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		<title>Fletcher or DeMaio, Who&#8217;s the next Mayor of San Diego?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2012 San Diego Mayoral race is heating up. Most excitedly, Nathan Fletcher, whom I support, has surged into second place behind Carl DeMaio by only 3 points. Below, I have collected some of the data from the public polls &#8230; <a href="http://bensullins.com/fletcher-or-demaio-next-mayor-of-san-diego/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Hacking Excel Web Queries</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ben Sullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are unfamiliar with web quries its ok, their easy, and I’m gonna explain how they work and how to manipulate them beyond their intended use to increase their flexability. Breifly, a web query is a great way to &#8230; <a href="http://bensullins.com/hacking-excel-web-queries/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is from a recent assignment I submitted. I thought it was relevant and decided to share. Enjoy! ~~ Business Intelligence Developer Position My position is a Business Intelligence Developer, which means that I build analytical database systems, which allows &#8230; <a href="http://bensullins.com/my-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Short response to Sanju Bansal about BI and Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BI interfaces trying to make queries faster is a valiant effort <a href="http://bensullins.com/short-response-to-sanju-bansal-about-bi-and-performance/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Centralized Business Intelligence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My approach as a BI professional has always been to organize the data into conformed structures, present that to end users for consumption in their ad-hoc analysis, and only build formal reports and dashboards as necessary. I think the conformed &#8230; <a href="http://bensullins.com/centralized-business-intelligence/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Project Timeline in MS Excel</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below is a recent screencast I recorded showing how to build a project timeline (gannt chart style) using MS Excel. It&#8217;s simple and easy and works great for porting it around to other office apps (eg. Word, PowerPoint). Let me &#8230; <a href="http://bensullins.com/building-a-project-timeline-in-ms-excel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 19:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Sullins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where'd the old site go? <a href="http://bensullins.com/new-site/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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