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		<title>A Best Practice Guide to Click &amp; Collect</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An article I wrote recently for Direct Commerce. For UK retailers operating both online and in ‘bricks and mortar’, the option of Click &#38; Collect, offering customers the ability to purchase or reserve a product online and collect in-store, is rapidly becoming more important. It’s not a new proposition, and Argos led the way 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mont Blanc &#8211; 10 tips for the top!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, 18 June last year, at 10.30am I was standing on the summit of Mont Blanc &#8211; heavy legs, burning lungs and a small headache were all mine, but I hardly noticed as I was completely overwhelmed with being on the highest point in Western Europe. Looking down on the tops of other alpine [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2011/02/mont-blanc-10-tips-for-the-top/</link>
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		<title>Mont Blanc climb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In just a few days I, and 4 other chaps, head down to the south of France and attempt to scale the highest mountain in Europe. Mont Blanc stands at over 4800m and for most people is a 2-day climb, with an overnight stay (3-4hrs) in a mountain hut. The challenges we will be facing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2010/06/mont-blanc-climb/</link>
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		<title>The blog is back!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been far too long since I last posted, and from my last post, you&#8217;d be forgiven for thinking that I&#8217;d dropped out, packed up and headed off on an infinite circuit of music festivals! Alas, the truth has been slightly more office bound &#8230;&#8230; except that things are starting to change and 2010 is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2010/06/the-blog-is-back/</link>
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		<title>Summer Concerts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Other than walking in the mountains, for me, there is nothing that stirs the soul more than live music. Not particularly genre specific &#8211; I have a large and eclectic music collection &#8211; but I have to admit, blues and jazz really gets the juices flowing! Summer&#8217;s always great for live music &#8211; you have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2009/08/summer-concerts/</link>
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		<title>Watch out Bing &#8230; the Wave is coming!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I&#8217;ll be the first to say they&#8217;re not the same thing. Microsoft Bing is a new search engine with interactive functionality and Google Wave is described as a replacement technology for email. But, strange coincidence that they were both announced within a day of each other at the end of May. Bing was presented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2009/06/watch-out-bing-the-wave-is-coming/</link>
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		<title>A few digital events &#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love hearing about new technology developments and I&#8217;m generally a sociable guy so enjoy meeting fellow digital and web enthusiasts, but I&#8217;ve never been one that has to be at all the happening events going on. I decided to miss Media140 a couple of weeks ago as it seemed at the time to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2009/06/a-few-digital-events/</link>
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		<title>Parenting in a Digital World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, Sir Jim Rose, the former head of Ofsted, has released a review of primary schools, encouraging more teaching on technology and ICT. According to Becta, the government&#8217;s technology agency, there is a risk that if ICT is not included on the curriculum, even at this young age, a &#8220;digital underclass&#8221; will emerge. However primary [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2009/04/parenting-in-a-digital-world/</link>
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		<title>Ealing Whisky Tweetup &#8211; 18th April</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Several of us Twitterers in the Ealing area are holding a whisky tweetup. If you fancy sampling and imbibing a variety of single malts from across the Scottish regions, comment to this post with your twitter username and the bottle (single malt please) you&#8217;re bringing so we get a nice selection. One other thing &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2009/04/ealing-whisky-tweetup-18th-april/</link>
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		<title>5 reasons to keep chickens &#8230; and 5 considerations before doing so</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After chicken-sitting for our friends when they went on holiday, we decided to buy some of our own last year &#8230; and we love them. It&#8217;s a growing trend, and here are some of the reasons why &#8230; 5 reasons to keep chickens A ready supply of eggs. Fresh eggs taste better than supermarket ones, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://benpopplestone.com/2009/03/5-reasons-to-keep-chickens-and-5-considerations-before-doing-so/</link>
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