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		<title>Data Visualization Articles</title>
		<link>http://khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/data-visualization-articles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Apr 2011 11:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://dougmccune.com/blog/2011/04/21/visualizing-cyclical-time-hour-of-day-charts/comment-page-1/#comment-210950 http://dougmccune.com/blog/2011/04/26/visualizing-time-with-the-double-time-bar-chart/comment-page-1/#comment-210951<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=182&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>User Experience Desktop Context for Applications</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khansalmanahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a serious question. For a specific enterprise vertical. Would the desktop environment context work better for overall improvement in user experience and user effectiveness. Something that you would see on a graphical desktop environment? A Task Bar that holds the tabs or buttons for the open applications and documents, folders on the desktop will store [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=155&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Democracy&#8217;s Missing Business Case</title>
		<link>http://khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/democracys-missing-business-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khansalmanahmad</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are overall proponents and opponents to any system of social representation in national governance. I am not getting into that. Over many years I have come across many arguments, all good ones, in support of voting. I also agree, if you are in a democratic environment, then you should vote to select a candidate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=152&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 Addiction</title>
		<link>http://khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/windows-7-addiction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[About two and a half months ago I decided to try out Windows 7 Ultimate. I had read about the documents and settings migration from XP, and read about few of the recommendations out there on how to go about installing and what pitfalls to watch out for. The first thing I did was to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=147&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Windows 7 Graphics Engine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 16:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I own a Dell Inspiron 8200 (Intel P4m 2.2GHz + 2GB RAM) with a Nvidia Geforce 2Go 32MB RAM and am currently evaluating Windows 7 Ultimate (trial). I have been an XP user since the begining. Being an IT professional, and an avid tinkerer since the begining. I personally feel, and I&#8217;m sure there are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=145&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Return to the Blog</title>
		<link>http://khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com/2010/02/22/return-to-the-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah .. Long time no blog. IT&#8217;s been quite a while since I posted anything. I guess right now is a as good a time as it gets.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=144&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Auto Populate Time Stamp in SQL Server 2005 Express</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I was experimenting with trying to modify a database by adding an auto-populating Time Stamp Column to each table in the database. Like any reasonable person I decided to test the different techniques on a simplified test database which I keep for experimentations like these. The thinking I was following was: Add another column [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=136&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Political Inclination</title>
		<link>http://khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/my-political-inclination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 07:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Came across The Political Compass web site while searching for politics related information. Got side tracked and took their test. I have no idea how accurate this is. However it was thought provoking set of questions spread over 6 pages. They have divided the political inclination into LEFT/RIGHT and Authoritarian/Social Libertarian. Giving a quantitative analysis [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=130&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Algorithm and Code</title>
		<link>http://khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com/2009/05/25/algorithm-and-code/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 09:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khansalmanahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What came first, the algorithm or the code? To the modern day developers, there may or may not be a clear distinction between algorithm development and coding (as it is sometimes lovingly coined). For me personally, the algorithm always comes first. It is the attempt to define in non-ambiguous terms what exactly needs to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=127&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We are a Bad People</title>
		<link>http://khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com/2009/05/22/we-are-a-bad-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 05:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khansalmanahmad</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was talking to a gentleman about the local situation in Pakistan. With all the different factions/parties/independents trying to leverage any event to their own advantage.  We talked about the economic situation, the political situation, the Talibans and Mullahs (please not I am not using the term Aalim), the under-the-table feudalism, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=khansalmanahmad.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2923528&amp;post=125&amp;subd=khansalmanahmad&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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