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	<title>Tom Sherman&#039;s Blog &#187; Editorials</title>
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		<title>Massachusetts Revokes Your Choice of Insurance Provider</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2010/12/massachusetts-revokes-your-choice-of-insurance-provider/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November my wife and I received a very surprising and disturbing letter. Our health insurance provider Blue Cross Blue Shield told us that since we are eligible for health insurance through my work we were no longer eligible to purchase insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield. Not only that, but our current policy would be canceled at some point in the future. I must have read the letter ten times. Think about this. Massachusetts may have ruled that you cannot choose your health insurance provider, but the real calamity is that Massachusetts is effectively determining who your health care providers are too. We use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LC Design&#8217;s Technology Purchased By Major CAD Company</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2010/01/lc-designs-technology-purchased-by-major-cad-company/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:43:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LC Design is a very small company composed of some very smart individuals. I was first approached by them a couple years ago about working on some of their ideas for increasing the efficiency of CAD. After a discussion with the founders I knew right away that they were on to something big. For years I had been using my role in SQA to shape user workflow. Technically PD is the one that makes all UI decisions, but I have a penchant for recognizing how users will view a system and through a combination of discussion and bug writing I was always able to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrome OS for the Masses&#8230; or is it?</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2009/12/chrome-os-for-the-masses-or-is-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Chrome OS is cool and everything, but what is going to make people switch to it? Like most new user environments Chrome OS  needs a killer app. As my cousin and his wife so adeptly pointed out &#8211; Google Docs suck and my regular computer can do everything that Chrome OS does anyway. Why do we care? And the truth is getting regular people to care is going to be a problem. Fortunately for Google there is a market that will be far more receptive to the Chrome OS business model and I was surprised it wasn&#8217;t touched upon during their press conference. Small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chrome OS Targets the Masses</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2009/11/chrome-os-targets-the-masses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those not in the know Google has announced an operating system developed in house called Chrome OS. I watched the hour long live launch over the web with interest because Google has its hands all over the web. You can see for yourself by signing into Google Dashboard and perusing all the minutiae of information that you may or may not know you share with them. You can even peruse your old Google queries if you drink the kool aid sign up for it. So what is Chrome OS and why do you care? To start, Chrome OS is not Chrome. Chrome is a web browser developed by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Efficiency Windows 7 Launch Event</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2009/10/the-new-efficiency-windows-7-launch-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended Microsoft&#8217;s The New Efficiency launch event for their new Windows 7 operating system. The presentations were targeted to Developers and IT Professionals, although I got the distinct impression that these people were few and far between, but I will get to that in a minute. The event was held off the Boston Common at the Loews theater. The event staff were friendly and helpful. The presentations went off pretty much without a hitch and the giant movie screens were great for displaying demonstrations. My main problem with the event was that the presentations consisted of talking about what features Windows 7 offers (many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Stuff</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2009/08/to-be-vetted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 03:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to say that nothing feels better than to be vetted by someone who you greatly admire. And so it seems very appropriate that following my post What Should An Online Resume Contain that my philosphy should be endorsed by one of my favorite online publications. I have read Arstechnica for years and the day after I posted they released an article on how irresponsible internet postings have led to employers turning down candidates. The following excerpt embodies what I want my online portfolio to convey: On the other hand, some candidates are doing a good job of presenting their professional side when posting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Should An Online Resume Contain</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2009/08/what-should-an-online-resume-contain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started this website to help me find a new job. As part of this endeavor I have sent out the web address to my colleagues, family and friends. The result has of course been helpful feedback on ways to improve my resume. Most of the suggestions fall into two categories.  First,  reducing the content to a single printed page and cutting out things like my tutoring and soccer coaching. Second, that my resume seems very general and I need to more specifically talk about what I want to be doing. These are good suggestions, and are certainly something I considered heavily when creating the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some More History</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2009/08/some-more-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought I would delve a bit further into how I ended up in software development in the first place. I believe the first time I did work on a project was in middle school. My older brother&#8217;s friend Anthony came over to use our computer for a computer science project. He was older, cool, a kick ass soccer player and most certainly someone I looked up to at the time. The project was to create a website for that new thing called &#8220;the internet.&#8221;  In typical younger brother and wanting to be cool fashion I stuck my nose in while he explained the project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction</title>
		<link>http://blog.thomascsherman.com/2009/08/introduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom Sherman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Call me Tom. I graduated in 2002 from the University of Rochester with a degree in English and a focus on creative writing. I took a wide variety of courses covering Quantum Physics, Java, Chemistry, Psychology of Sexuality (a course that should be required), Tai-Chi, Swing Dance, Introduction to Violin/Cello/Bass, Multidimensional Calculus, Linear Algebra, and of course a smattering of english classes that ranged from old english (very old) to Shakespeare to Victorian to Modern and so on. I also was a writing tutor for two years and worked with dozens of students to improve their writing skills. Which begs the question &#8211; why a [...]]]></description>
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