;m likely to continue to update this list. Pitching Hacks This book comes as a recommendation in order [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.skierkowski.com/2011/06/08/required-reading-for-entrepreneurs/</link>
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