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	<title>Creative Distraction&#187; Google Ad Algo: Still Dumb or Getting a Sense of Humor?</title>
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		<title>Google Ad Algo: Still Dumb or Getting a Sense of Humor?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan C. Hall</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A silly little find from someone who rarely uses the Gmail interface:  I was initially surprised to learn that the context-sensitive ads on my Gmail spam box included mostly canned-ham recipes like this one for &#8220;Spam Vegetable Strudel&#8221;:


After all, shouldn&#8217;t a smart Google algorithm differentiate uses of spam as canned ham from spam as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Dissonance Creates the Conditions for Innovation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan C. Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[invention]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Following my exploration of &#8220;systematic creativity,&#8221; I was pleased to take up sociologist David Stark&#8217;s new book, The Sense of Dissonance: Accounts of Worth in Economic Life (2009). You might not get it from the title, but this book is about the conditions that lead to creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in organizations. According to Stark, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Solution: Insurance Company Says Peel Fresh Citrus</title>
		<link>http://www.creativedistraction.com/analysis/healthcare-solution-insurance-coompan-says-peel-fresh-citrus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan C. Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When a robot from Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield (HBCBS) left my wife a message Monday, I was provoked first by the cheerful, familiar voice inflection in the greeting:

It&#8217;s the second call from the health insurance company in a week, so perhaps a familiar tone is warranted.  The virtual caller quickly defuses any suspicion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding: Job Elimination Is More Newsworthy than Job Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan C. Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[journalism]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.creativedistraction.com/?p=60</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.creativedistraction.com/wp-content/uploads/coverage_vs_change_in_rate.gif" alt="Coverage vs. Change in Rate" title="Coverage vs. Change in Rate" width="150" height="100" class="right" />With so much change in <em>how</em> we work, we need new news sources on this beat.]]></description>
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		<title>Marketing That Makes the Product Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan C. Hall</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marketing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="/analysis/marketing-that-makes-the-product-better/"><img src="http://www.creativedistraction.com/wp-content/uploads/corona_ad_example.jpg" alt="Corona Ad Example" title="Corona Ad Example" width="160" class="right" /></a> I've always hated advertising. Here's what I missed.]]></description>
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		<title>A Call for Writers to Renovate the Web</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jonathan C. Hall</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="/analysis/call-for-writers-to-renovate-the-web/"><img src="http://www.creativedistraction.com/wp-content/uploads/buy_and_renovate_growth_model.gif" alt="The &#34;Buy and Renovate&#34; Growth Model" title="The &#34;Buy and Renovate&#34; Growth Model" width="150" height="100" class="right" /></a> Or why "flipping" websites beats starting from scratch.]]></description>
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