<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:59:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@dirtyshoes/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Choose your addictions with care]]></title><description><![CDATA[Humans are creatures of habit. Repeat something over a period of time and it quickly becomes a routine. Some of them, like most diets and training plans, are easy to break and require a fair amount of]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/addiction/@dirtyshoes/choose-your-addictions-with-care</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/addiction/@dirtyshoes/choose-your-addictions-with-care</guid><category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2018 20:50:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Are programmers the new bankers?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Programmers used to be perceived as those pale guys with thick glasses and pony tails, with wardrobe stuck somewhat ten years behind anyone else’s. Slightly awkward and rarely social, spending their time]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/banking/@dirtyshoes/are-programmers-the-new-bankers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/banking/@dirtyshoes/are-programmers-the-new-bankers</guid><category><![CDATA[banking]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 11:56:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxJ1zfaYJ1MNjHhpSfMrEQjUHtRVc6XhfdSX2zrczL7ZnCogywWsT9qf9LdRAQgXU1CUrdNFU8NfBNwdysUqFgReDgWXH7AagYt1pbgVBkANHrqnU1uN3syG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[... but I don’t want to reach MY target audience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Internet is driven by a strong force of a network effect, we all know that. In order to reach the people who might be interested in whatever you share, you need to put a buzzword in the title, use some]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/media/@dirtyshoes/but-i-don-t-want-to-reach-my-target-audience</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/media/@dirtyshoes/but-i-don-t-want-to-reach-my-target-audience</guid><category><![CDATA[media]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2018 09:35:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fighting propaganda with propaganda?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Be it for advertisement or pushing forward an ideological agenda, I was always in strong oppostion to manipulation and propaganda. With my heart and mind I believed that spreading information and rational]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/propaganda/@dirtyshoes/fighting-propaganda-with-propaganda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/propaganda/@dirtyshoes/fighting-propaganda-with-propaganda</guid><category><![CDATA[propaganda]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:29:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Don’t believe you can be whatever you want to be]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why? Because it is simply not true. It can be though, but only under certain circumstances. When I was travelling across Central America, I simply could not miss the lake that was once named by Alexander]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@dirtyshoes/don-t-believe-you-can-be-whatever-you-want-to-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@dirtyshoes/don-t-believe-you-can-be-whatever-you-want-to-be</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2018 13:47:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHYCM2GYearbhtW57qQaTicj7ERZhBf4bLiGzwp1hfp6QfgmGvhJNiQGSetsyQgUqYNXqWrUfzAjKuGpM78Wx7KpoWbTMUMH99MK6NvxPAnbqmysusJLi2a?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money doesn’t buy happiness, but can rent joy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Money doesn't bring happiness - statements like this are often heard from people who 1) already have money and are unhappy (probably being unhappy before) or from people who left (maybe temporarily) the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dirtyshoes/money-doesn-t-buy-happiness-but-can-rent-you-joy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dirtyshoes/money-doesn-t-buy-happiness-but-can-rent-you-joy</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2018 14:40:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The modern fairy tale: Tinder and sex tourism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Let me tell you a story. Be warned: there are no castles, no beautiful princesses or charming princes, there is no love at first sight or even lust at first sight. There is however a fair amount of cold]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/dating/@dirtyshoes/the-modern-fairy-tale-tinder-and-sex-tourism</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/dating/@dirtyshoes/the-modern-fairy-tale-tinder-and-sex-tourism</guid><category><![CDATA[dating]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 09:52:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4HFqJv9qRjVeVQzX3gvDHytNF793bg88B7fESPieLQ8dxHq4oasasyDMmwXEc8dzbqsCGytFNymZZtGR6n1o1w2rpdKsT4KwKEYLaXb9F6oXPsyVxkzqxuxUVxwNdxcbzaPcw25TVdq7fRjL7Ca653FbmnSD7bZNKHx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[My dream of freetirement.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you know what freetirement is? If not, you are not alone — this word doesn’t really exist in the standard English. It does however appear as a result in google search. Which sadly means that we are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dirtyshoes/my-dream-of-freetirement</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/money/@dirtyshoes/my-dream-of-freetirement</guid><category><![CDATA[money]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 20:58:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovRF5giJivwwYqguQbyA7pnXf9cfgngErNvbXKGty1vfWSipCNnp6wuPs7sVgN9rU7zStnU2Dubz2Ru3cPLMfJ5jC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[When you’re 30, is it too late to rewire your brain?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Frankly, I don’t know the answer to that question. But as I am nearly 30 and I am struggling to take action to change not only my habits, behavior and attitude, but also the underlying triggers, I certainly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@dirtyshoes/when-you-re-30-is-it-too-late-to-rewire-your-brain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/psychology/@dirtyshoes/when-you-re-30-is-it-too-late-to-rewire-your-brain</guid><category><![CDATA[psychology]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 09:21:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our reality is scarier than what Orwell imagined]]></title><description><![CDATA[I remember first time I read “1984”, the famous distopia written by George Orwell. I was 14 or 15 years old, so it was around the time we entered the new millenium. At the time, my family had a TV with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/surveillance/@dirtyshoes/our-reality-is-scarier-than-what-orwell-imagined</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/surveillance/@dirtyshoes/our-reality-is-scarier-than-what-orwell-imagined</guid><category><![CDATA[surveillance]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2018 09:00:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The problem with the sharing economy]]></title><description><![CDATA[I actually like the concept of having less material posessions. Things you own end up owning you, as Taylor Durden in the movie “Fight Club” stated. The constant race to buy shiny new things to impress]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sharing/@dirtyshoes/the-problem-with-the-sharing-economy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sharing/@dirtyshoes/the-problem-with-the-sharing-economy</guid><category><![CDATA[sharing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2018 14:46:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[I have nothing to hide... but don’t I?]]></title><description><![CDATA['I have nothing to hide' - how often have you heard it in a discourse about privacy? It is the one particularly troubling and discloses a lack of care or understanding of the subject. Saying that you have]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/privacy/@dirtyshoes/i-have-nothing-to-hide-but-don-t-i</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/privacy/@dirtyshoes/i-have-nothing-to-hide-but-don-t-i</guid><category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 07:21:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How does it feel to quit facebook]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know, this shouldn’t be a big deal. It shouldn’t, because it is just another social platform. It is, because the first statement is not entirely true. First of all, there is no other social network with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/facebook/@dirtyshoes/how-does-it-feel-to-quit-facebook</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/facebook/@dirtyshoes/how-does-it-feel-to-quit-facebook</guid><category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dirtyshoes]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2018 14:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>