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		<title>A concise traveller&#8217;s dilemma</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:12:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With just six weeks left until I leave the snow and frost of this country behind in a bid to hunt down summer on the other side of the world, the time left to plan the itinerary of my trip &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/a-concise-travellers-dilemma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=300&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tweets for sale &#8211; an inevitable development?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 10:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While on Twitter yesterday, my feed contained a tweet written by a recruitment company, which had been retweeted by one of my followers. The tweet said something along the lines of ‘For £99 you can advertise via one of our &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/tweets-for-sale-an-inevitable-development/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=298&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Does social media extend a TV show&#8217;s lifespan?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being a fan of the TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, I follow several people on Twitter connected with it. These range from other fans, writers of the show and individuals who own Buffy-related websites. The oddity of this became &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/11/29/does-social-media-extend-a-tv-shows-lifespan/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=295&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I want to work, just don&#8217;t make me pay to do it</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last month I blogged about the need to begin planning my looming trip to The Other Side of the World. Since then I have just about ticked off the five to-do items on that short list and have written about &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/i-want-to-work-just-dont-make-me-pay-to-do-it/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=292&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>But before you set off&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In front of me is an Eyewitness Travel book, two Rough Guides and two Lonely Planet books, all covering in-depth detail of the countries I am due to visit next year, yet none of them cover the anticipation and nerves &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/but-before-you-set-off/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=289&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ye interesting thing about that&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 09:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst watching an episode of QI last night (a new one, that is, not one of many endless repeats, and therefore heightening the impressiveness of my following claim) I surprised my parents somewhat, and perhaps would have also surprised the &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/09/11/ye-interesting-thing-about-that/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=284&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To A-level students on their results day &#8211; the ups and downs of university</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 07:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I posted an article aimed at prospective university students this time last year, when the last round of A-level results were delivered to thousands of hopeful individuals. Since then I’ve completed my final year of university and feel it is &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/to-a-level-students-on-their-results-day-the-ups-and-downs-of-university/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=280&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A move towards mobile</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook is renowned for not listening to its users. For every site update and modification it offers there seems to be several anti-change groups to go with it that appear on the social networking site. I have never seen a &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/a-move-towards-mobile/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=277&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How not to use social media: Virgin Trains</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many companies using Twitter have caught onto one of the quickest and easiest ways of gaining followers and increasing awareness of their brand, this being competitions. The unwritten rule with competitions is the ‘follow and RT’ method. It basically does &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/08/04/how-not-to-use-social-media-virgin-trains/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=272&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Childhood feminist heroes: are there any?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 15:38:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hashtag, #childhoodfeministheroes filled my Twitter feed last night and got me thinking a bit about the subject. I have plenty of feminist heroes and role models now, i.e. now I have an understanding of the subject areas of feminism &#8230; <a href="http://lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com/2011/07/29/childhood-feminist-heroes-are-there-any/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lauramichellesmith.wordpress.com&amp;blog=18121462&amp;post=269&amp;subd=lauramichellesmith&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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