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		<title>By: JohnBedard.com &#187; It&#8217;s DeLurk Day</title>
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		<dc:creator>JohnBedard.com &#187; It&#8217;s DeLurk Day</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 04:02:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Andy Hume</title>
		<link>http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/01/08/de-lurk-and-be-heard/#comment-87563</link>
		<dc:creator>Andy Hume</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Feb 2007 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Andy Hume, Web Developer.
2. London, UK.
3. A fair while.
4. Eric Meyer on CSS - so I guess that means 02/03 ish.
5. Technical - design - personal, it&#039;s all great. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Andy Hume, Web Developer.<br />
2. London, UK.<br />
3. A fair while.<br />
4. Eric Meyer on CSS &#8211; so I guess that means 02/03 ish.<br />
5. Technical &#8211; design &#8211; personal, it&#8217;s all great. :)</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Rutter</title>
		<link>http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/01/08/de-lurk-and-be-heard/#comment-84629</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard Rutter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Richard Rutter, web site designer (is what I tell my public)
2. From Woking (in the London commuter belt) now happily living Brighton
3. Been visiting for many years, since before RSS
4. The mighty Eric Meyer, of course (so CSS stuff then)
5. Whatever you feel you need to write about. Techie stuff is always good, punctuated with snippets of life</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Richard Rutter, web site designer (is what I tell my public)<br />
2. From Woking (in the London commuter belt) now happily living Brighton<br />
3. Been visiting for many years, since before RSS<br />
4. The mighty Eric Meyer, of course (so CSS stuff then)<br />
5. Whatever you feel you need to write about. Techie stuff is always good, punctuated with snippets of life</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Currie</title>
		<link>http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/01/08/de-lurk-and-be-heard/#comment-84447</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Currie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Robert Currie, student!
2. Dundee, Scotland.
3. About twenty minutes ;-)
4. I&#039;m studying web design and my course leader had CSS/EDGE recommended.  Found my way here somehow.  Weirdly, I just noticed you wrote a book on my shelf (CSS: The definateive guide).  Which is just far too coincidental to be normal.  They must have changed something in the matrix...
5. Well I really just got here, so I couldn&#039;t comment!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Robert Currie, student!<br />
2. Dundee, Scotland.<br />
3. About twenty minutes ;-)<br />
4. I&#8217;m studying web design and my course leader had CSS/EDGE recommended.  Found my way here somehow.  Weirdly, I just noticed you wrote a book on my shelf (CSS: The definateive guide).  Which is just far too coincidental to be normal.  They must have changed something in the matrix&#8230;<br />
5. Well I really just got here, so I couldn&#8217;t comment!</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
		<link>http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/01/08/de-lurk-and-be-heard/#comment-84254</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 05:03:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Dave. Research scientist by day, occasional hobbyist web guy by night. Designed my first website back in 1998 for a university department that I was working at the time (tables, tables and more tables, all hand made).
2. Indianapolis
3. Several years, off and on.
4. Did I mention I used to design and maintain a website with lots and lots of tables, written by hand? 3 letters: CSS
5. Hmmm, that&#039;s a toughie. Since I keep coming back you must be doing something right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Dave. Research scientist by day, occasional hobbyist web guy by night. Designed my first website back in 1998 for a university department that I was working at the time (tables, tables and more tables, all hand made).<br />
2. Indianapolis<br />
3. Several years, off and on.<br />
4. Did I mention I used to design and maintain a website with lots and lots of tables, written by hand? 3 letters: CSS<br />
5. Hmmm, that&#8217;s a toughie. Since I keep coming back you must be doing something right.</p>
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		<title>By: Edoardo Galvagno</title>
		<link>http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/01/08/de-lurk-and-be-heard/#comment-83721</link>
		<dc:creator>Edoardo Galvagno</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 22:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Eric,

I&#039;m Edoardo, 1/3 prepress/print designer, 1/3 web designer and 1/3 developer (on and off the web); I live in a beautiful small town called Cherasco, in the northern part of Italy.

I can&#039;t remember when and what, but I think I&#039;ve been reading you for 5 years and more, starting with the Spiral Demo. But I&#039;m not subscribed to your RSS...

And of course you should write what you feel better... it&#039;s always worth reading.

Thanks</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Eric,</p>
<p>I&#8217;m Edoardo, 1/3 prepress/print designer, 1/3 web designer and 1/3 developer (on and off the web); I live in a beautiful small town called Cherasco, in the northern part of Italy.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t remember when and what, but I think I&#8217;ve been reading you for 5 years and more, starting with the Spiral Demo. But I&#8217;m not subscribed to your RSS&#8230;</p>
<p>And of course you should write what you feel better&#8230; it&#8217;s always worth reading.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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		<title>By: Stefan David</title>
		<link>http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/01/08/de-lurk-and-be-heard/#comment-83434</link>
		<dc:creator>Stefan David</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a marketing guy and affiliate manager at jpc (www.jpc.de) a music, movies and books online store in germany. In my rare spare time I&#039;m working on XHTML and CSS for myself and some customers.

