<?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>Mon, 18 May 2026 16:51:15 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@raymo/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Emergent Strategy]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some would say that to have an effective emergent strategy there still needs to be a strong strategic plan in place with a focused goals and accountability for results. Thinking on though, as changes to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@raymo/emergent-strategy</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@raymo/emergent-strategy</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 22:56:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/ATHztMY7eTapPwspYdMBRJpCg2cpJqfvtBLEyjUrHFs5cJ5n1gHhjoFGWnxrqvnvSuHMefnADh42iRdZABVfw5fZHDA6LxWPMhQFLnKuAvfaZhyS9o5guA38eU5dsYiLb6BVL47143uCyJGjxQ4VUaXncgNFKH8WVXUbeYRqTWG8BFNMEqTYyjQTykjnifsYCAgjrRwrqADHTrAvhSCj4XXk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A short article on storytelling]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are far less modern than the average fashionista would like to think. Just like my notions of the fashionista we are driven by the more basic bits of our Neolithic brains, the neurotransmitters that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stories/@raymo/obvks-a-short-article-on-storytelling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stories/@raymo/obvks-a-short-article-on-storytelling</guid><category><![CDATA[stories]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2018 21:19:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVg7zeKL3gpSrH3C95ZakGXUuuDSmzTBTYG21qA43ALwTMn3LACWqCJ87auAhTkSequSA43Fi1PxF1Ga?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[CHICKEN LICKEN]]></title><description><![CDATA[CHICKEN LICKEN As they run down the street crying: 'THE SKY IS FALLING DOWN' there is terror in their sockets where their eyes once were myopic sun thoughts blinded by the day stream in their demon lung]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/chicken-licken</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/chicken-licken</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 23:04:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/D5zH9SyxCKdBnJaFeHnL3svQi9ZN2XzXDbzH7Wc9oAjJovKHx9r71RUqCrxBrt21JDrD3eyJa6Qw6wSXWABsnKAwZpADF38sCbH8SJEPZwMU9MR6SDCYCPrD3diqZcNJGihrer?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THEY]]></title><description><![CDATA[THEY they who would valiant be hallowed by their name worship in the dark and whisper to the masters of heaven counting out the sins under a well coffered roof they murder all that is holy in the knave]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/they</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/they</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 22:42:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa3sEFtYWN3puhYkkaKmaHY5cc5gDuQPntJnsYjA2Xtgm6HDCtCSNHBdyqhztWmLp4huzfpesjc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[And the art of fastening shoes]]></title><description><![CDATA[It’s easy to fall into the habit. Pulling on your shoes. Breaking the heel collar, bit by bit, day by day, until it’s worn down, until it no longer offers any reasonable support. Even though each day the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/clothes/@raymo/and-the-art-of-fastening-shoes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/clothes/@raymo/and-the-art-of-fastening-shoes</guid><category><![CDATA[clothes]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:00:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZP5xqHVTtgzxr9jRnPYTxeDK7ZMexdNgHv4th9MRu4zKbBQoekWPvQoiosnpjaXDJ9hD8PT5Cu1C4qLobvABE3Qhd2ULVkSLt7g75oC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Batman and the weirdo]]></title><description><![CDATA[Down at the old abandoned warehouse villains are doing bad stuff.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/animation/@raymo/batman-and-the-weirdo</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/animation/@raymo/batman-and-the-weirdo</guid><category><![CDATA[animation]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:51:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45eNojbqVvRnbsjiefn7Y69jisYAWhMky7C7p?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robin's new Iphone]]></title><description><![CDATA[Okay its his birthday today, he's 10, a whole decade, its high time, we got something of his onto Steam-it.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/video/@raymo/robin-s-new-iphone</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/video/@raymo/robin-s-new-iphone</guid><category><![CDATA[video]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:44:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dy64FpghvUUYvNkNckeioGDSpzdns2CxDu8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A short article on storytelling]]></title><description><![CDATA[We are far less modern than the average fashionista would like to think. Just like my notions of the fashionista we are driven by the more basic bits of our Neolithic brains, the neurotransmitters that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stories/@raymo/a-short-article-on-storytelling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stories/@raymo/a-short-article-on-storytelling</guid><category><![CDATA[stories]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:38:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2NpkV27ufkFh2EogsjPiQuKJfjo21R5LNMdXFQ84n2qE3L4i6jySNaZc68LHSgod2XSa5uaW4d1re5GEBVCr6gvr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[BARBARUS HIC EGO SUM, QUIA NON INTELLIGOR ILLIS]]></title><description><![CDATA[I am angry when they debate history. I hate it when they talk of peace. I talk of glory when they mention meat. I talk of sacrifice as they talk of truth. I say remember them; they say never the horror]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/nx2en-barbarus-hic-ego-sum-quia-non-intelligor-illis</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/nx2en-barbarus-hic-ego-sum-quia-non-intelligor-illis</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2017 21:15:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787ga7VPP6nPWP541EvKWzyFmGuQcNGEXwuwXYcS59sGNbYxj33msfvzUaxsgrdE5rusgZzk27ZZrAQfQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Music in bare squatters cupboards]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been