<?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, 16 May 2026 21:26:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@seanmaday/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Applying Data Science to a Rescinded Air Force Instruction]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Secretary of the Air Force, Heather Wilson, has embarked on an audacious (and in my opinion, much needed) initiative to significantly reduce unnecessary Air Force instructions (AFIs). A primary goal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@seanmaday/applying-data-science-to-a-rescinded-air-force-instruction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/blog/@seanmaday/applying-data-science-to-a-rescinded-air-force-instruction</guid><category><![CDATA[blog]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2018 01:46:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPdkGWz1bBvZV34irx72iD2KVUPju4i46UGNkbmeLuBkmjixzCJ4e9ifPuFaavkz7f8qocE2tyt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Oops, We Neglected to Mention the War Raging Below You]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Friday, August 8, 2008 the first European war of the 21st century broke out between Georgia, Russia, and the Russian-backed self-proclaimed republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. At the time I was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@seanmaday/oops-we-neglected-to-mention-the-war-raging-below-you</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@seanmaday/oops-we-neglected-to-mention-the-war-raging-below-you</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2017 00:42:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/RGgukq5E6HBS5wvERDA3ZF4P2WKQy2VoZZet1QV2J4rgddDCFaWidtmox5xPPWvpdjxSmJmfrKFhY4UuoR7wPcBibPhavjW8C2VKSh5BbFWgki8h2EsDfpCVSnoCD8A?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[T-Shirt Business - Decisions I Made While Building a Company - Chapter One]]></title><description><![CDATA[T-Shirt Business Decisions I Made While Building a Company Introduction Chapter One I am not certain why I wanted so badly to get into the t-shirt business. Thinking back to 2002 though, it was a very]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@seanmaday/t-shirt-business-decisions-i-made-while-building-a-company-chapter-one</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@seanmaday/t-shirt-business-decisions-i-made-while-building-a-company-chapter-one</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jun 2017 15:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8neiDbnydNMGzDkAWtyPXpJBog8ynhacNBFUWyZDrwR2bXs5REwadDBY89qdTxJwA3GritK4doLx9Kb5ujmZ3iBnNwn6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Memorial Day Reflection: Airman Killed in Colorado Theater Shooting Modeled Service Before Self]]></title><description><![CDATA[I met Staff Sgt. Jesse Childress on July 7, 2012, at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. Less than two weeks later, he was dead. Now, after five years of reflection, I want to share how his selfless service]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@seanmaday/memorial-day-reflection-airman-killed-in-colorado-theater-shooting-modeled-service-before-self</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@seanmaday/memorial-day-reflection-airman-killed-in-colorado-theater-shooting-modeled-service-before-self</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 May 2017 20:38:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3DLAmCsuTe3bwjPJtcJJmZusPtExyx3sTaZakhzEpb3mUV66ViAF5FGfuiTza1pL7sjYd1hxYMJ3yhHyZmwqQQQ2hi1gknL6jyr51wgkVAT7AcWMYfF6teWYhaXYhXUkoUkVXgNGcUKz7iGrK6BAL8ZhJczNhbU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[T-Shirt Business - Decisions I Made While Building a Company - Introduction]]></title><description><![CDATA[T-Shirt Business Decisions I Made While Building a Company Introduction This is the story of RetroDuck, a t-shirt company that I started from my dorm room at Michigan State University in 2003. I am sitting]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@seanmaday/t-shirt-business-decisions-i-made-while-building-a-company-introduction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@seanmaday/t-shirt-business-decisions-i-made-while-building-a-company-introduction</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 27 May 2017 22:49:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2r8F9rTBenJR3iqPxDrevHK3vDeQGnHc8Wj8C8neiDbnydNMGzDkAWtyPXpJBog8ynhacNBFUWyZDrwR2bXs5REwadDBY89qdTxJwA3GritK4doLx9Kb5ujmZ3iBnNwn6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Doc McStuffins Deploys to Afghanistan with California Air National Guard [parody]]]></title><description><![CDATA[The toys of McStuffinsville are without a primary care physician as their local celebrity healer, Doc McStuffins, has deployed to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan for a 179 day rotation. McStuffins is a]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@seanmaday/doc-mcstuffins-deploys-to-afghanistan-with-california-air-national-guard-parody</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@seanmaday/doc-mcstuffins-deploys-to-afghanistan-with-california-air-national-guard-parody</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2017 01:19:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961QFuQFMRo2oUzNpv?