I&#039;m from Bad Laer, Germany. You&#039;ll find me on frappr.

I know your site since about 2003.

I was searching for some solutions on CSS problems---and found them on your site. Helped me a lot and does that still.

Just do it the way you like. Stay close to CSS and make our lives as webworkers a bit easier.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a marketing guy and affiliate manager at jpc (www.jpc.de) a music, movies and books online store in germany. In my rare spare time I&#8217;m working on XHTML and CSS for myself and some customers.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m from Bad Laer, Germany. You&#8217;ll find me on frappr.</p>
<p>I know your site since about 2003.</p>
<p>I was searching for some solutions on CSS problems&#8212;and found them on your site. Helped me a lot and does that still.</p>
<p>Just do it the way you like. Stay close to CSS and make our lives as webworkers a bit easier.</p>
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		<title>By: Chester Bullock</title>
		<link>http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/01/08/de-lurk-and-be-heard/#comment-83037</link>
		<dc:creator>Chester Bullock</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Chester Bullock, Web Development Manager, Colorado AAA
2. Colorado
3. Since 2000 or so, when I last saw you at a Web Developer&#039;s Conference at the Moscone Center
4. See #3
5. I like the variety of subjects you touch on, from personal to professional.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Chester Bullock, Web Development Manager, Colorado AAA<br />
2. Colorado<br />
3. Since 2000 or so, when I last saw you at a Web Developer&#8217;s Conference at the Moscone Center<br />
4. See #3<br />
5. I like the variety of subjects you touch on, from personal to professional.</p>
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		<title>By: Kevin M</title>
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		<dc:creator>Kevin M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Weeeeee 100th comment! 
   1. Senior Application Developer in Washington DC Area. All about ColdFusion, Flex and Standards
   2. Originally from California, grew up in New Jersey (South!) Live in  Baltimore with wife and kids
   3. A Few years now on and off
   4. Umm did someone mention CSS ?
   5. Always CSS and Standards. How all this also plays into IA /ID / UI processe decisions. Big picture outlook Regardless always find the site useful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Weeeeee 100th comment!<br />
   1. Senior Application Developer in Washington DC Area. All about ColdFusion, Flex and Standards<br />
   2. Originally from California, grew up in New Jersey (South!) Live in  Baltimore with wife and kids<br />
   3. A Few years now on and off<br />
   4. Umm did someone mention CSS ?<br />
   5. Always CSS and Standards. How all this also plays into IA /ID / UI processe decisions. Big picture outlook Regardless always find the site useful.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Brian, title is Web Team Lead, but I knock around ColdFusion, CSS, Web Design, and web-based apps...currently as a contractor for the US Air Force.

Live in Missouri, Work in Illinois, but I left parts of my soul in California, Nevada, and Alaska.

Been Lurking the site for about 4 years...started here when I needed to understand CSS positioning -- and it seemed like the best resource at the time :)

Always looking for new ways to stretch current implementations until CSS-3 comes along and solves the world&#039;s ills, cures hunger, and makes the internet safe for mankind :)  ... mostly today though is insuring site compatibilities with today&#039;s (and yesterday&#039;s) browsers.

I went a little bananas over Cars movie diecast cars.  I love military aviation -- I worked with B-52s, the SR-71, the U-2, the F-117, the B-2...but the throb of Sea Furys and Mustangs at the Reno Air Races is Heaven...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Brian, title is Web Team Lead, but I knock around ColdFusion, CSS, Web Design, and web-based apps&#8230;currently as a contractor for the US Air Force.</p>
<p>Live in Missouri, Work in Illinois, but I left parts of my soul in California, Nevada, and Alaska.</p>
<p>Been Lurking the site for about 4 years&#8230;started here when I needed to understand CSS positioning &#8212; and it seemed like the best resource at the time :)</p>
<p>Always looking for new ways to stretch current implementations until CSS-3 comes along and solves the world&#8217;s ills, cures hunger, and makes the internet safe for mankind :)  &#8230; mostly today though is insuring site compatibilities with today&#8217;s (and yesterday&#8217;s) browsers.</p>
<p>I went a little bananas over Cars movie diecast cars.  I love military aviation &#8212; I worked with B-52s, the SR-71, the U-2, the F-117, the B-2&#8230;but the throb of Sea Furys and Mustangs at the Reno Air Races is Heaven&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Chimene</title>
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		<dc:creator>Chimene</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 07:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chimene from Oklahoma City, OK. Instructor of XHTML/CSS

After my first class in CSS from the HTML Writer&#039;s Guild, I stopped by and have been visiting ever since.