Spending some time Searching for your rhyme But the poetry has gone from you And yesterday Is not today There’s no rhythm in the words you use Your eyes are far away Your song has lost its]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/music-in-bare-squatters-cupboards</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/music-in-bare-squatters-cupboards</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 00:36:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZjj5pMdWpcC3dXscr3tqQN368tCTGqSxDrX83aEurHx63RvJFEk3b1WxrJZSAkmBfPioTixrmc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animation nation]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have just done a deal with my 9 year old son to develop some animated advertisements for me. He is already very proficient. He will have to work closely with his client to shape the final product, attention]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@raymo/animation-nation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@raymo/animation-nation</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:02:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8t3d5gG8YxUrFtTrvhgCDjjN8jFs76JAr9Tim3ADMwgvbGY2rKB7nbcRPwozAHeFKLwau7W3nAobcAeESakHwjmj3uBNuFMyrHtWYqq5vcq8mTF6BLPqBEQ6ES?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dozen notes on price driven innovation]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article revisits an earlier piece on price driven innovation which prompted a number of requests for other pricing ideas, so I have added in a few other notes, added to the ‘dozen’ series and re-posted.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@raymo/a-dozen-notes-on-price-driven-innovation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@raymo/a-dozen-notes-on-price-driven-innovation</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:43:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A dozen notes on strategic thinking for SMEs]]></title><description><![CDATA[A large proportion of text books on strategy and many of the classic models you will no doubt have heard of, are driven by work with large corporates. A small firm is not a large firm in microcosm. However,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@raymo/a-dozen-notes-on-strategic-thinking-for-smes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@raymo/a-dozen-notes-on-strategic-thinking-for-smes</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2017 17:31:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Off]]></title><description><![CDATA[Solid gone baby, two canoes, three kids, one island waiting in the sun...what could go wrong...lol...lets do it. Ta ta for now my auld chucklers.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@raymo/off</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@raymo/off</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 16:58:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[GETTING BACK TO MILTON KEYNES]]></title><description><![CDATA[GETTING BACK TO MILTON KEYNES In the cavernous minute since you disappeared behind the departures screen I have been cold in a hard bed everything I touch becomes an abrasive under my fingertips even the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/getting-back-to-milton-keynes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/getting-back-to-milton-keynes</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 13:40:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[GLOBAL WARMING OR A LAST TANGO IN LONDON]]></title><description><![CDATA[GLOBAL WARMING OR A LAST TANGO IN LONDON The Japanese cherry trees in Hyde Park, are blooming early hand down bouquets of pink blossom to all comers standing out like a summery sore thumb up the arse end]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/global-warming-or-a-last-tango-in-london</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/global-warming-or-a-last-tango-in-london</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:23:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[SILLY DRUNK KEBAB POEM (SHOE POLISH SONG)]]></title><description><![CDATA[SILLY DRUNK KEBAB POEM (SHOE POLISH SONG) Me and my kebab standing in the rain yoghurt veg and chilli all down my front again me and my kebab we're almost the same chilli the spice in my life me chilly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/silly-drunk-kebab-poem-shoe-polish-song</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/silly-drunk-kebab-poem-shoe-polish-song</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:47:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FOR BIYA JIHAD FAYEZ]]></title><description><![CDATA[FOR BIYA JIHAD FAYEZ on my head-screen the dead stare of millions flickers black and white from behind the wire despairing at arms and elbows broken with rocks by soldiers on hillsides at this child dead]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/for-biya-jihad-fayez</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/for-biya-jihad-fayez</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2017 11:16:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[BEACH PARTY (pupil to teacher)]]></title><description><![CDATA[BEACH PARTY (pupil to teacher) I have been doused in the joy of your teaching And the glee of the firelight of learning that twinkles in your eye My final year is full Full to the fat brim My heart well]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/beach-party-pupil-to-teacher</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poetry/@raymo/beach-party-pupil-to-teacher</guid><category><![CDATA[poetry]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:51:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Without the aid of a net!]]></title><description><![CDATA[So here goes Steemit, I laid some ground and am finding my feet amongst your weird lingo and its looking interesting so far. I am a poet, a writer, an entrepreneur, finding something new, or possibly something]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@raymo/without-the-aid-of-a-net</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@raymo/without-the-aid-of-a-net</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[raymo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Aug 2017 00:12:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYWwj7PeVFDG2KbbmJx9JQFpCuzfsauBmSSFYnWqVdgd8uwneZscdR41FDSdvRKTTHEHsNnGKAE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>