<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Sentient Being</title>
	<atom:link href="http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com</link>
	<description>A blog about blogging in South Africa</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:13:54 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='sentientbeing.wordpress.com' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Sentient Being</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/osd.xml" title="Sentient Being" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>A re-think of corporate blogging</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/a-re-think-of-corporate-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/a-re-think-of-corporate-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/a-re-think-of-corporate-blogging/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am beginning to think that bloggers are a little like the letter writers of the eighties and nineties – you may remember them as ‘Appalled’ from Cape Town, ‘Shocked’ from Johannesburg or ‘Disappointed, East London’. In some cases they have a point and the service had been bad, the article did have grammatical errors [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=13&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/a-re-think-of-corporate-blogging/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>real world/ virtual thought</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/real-world-virtual-thought/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/real-world-virtual-thought/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 19:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[hmmmm]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/real-world-virtual-thought/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Been a bit slack on the blogging. Its a challenge really &#8211; trying to balance the real world stuff like clients, cash flow (or lack thereof), small children not sleeping through and having our floors sanded so my family had to move in with my parents for a week (don&#8217;t ask!). So basically, while I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=12&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/19/real-world-virtual-thought/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blogging &#8211; a philosophy for South Africa</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/blogging-a-philosophy-for-south-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/blogging-a-philosophy-for-south-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 19:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[South Africa 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/blogging-a-philosophy-for-south-africa/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Blogging may not change the way South African consumers deal with businesses and brands (because less than 5 million South African are online) but this doesn&#8217;t meant that companies should just ignore its philosophy. The Internet has created the forum for single individuals to converse, publicly, with companies. This is a powerful philosophy &#8211; especially [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=11&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/blogging-a-philosophy-for-south-africa/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>First and last stories</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/first-and-last-stories/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/first-and-last-stories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2006 19:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR generally]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/first-and-last-stories/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am reading Neil Gaiman&#8217;s &#8216;Ananzi Boys&#8217; at the moment. He is one of my favourite writers because he mixes complete mundane reality with magical, mythical stories that are a total gift! A recurring theme in most of his works (in my opinion) is that the first stories &#8211; stories that were told as the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=10&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/first-and-last-stories/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Late developer</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/04/late-developer/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/04/late-developer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 20:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/04/late-developer/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Meryl K. Evans has written a Change This Manifesto (http://www.changethis.com/24.BigBlogWorld) on how to build a better business blog. Which is all good and well &#8211; and is recommended reading &#8211; its really good. But, she does say how embarrassed she is about her first blog posting in June 2000 which says &#8211; to be honest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=9&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/04/late-developer/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Public and Private voices</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/public-and-private-voices/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/public-and-private-voices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/public-and-private-voices/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was talking with a client about the general state of South Africa business and once again it became clear to me that we South Africans are completely losing our grip on what is and what is not public conversation. I blame reality TV where every self-indulgent feeling, generally ill-informed thought and self serving action [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=8&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/public-and-private-voices/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Calling the market</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/calling-the-market/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/calling-the-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2006 12:43:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/calling-the-market/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Been wondering lately if I am not being a little over exuberant about the impact of the internet of PR. Yes, it has changed the way PR people work &#8211; but not more or less so than any other sector &#8211; its still just people trying to communicate with each other to get what they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=7&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/07/03/calling-the-market/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Press release rebirth</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/26/press-release-rebirth/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/26/press-release-rebirth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[PR 2.0]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/26/press-release-rebirth/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out http://www.pr-squared.com to learn about a new press release format that has just been launched. It’s totally amazing for its simplicity and its potential. I think that South African PR professionals would need to be use this kind of release in tandem with our traditional 400 word, inverted pyramid ones while we migrate towards [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=6&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/26/press-release-rebirth/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Online Guinea Pig</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/24/online-guinea-pig/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/24/online-guinea-pig/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jun 2006 19:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ethics of blogging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/24/online-guinea-pig/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hiya, Learnt something yesterday &#8211; blogging makes me feel vulnerable. I am not used to communicating and not having a clue as to who I am communicating to &#8211; employees, peers, clients, competitors, ex-boyfriends&#8230; the list of possible audiences is endless. AND I don&#8217;t know anything about them &#8211; why they are reading this, what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=4&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/24/online-guinea-pig/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Widget whatsit?</title>
		<link>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/23/widget-whatsit/</link>
		<comments>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/23/widget-whatsit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2006 11:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sentientbeing</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[widgets]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/23/widget-whatsit/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I totally can&#8217;t figure out how to work these widgets! Bloody irritating! While I did manage to successfully download something onto my desktop &#8211; that’s when it all came to a grinding halt. It would appear that although blogging might well be technology to give voice to the masses &#8211; you need, as with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sentientbeing.wordpress.com&amp;blog=277018&amp;post=3&amp;subd=sentientbeing&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://sentientbeing.wordpress.com/2006/06/23/widget-whatsit/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/468e9cc4f68675936e3d2ea0106cbadd?s=96&#38;d=identicon" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">sentientbeing</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
