var blog = { 
    author: "Burcu Dogan",
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    author_email: "burcu...@googlemail.com",
    author_representations: ["twitter", "google", "stumbleupon", "friendfeed", "stackoverflow"],

    posts: [
        {
	    title: "Why Do I See Software Development Job Titles as Nothing but Virtual Positions?", /* 2 comments */
            body:
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There are so various areas and people involved with software that “software development” phrase alone doesn’t give you enough perception about what the real job is. I proclaim that there are stereotypes in this field: code monkeys, every job developers, developers specialized in an area, revolutionary brains, problem solvers etc. They all share some characteristics, [...]

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	},
        {
	    title: "Using Paper and Pencil Before Coding", /* 5 comments */
            body:
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I don’t remind myself starting to code, even a single tiny function, without illustrating it on paper. Do I write code on paper? Yes, I also do that. I adore coding on whiteboards where many people can come together on a coffee break and discuss. Most of the young developers ignore that single rule in [...]

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	},
        {
	    title: "JPEG to Compress Vector Graphics?", /* 4 comments */
            body:
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Compressing, entropy and information theory have things in common with economics. Nobody’s going to turn his head unless you stop talking maths. I truly understand they are a bit boring and complex for your grandmother, but surprisingly most of the technical people doesn’t bother to understand the underlying concept either. In this post, I’m going [...]

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	},
    ],
    feed: "http://feeds.feedburner.com/burcudogan",
    copyright: "Writings and the JS object literal template is by Burcu Dogan."
};