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	<title>Natasha D&#039;Souza</title>
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	<description>A web adventure through engineering, technology, business, photography or whatever else takes my fancy</description>
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		<title>I got a feeling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got a feeling&#8230;. no I am not talking about the Black Eyed Peas song but how I felt a few days ago at a recent workshop.It was a social media workshop for OCRI&#8217;s e2 plus. There were about 14 in the room. As with all workshops most of the people were at different levels [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/11/i-got-a-feeling/</link>
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		<title>Vote for me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been ages since we have had a demo camp here in Ottawa and there&#8217;s one happening on Monday 19th Oct.
To spice things up the organizers asked for people to volunteer to be MC and if there was more than one candidate to place a vote.
It turns out that 6 of us feel up for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/10/vote-for-me/</link>
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		<title>BlackBerry manners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a deviced attached to our hands seems to be common place these days.  This article made me laugh and I thought that I would share it with you. Shawn Kahandaliyanage is one such indivitual with a device attached to his hand and had the perfect strategy of walking and texting.
&#8220;I&#8217;d latch on to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/06/blackberry-manners/</link>
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		<title>Lead to Win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a drive to massive innovation in Canada&#8217;s Capital Region, this is through the Lean to Win program.
This is for talented individuals who wish to establish and grow successful businesses in Ottawa. They are accepting people from a range of backgrounds including sales, business development, product managers, design engineers, systems analysts and management.
They have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/04/lead-to-win/</link>
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		<title>Mashups and open APIs&#8217; the new entrepreneurship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was at MESH last week in Toronto. Mayor David Miller gave a very inspirational talk about the future of technology in Toronto.
Here is a video of the presentation that I would like to share with you.
Listen to it as it is very inspiring and talks about the possibilities using mashups. This does have a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/04/mashups-and-open-apis-the-new-entrepreneurship/</link>
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		<title>Startups and the Minister of Research and Innovation</title>
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I was at The Code Factory for a great session with John Wilkinson, Minister of Research and Innovation for Ontario.  It was a great discussion between the minister and various start-ups in Ottawa.
The start-ups present shared their experiences and woes.  John talked about the great work his team is working on and future developments.  He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/02/startups-and-the-minister-of-research-and-innovation/</link>
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		<title>7 Productivity Tips for Freelancers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently launched my Social Media business and it&#8217;s been very exciting.  As a business owner one has to wear many hats so to speak one day you are the worker bee, the next moment you are the bean counter, sales person, marketing etc&#8230; So how do you get through your day and stay focused [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/02/7-productivity-tips-for-freelancers/</link>
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		<title>Launching Virtual EyeSee, a Social Media Company</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past few months I have been focusing a fair bit of my time in setting up a new business.  It&#8217;s to do with New Media marketing or Social Media marketing.   Given the developments in open source software and free social networking sites it&#8217;s a great way for corporations to take advantage of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/01/social-media-company-launch/</link>
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		<title>C.U. Game Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carleton University is having a Game Day and it looks like a lot of fun.

It&#8217;s from Fri. Jan 30 to Sunday Feb. 1 2009. What looks particularly interesting is the Game Jam.  This is for artists, programmers and designers to work together in small teams on a game project.  The games will be based on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/01/cu-game-day/</link>
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		<title>Startup Addict</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I worked for a start-up,  the challenges of funding and recruiting the right talent were very apparent.  It&#8217;s very simple, how do you get funds when the economy is on a down slide?  How do you recruit the right talent when you have a budget of zero $.

Startup Addict is a social network that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.natashadsouza.com/2009/01/startup-addict/</link>
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