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  <title><![CDATA[Sock Talk: A Computan Podcast]]></title>
  <link>https://computan.com</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Marketers, agency owners, developers and other titans share their greatest mistakes with Gill ‘The Sock’ Bates.  You’ll hear experts spilling their beans to a sock puppet on some of the biggest mistakes they have made in their career, what they learned from it and what you can learn from it.]]></description>
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  <copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2022 Computan Computer Networks Ltd.]]></copyright>
  <pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[Computan]]></title>
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  <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
  <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Marketers, agency owners, developers and other titans share their greatest mistakes with Gill ‘The Sock’ Bates.  You’ll hear experts spilling their beans to a sock puppet on some of the biggest mistakes they have made in their career, what they learned from it and what you can learn from it.]]></itunes:summary>
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  <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
  <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Marketers, developers and experts confess their epic failures…to a sock named Gill.]]></itunes:subtitle>
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   <itunes:name><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:name>
   <itunes:email>gbates@computan.net</itunes:email>
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  <itunes:category text="Business">
   <itunes:category text="Marketing"/>
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  <itunes:category text="Comedy">
   <itunes:category text="Comedy Interviews"/>
  </itunes:category>
  <itunes:category text="Education">
   <itunes:category text="Self-Improvement"/>
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   <title><![CDATA[15 – Muhammad Uzair – HubSpot Developer – In search of a HubSpot time machine]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Uzair has been working as a HubSpot developer for years.  In this episode he recounts a time early in his career when he was building a custom search feature in HubSpot, published all pages and went looking for a time machine.]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Uzair has been working as a HubSpot developer for years.  In this episode he recounts a time early in his career when he was building a custom search feature in HubSpot, published all pages and went looking for a time machine.]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
   <itunes:image href="https://digitalmarketing.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP15-(Muhammad-Uzair)-V1.jpg"/>
   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Uzair has been working as a HubSpot developer for years.  In this episode he recounts a time early in his career when he was building a custom search feature in HubSpot, published all pages and went looking for a time machine.]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>04:16</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode>
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   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 15</itunes:title>
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   <googleplay:image href="https://digitalmarketing.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP15-(Muhammad-Uzair)-V1.jpg"/>
   <googleplay:explicit>no</googleplay:explicit>
   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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   <title><![CDATA[14 – Hassan Ahmed – HR Manager – Ransomware Rumble]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Hassan is an HR Manager at Computan who helps the team find amazing developers.  He’s also very technical.  But he wasn’t always this way.  Hassan recounts a time where he downloading illegal software led to a $50,000 hostage situation and him losing all his childhood pictures.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Hassan is an HR Manager at Computan who helps the team find amazing developers.  He’s also very technical.  But he wasn’t always this way.  Hassan recounts a time where he downloading illegal software led to a $50,000 hostage situation and him losing all his childhood pictures.]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Hassan is an HR Manager at Computan who helps the team find amazing developers.  He’s also very technical.  But he wasn’t always this way.  Hassan recounts a time where he downloading illegal software led to a $50,000 hostage situation and him losing all]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>05:17</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode>
   <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 14</itunes:title>
   <googleplay:description><![CDATA[Hassan is an HR Manager at Computan who helps the team find amazing developers.  He’s also very technical.  But he wasn’t always this way.  Hassan recounts a time where he downloading illegal software led to a $50,000 hostage situation and him losing all his childhood pictures.]]></googleplay:description>
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   <googleplay:explicit>no</googleplay:explicit>
   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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   <title><![CDATA[13 - Adeel Haider – Ecommerce Developer – $4000/month BigCommerce Blunder]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Adeel is an eCommerce developer at Computan who knows Shopify, BigCommerce and other shopping carts.  But one time earlier in his career he got taught a $4000/month lesson in BigCommerce. Hear all about it his humbling experience.]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adeel is an eCommerce developer at Computan who knows Shopify, BigCommerce and other shopping carts.  But one time earlier in his career he got taught a $4000/month lesson in BigCommerce. Hear all about it his humbling experience.]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
   <itunes:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP13-(Adeel-Haider)-V1.jpg"/>
   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Adeel is an eCommerce developer at Computan who knows Shopify, BigCommerce and other shopping carts.  But one time earlier in his career he got taught a $4000/month lesson in BigCommerce. Hear all about it his humbling experience.]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>09:30</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode>
