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	<title>Aaron McGowan &#187; Thoughts &amp; Ideas</title>
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		<title>Random Hacks of Kindness, Toronto, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 13:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today in Toronto and in various other cities around the world there is something absolutely amazing going on, it&#8217;s Random Hacks of Kindness. I have been lucky enough to not only attend the Toronto event, but also co-sponsor the event to assure that the hackers, enthusiasts and other do&#8217;ers are able to be fed, receive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiration. Paul Potts, the Opera Singer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Oct 2010 15:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, when watching a variety of talks on varying subjects, something unexpected drew my attention. I started to watch, and thought, this is going to be something that you would expect &#8211; especially from Simon, of American Idol, being a judge. However, it was not. Paul Potts, was in the business of selling mobile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspirational. Enough said.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[TEDxToronto]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I came across this video this morning after a fellow colleague tweeted that this was one of the best talks at this years TEDx Toronto event. Furthermore, I have watched it and the word inspiring was what came to mind immediately. Thanks for sharing this video!]]></description>
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		<title>An idea for getting young voters out to the polls, or at least aware</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/thoughts-ideas/an-idea-for-getting-young-voters-out-to-the-polls-or-at-least-aware/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fanshawe College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London Ontario]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the past couple of years attending Fanshawe College as a student, there has been numerous times when the Fanshawe College has had guest speakers come and speak to the students and faculty, at least within my program. The talks and presentations have been primarily about technology, and I am assuming other topics depending on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A personal reflection on the past four months</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/thoughts-ideas/a-personal-reflection-on-the-past-four-months/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/thoughts-ideas/a-personal-reflection-on-the-past-four-months/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Thoughts & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Echidna Solutions Corp.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NextStop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Data London]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reflection]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When there is an ending, there is always a new beginning, or at least I would like to believe. Today is my last day at Echidna Solutions Corp., where I have been employed for the past four months a Web Developer. For the past four months I have been working on a variety of projects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tech community &amp; platform which can teach Governments</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/a-tech-community-platform-which-can-teach-governments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Drupal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gov 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Source]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Drupal is a open source content management system known around the world by web developers, designers, enthusiasts and many others. Today, Drupal is being used hundreds of thousands to create websites and solutions for individuals, companies, government agencies and administrations. What started as a hobby in a dorm room at a University, has now become [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collaboration between competition for an innovative City</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/collaboration-between-competition-for-an-innovative-city/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/collaboration-between-competition-for-an-innovative-city/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open & Initiatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citizens]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[idea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a city which innovation is not for the sole purpose of generating revenue. A city which industry leaders, enthusiasts and citizens gather once every couple of months for a weekend for social innovation, a weekend to produce elegant, innovative and useful solutions through collaboration. Solutions which are created for citizens of that City, apps [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An idea to help stop telephone fraud &amp; scams</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/an-idea-to-help-stop-telephone-fraud-scams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/an-idea-to-help-stop-telephone-fraud-scams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telecommunications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you are young or elderly, we are all at risk of telephone fraud and scamming. Just recently, an incident touched base a little to close to home. Just recently, I came up with a possible idea and thought on how to stop or at least help squash such incidents from happening around the world. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United Nations, Open Data and Education</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/united-nations-open-data-and-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/united-nations-open-data-and-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just recently, I have noticed that the United Nations has an open data portal. Is it just me or did we all miss something? According to the UN Data about page, this portal is a part of the database service and project launched by the UN Statistic Division (UNSD) in 2005, called &#8220;Statistics and Public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The not knowing &amp; uncertainty</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/thoughts-ideas/the-not-knowing-uncertainty-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/thoughts-ideas/the-not-knowing-uncertainty-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People always wonder what keeps another up at night. For me, it is the not knowing and the uncertainty. I believe the future to be 100% uncertain. The only certainty we as humans have is only the past (history) of what we have currently lived through. Unfortunately, the future cannot be predicted and all we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Open Data and Education thought</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/an-open-data-and-education-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/open-and-initiatives/an-open-data-and-education-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 02:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Open & Initiatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts & Ideas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This idea of educational institutions using open data to further the education and experience of their students is something that I have been thinking about now for a couple of months. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I do not believe, to the best of my knowledge, that there any post secondary institutions [...]]]></description>
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