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[[deleted - duplicate post]]]></title><description><![CDATA[[deleted - duplicate post]]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@seanmaday/6r4pe4-1980s-ad-concepts-for-squirt-soda-14-pics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@seanmaday/6r4pe4-1980s-ad-concepts-for-squirt-soda-14-pics</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2017 03:28:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[1980s Ad Concepts for Squirt Soda (14 pics)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1988, when I was six years old, my mother worked in the soda business for Squirt & Company. One day the creative team at her office was throwing away a batch of draft ad concepts. My mom grabbed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@seanmaday/1980s-ad-concepts-for-squirt-soda-14-pics</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@seanmaday/1980s-ad-concepts-for-squirt-soda-14-pics</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2017 03:21:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W71zzwkiHXDpVhMHbgaVGjD5bExD7eVXkndNGH1X1B3F4p6nbXMWGVy8opxoBj4sxieDFVEaE3jd2eTGjhNxwDTaNTp5XqU1kZdQv3d5Qc4pRVePBBmgr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How the Bunny Learned to Fly [children's picture book]]]></title><description><![CDATA[In august of this year I self-published my first children's book. It is available from Amazon in paperback, Kindle, and Audible versions. I thought it would be fun to publish the story to Steemit for the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/story/@seanmaday/how-the-bunny-learned-to-fly-children-s-picture-book</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/story/@seanmaday/how-the-bunny-learned-to-fly-children-s-picture-book</guid><category><![CDATA[story]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2016 18:21:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVeteBEJreVaCrJuehRLWrkBKGgQ95gaq24QrAzMmENwQkVV4npyvZtqU5RJrfsyqKpBMQ8qYih4eMRvrFRS2KV4FtS1DBgAgjZG32E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Deceit as a Customer Acquisition Tactic]]></title><description><![CDATA[When does growth hacking go too far? All startups are competing for customers. In the age of pervasive social media and constant connectedness, one outlandish stunt or creative ploy can bring an avalanche]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@seanmaday/deceit-as-a-customer-acquisition-tactic</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@seanmaday/deceit-as-a-customer-acquisition-tactic</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2016 16:30:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/S5EokqxpWs6cd2xwcTi47qeEnumw5vuDr6XiwLCBiY3TtUqkPBwvk5Gp18ZTtkF3scqaa22?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Visualization - Word Clouds from Steem Trending Posts]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been a proud member of the Steemit community for almost a week now. As I have become acclimated and started to explore this ecosystem, I have wondered about the characteristics of successful posts.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@seanmaday/visualization-word-clouds-from-steem-trending-posts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@seanmaday/visualization-word-clouds-from-steem-trending-posts</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2016 03:29:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/X37EMMe7x1dBWU9xzJQTUWX7WFFnCi2JZQLTKUwqgyg7SUZ5F2Vcr2RWwtPuDMwQiHFgV1Qb5tYdfVndBuNTrikwostE2QQeFi5Ae?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[If You Give A User A Feature]]></title><description><![CDATA[My wife and I have three young daughters and as a bedtime ritual we read stories to the girls each evening. One of the family’s favorite books is If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Numeroff. This tale]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/success/@seanmaday/if-you-give-a-user-a-feature</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/success/@seanmaday/if-you-give-a-user-a-feature</guid><category><![CDATA[success]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:30:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/7ohP4FeQn68Ht5nz6HBJKvMsQqzixfkLqaP5bzzHUBaL8aqLb8qB9Prwx8sc8vPUSSSQgb3TvZpNR22ANVwF3JJNYq7SfWNLKsgi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Guiding a Venture-Backed Startup to a Felony]]></title><description><![CDATA[This month I served on a jury in Boulder County, Colorado. 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I don't really represent the government. That was]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@seanmaday/i-m-from-the-government-and-i-m-here-to-help</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@seanmaday/i-m-from-the-government-and-i-m-here-to-help</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[seanmaday]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2016 22:39:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/hgjbkodzNPcRWemmMyZviGPpyS663RVNK1RgrMopCwzNLXAS3DAnS2PM8j3is6D88vBik9cZyJDzCkkxeFnharg3kS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>