   <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 13</itunes:title>
   <googleplay:description><![CDATA[Adeel is an eCommerce developer at Computan who knows Shopify, BigCommerce and other shopping carts.  But one time earlier in his career he got taught a $4000/month lesson in BigCommerce. Hear all about it his humbling experience.]]></googleplay:description>
   <googleplay:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP13-(Adeel-Haider)-V1.jpg"/>
   <googleplay:explicit>no</googleplay:explicit>
   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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   <title><![CDATA[12 - Nadia Saleem - HR Director - Hiring Developers in Real Life]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Nadia is Computan’s Director of Human Resources.  She is responsible for hiring developers and outlines how Computan hires programmers.  She also explains the role culture plays in hiring.  Humans or socks.]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
   <enclosure url="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Epic%20Fail%20EP12%20(Nadia)%20V1.mp3" length="6878658.56" type="audio/mp3"/>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Nadia is Computan’s Director of Human Resources.  She is responsible for hiring developers and outlines how Computan hires programmers.  She also explains the role culture plays in hiring.  Humans or socks.]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
   <itunes:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP12-(Nadia-Saleem)-V1.jpg"/>
   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Nadia is Computan’s Director of Human Resources.  She is responsible for hiring developers and outlines how Computan hires programmers.  She also explains the role culture plays in hiring.  Humans or socks.]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>03:35</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode>
   <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 12</itunes:title>
   <googleplay:description><![CDATA[Nadia is Computan’s Director of Human Resources.  She is responsible for hiring developers and outlines how Computan hires programmers.  She also explains the role culture plays in hiring.  Humans or socks.]]></googleplay:description>
   <googleplay:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP12-(Nadia-Saleem)-V1.jpg"/>
   <googleplay:explicit>no</googleplay:explicit>
   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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   <title><![CDATA[11 - Mohamed Kassem – Project Manager – No estimate]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Kassem is a Web Development Project Manager.  He worked on a client for a marketing agency who asked him to get his team started on the work immediately to meet a timeline.  He started to work without estimating everything and, at the client’s request, even skipped QCing the work.  Naturally, this didn’t lead to rainbows and butterflies.  Listen to find out what it led to and what you can learn about estimating dev projects.]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Kassem is a Web Development Project Manager.  He worked on a client for a marketing agency who asked him to get his team started on the work immediately to meet a timeline.  He started to work without estimating everything and, at the client’s request, even skipped QCing the work.  Naturally, this didn’t lead to rainbows and butterflies.  Listen to find out what it led to and what you can learn about estimating dev projects.]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
   <itunes:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP11-(M-Kassem)-V1.jpg"/>
   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Kassem is a Web Development Project Manager.  He worked on a client for a marketing agency who asked him to get his team started on the work immediately to meet a timeline.  He started to work without estimating everything and, at the client’s request, e]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>05:34</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode>
   <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 11</itunes:title>
   <googleplay:description><![CDATA[Kassem is a Web Development Project Manager.  He worked on a client for a marketing agency who asked him to get his team started on the work immediately to meet a timeline.  He started to work without estimating everything and, at the client’s request, even skipped QCing the work.  Naturally, this didn’t lead to rainbows and butterflies.  Listen to find out what it led to and what you can learn about estimating dev projects.]]></googleplay:description>
   <googleplay:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP11-(M-Kassem)-V1.jpg"/>
   <googleplay:explicit>no</googleplay:explicit>
   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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   <title><![CDATA[10- Anas Nawaz – Laravel Developer – Data Dumped]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Anas is a HubSpot integration developer.  He finished doing a HubSpot integration between Active.com.  The client wanted him to run a historical sync so that data on existing records between Active would sync to HubSpot.  But things went a little sideways leading to one of the biggest blunders of Anas’ career.  Learn about how, why and what you can learn from Anas’ big mistake.]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
   <enclosure url="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Epic%20Fail%20EP10%20(Anas%20Nawaz)%20V1.mp3" length="9573498.88" type="audio/mp3"/>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anas is a HubSpot integration developer.  He finished doing a HubSpot integration between Active.com.  The client wanted him to run a historical sync so that data on existing records between Active would sync to HubSpot.  But things went a little sideways leading to one of the biggest blunders of Anas’ career.  Learn about how, why and what you can learn from Anas’ big mistake.]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
   <itunes:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP10-(Anas-Nawaz)-V1.jpg"/>
   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Anas is a HubSpot integration developer.  He finished doing a HubSpot integration between Active.com.  The client wanted him to run a historical sync so that data on existing records between Active would sync to HubSpot.  But things went a little sideway]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>04:58</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode>
