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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:31:57 GMT--><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><rss:channel rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/"><rss:title>Unformation</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/</rss:link><rss:description></rss:description><dc:language>en-GB</dc:language><dc:date>2012-02-23T14:31:57Z</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.squarespace.com/">Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</admin:generatorAgent><rss:items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/pen-vs-keyboard.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/the-quality-of-art.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/16/shootin-blanks.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/11/flesh-out.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/9/thoughts-on-the-svo-method.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/7/30/bootstrap-your-book.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/6/2/dangerous-nouns.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/26/the-information.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/26/hyperpaper-the-ebook.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/20/hyperpaper.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/2/6/typing-is-war.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/2/1/a-bad-ode-to-ommwriter.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/1/22/much-ado-about-noting.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2010/11/28/thresher-and-hopper.html"/><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.unformation.net/home/2010/10/23/dna-of-a-document.html"/></rdf:Seq></rss:items></rss:channel><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/pen-vs-keyboard.html"><rss:title>Pen vs. Keyboard?</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/pen-vs-keyboard.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-12-05T23:04:55Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Single Articles</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Thoughts on why a typist's writing changes when using a pen.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/the-quality-of-art.html"><rss:title>The quality of art</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/the-quality-of-art.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-11-20T12:19:20Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Comment Process Single Articles</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Why, far from drowning us in mediocrity, the internet and access to creative tools will make art better.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/16/shootin-blanks.html"><rss:title>Shootin' blanks</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/16/shootin-blanks.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-09-16T23:28:54Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Process Single Articles</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Exploring the difference between amateur and professional artists. Why it is the act of shipping that makes all the difference.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/11/flesh-out.html"><rss:title>Flesh out</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/11/flesh-out.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-09-11T13:15:11Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Process Series</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Following up "Bootstrap your book", explore how to develop emerging narrative elements into the raw material for your text.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/9/thoughts-on-the-svo-method.html"><rss:title>Thoughts on the SVO method</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/9/9/thoughts-on-the-svo-method.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-09-09T10:29:06Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Process Series</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Dive a little deeper into the logic of developing a text by iteration. Write better words by taking advantage of the way your brain is tuned to the workings of a sentence.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/7/30/bootstrap-your-book.html"><rss:title>Bootstrap your book</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/7/30/bootstrap-your-book.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-07-30T07:47:49Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Process Series</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[How to take a spark of inspiration and turn it into epic text. This post explores the first part of this process by showing how you can maximise the amount of information that can come out of a flash of inspiration.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/6/2/dangerous-nouns.html"><rss:title>Dangerous nouns</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/6/2/dangerous-nouns.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-06-02T22:04:33Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Process Single Articles</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Why we should refocus our creativity away from the noun and onto the verb. Why obsessions over titles and roles inhibits our sharing of ideas and tools and how processes can be shared across people and professions.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/26/the-information.html"><rss:title>The information</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/26/the-information.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-04-26T20:59:49Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Reviews</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>James Gleick has <a href="http://around.com/the-information">explained</a> the meme better than anyone since Dawkins. If you&#8217;re interested in information you need to buy this book.</p>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/26/hyperpaper-the-ebook.html"><rss:title>Hyperpaper: The eBook</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/26/hyperpaper-the-ebook.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-04-26T19:59:57Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/20/hyperpaper.html">Hyperpaper</a> took me so bloody long to write that I figured it&#8217;d do it justice to make it available as a free eBook.</p>

<p>This unholy marriage of Helvetica and Maven Pro should look quite nice on a smartphone or a tablet.</p>

<p>Download it <a href="http://www.unformation.net/storage/Hyperpaper.pdf">here</a>.</p>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/20/hyperpaper.html"><rss:title>Hyperpaper</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/4/20/hyperpaper.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-04-20T21:40:05Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Process</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you read for pleasure you might get a great idea randomly. If you read for enlightenment it’s deliberate. You’re very likely to want to do something with the information. Reading for enlightenment might also take the form of research for mastering a subject. Relevance is important.</p>
]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/2/6/typing-is-war.html"><rss:title>Typing is war</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/2/6/typing-is-war.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-06T16:10:56Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Process</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[After my last post lauding Ommwriter I sent them a tweet suggesting they include heavy gunfire as one of their keyboard sound effects. Did that make more sense than I thought at that ungodly hour?]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/2/1/a-bad-ode-to-ommwriter.html"><rss:title>A bad ode to Ommwriter</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/2/1/a-bad-ode-to-ommwriter.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-02-01T00:42:30Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Process Reviews</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Using Ommwriter is a surreal experience. It sort of assumes that the writer works best in a zen-like state of concentration which I imagine is correct some of the time. Stream of consciousness stuff.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/1/22/much-ado-about-noting.html"><rss:title>Much ado about noting</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2011/1/22/much-ado-about-noting.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2011-01-22T16:15:03Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Process Uncategorized</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Visual thinkers aren't so lucky as verbal thinkers. Verbal thinkers can read a book or listen to a conversation and recount it point for point. Great chunks of text in books and articles aren't always easy for visual thinkers to absorb.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2010/11/28/thresher-and-hopper.html"><rss:title>Thresher and Hopper</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2010/11/28/thresher-and-hopper.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-11-28T23:44:40Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language Process</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Creative output is rather like making bread. You can't go from wheat stems to buttered Panettone at one fell swoop.]]></content:encoded></rss:item><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.unformation.net/home/2010/10/23/dna-of-a-document.html"><rss:title>DNA of a document</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.unformation.net/home/2010/10/23/dna-of-a-document.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Ben Elijah</dc:creator><dc:date>2010-10-23T10:53:44Z</dc:date><dc:subject>Language</dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[Outlining is a powerful way to capture notes. When reading I think it's one of the most effective ways both to absorb a concept and to create one. It's also a great technique for everything from revision to planning.]]></content:encoded></rss:item></rdf:RDF>