I took your first advanced CSS course from HWG.  Great experience. :) I use two of your books for my classes and appreciate having these resources.

Always appreciate the articles and web support and project examples for your books. More would be wonderful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chimene from Oklahoma City, OK. Instructor of XHTML/CSS</p>
<p>After my first class in CSS from the HTML Writer&#8217;s Guild, I stopped by and have been visiting ever since.</p>
<p>I took your first advanced CSS course from HWG.  Great experience. :) I use two of your books for my classes and appreciate having these resources.</p>
<p>Always appreciate the articles and web support and project examples for your books. More would be wonderful.</p>
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		<title>By: Beth</title>
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		<dc:creator>Beth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 23:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Beth, Information Technology Specialist in a large academic library
2. Born: Sheffield Alabama, lived in Alabama, Hawaii, Florida and back in Alabama
3. visiting a year or 2
4. Don&#039;t remember - but I was probably trying to figure out a tough CSS  problem.
5I&#039;m a random reader, so I find most of it interesting - more interesting than the stuff I find to write about!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Beth, Information Technology Specialist in a large academic library<br />
2. Born: Sheffield Alabama, lived in Alabama, Hawaii, Florida and back in Alabama<br />
3. visiting a year or 2<br />
4. Don&#8217;t remember &#8211; but I was probably trying to figure out a tough CSS  problem.<br />
5I&#8217;m a random reader, so I find most of it interesting &#8211; more interesting than the stuff I find to write about!</p>
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		<title>By: Devon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Devon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 01:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m just a random web developer/songwriter/sports enthusiast/etc in western NY who&#039;s been reading your site (among other web developer blogs) since sometime about 6+ years ago. I really don&#039;t know what else to say about myself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m just a random web developer/songwriter/sports enthusiast/etc in western NY who&#8217;s been reading your site (among other web developer blogs) since sometime about 6+ years ago. I really don&#8217;t know what else to say about myself.</p>
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		<title>By: Tom Thekathyil</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tom Thekathyil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 08:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tom Thekathyil, nurseryman, Australia

Found this site 3-4 years ago searching for css info for my website.

Have had enough css to last me a lifetime; mainly visit the site these days to read about your charming daughter (serious!).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tom Thekathyil, nurseryman, Australia</p>
<p>Found this site 3-4 years ago searching for css info for my website.</p>
<p>Have had enough css to last me a lifetime; mainly visit the site these days to read about your charming daughter (serious!).</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Simonette</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bob Simonette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 15:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well my name is on the post but it&#039;s Bob Simonette aka Bongo (I play Latin/African percussion). I&#039;m an instructor in the Web Design and Development department at Texas State Technical College.

I&#039;m from New York (Long Island) but live in Waco Texas.

I&#039;ve been visiting for several years now, maybe since 02?

I think I was first brought here either through Molly&#039;s site or your CSS guide book. I&#039;ve seen you at SXSW a few times and have used you books in my classes.

As for what I would like to read about, well since I have my students check out the site, pretty much anything you have to say about anything. Personally I was really excited about S5 and started using in in the classroom, however it has some issues with course management systems like WebCT, so if you know any tricks there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well my name is on the post but it&#8217;s Bob Simonette aka Bongo (I play Latin/African percussion). I&#8217;m an instructor in the Web Design and Development department at Texas State Technical College.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m from New York (Long Island) but live in Waco Texas.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been visiting for several years now, maybe since 02?</p>
<p>I think I was first brought here either through Molly&#8217;s site or your CSS guide book. I&#8217;ve seen you at SXSW a few times and have used you books in my classes.</p>
<p>As for what I would like to read about, well since I have my students check out the site, pretty much anything you have to say about anything. Personally I was really excited about S5 and started using in in the classroom, however it has some issues with course management systems like WebCT, so if you know any tricks there.</p>
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Well, I just <a href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/01/02/five-things-you-might-not-know-about-me/">told you about myself</a>, and now it&#8217;s your turn to tell me (and everyone else) something about you.  I&#8217;ve been meaning to do this for a while, but when <a href="http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200701/delurk_and_tell_me_what_you_want_to_read_about/">Roger was spurred</a> into doing it by <a href="http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/no_more_lurking_its_de_lurking_time_again/">Veerle&#8217;s post</a>, I knew it was time to get off my duff and just post already.
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