   <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>-1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 10</itunes:title>
   <googleplay:description><![CDATA[Anas is a HubSpot integration developer.  He finished doing a HubSpot integration between Active.com.  The client wanted him to run a historical sync so that data on existing records between Active would sync to HubSpot.  But things went a little sideways leading to one of the biggest blunders of Anas’ career.  Learn about how, why and what you can learn from Anas’ big mistake.]]></googleplay:description>
   <googleplay:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP10-(Anas-Nawaz)-V1.jpg"/>
   <googleplay:explicit>no</googleplay:explicit>
   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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  <item>
   <title><![CDATA[09 - Ashok Kuikel – DevOps Engineer - Script Flipped]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Ashok is a DevOps Engineer with Computan.  He’s an expert at AWS and website security. Listen to Ashok jam about how he accidentally destroyed a WHM/cPanel server with an overweight script that deleted every account.]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
   <enclosure url="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Epic%20Fail%20EP09%20V1.mp3" length="14575206.4" type="audio/mp3"/>
   <guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[41]]></guid>
   <pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ashok is a DevOps Engineer with Computan.  He’s an expert at AWS and website security. Listen to Ashok jam about how he accidentally destroyed a WHM/cPanel server with an overweight script that deleted every account.]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
   <itunes:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP09-(Ashok-Kuikel)-V1.jpg"/>
   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Ashok is a DevOps Engineer with Computan.  He’s an expert at AWS and website security. Listen to Ashok jam about how he accidentally destroyed a WHM/cPanel server with an overweight script that deleted every account.]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>06:04</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>09</itunes:episode>
   <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 09</itunes:title>
   <googleplay:description><![CDATA[Ashok is a DevOps Engineer with Computan.  He’s an expert at AWS and website security. Listen to Ashok jam about how he accidentally destroyed a WHM/cPanel server with an overweight script that deleted every account.]]></googleplay:description>
   <googleplay:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP09-(Ashok-Kuikel)-V1.jpg"/>
   <googleplay:explicit>no</googleplay:explicit>
   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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   <title><![CDATA[08 - Lisa Hinds – Customer Success Manager – Purchase Order Problem!]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Lisa is one of Computan’s fun-loving Customer Success Managers.  She knows how to work with our developers and team members to keep customers happy and satisfied.  But there was a time at a previous company where she was in charge of purchasing. And added a few zeroes on an order.  Gulp.]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
   <enclosure url="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Epic%20Fail%20EP08%20V1.mp3" length="14155776" type="audio/mp3"/>
   <guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[40]]></guid>
   <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Lisa is one of Computan’s fun-loving Customer Success Managers.  She knows how to work with our developers and team members to keep customers happy and satisfied.  But there was a time at a previous company where she was in charge of purchasing. And added a few zeroes on an order.  Gulp.]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
   <itunes:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP08-(Lisa-Hinds)-V1.jpg"/>
   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Lisa is one of Computan’s fun-loving Customer Success Managers.  She knows how to work with our developers and team members to keep customers happy and satisfied.  But there was a time at a previous company where she was in charge of purchasing. And adde]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>05:54</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>08</itunes:episode>
   <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 08</itunes:title>
   <googleplay:description><![CDATA[Lisa is one of Computan’s fun-loving Customer Success Managers.  She knows how to work with our developers and team members to keep customers happy and satisfied.  But there was a time at a previous company where she was in charge of purchasing. And added a few zeroes on an order.  Gulp.]]></googleplay:description>
   <googleplay:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Sock-Talk-EP08-(Lisa-Hinds)-V1.jpg"/>
   <googleplay:explicit>no</googleplay:explicit>
   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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   <title><![CDATA[7- Muhammad Awais – Marketing Manager – Cold Email Outreach and Blacklist Blunders]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Awais is a marketing guru.  A seasoned HubSpot technologist and master of email marketing campaigns.  But when he was tasked with generating leads for a large software company he screwed up big time.  He sent cold-email outreach messages to thousands of prospects on the company’s primary domain name which got their entire company put on a blacklist.  What happened to Awais afterward? How do you recover when that happens?]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
   <enclosure url="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Epic%20Fail%20EP07%20V1.mp3" length="17647534.08" type="audio/mp3"/>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Awais is a marketing guru.  A seasoned HubSpot technologist and master of email marketing campaigns.  But when he was tasked with generating leads for a large software company he screwed up big time.  He sent cold-email outreach messages to thousands of prospects on the company’s primary domain name which got their entire company put on a blacklist.  What happened to Awais afterward? How do you recover when that happens?]]></itunes:summary>
   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
   <itunes:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/V2-Episode-Images/Sock-Talk-EP07-(Awais)-V1.jpg"/>
   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Awais is a marketing guru.  A seasoned HubSpot technologist and master of email marketing campaigns.  But when he was tasked with generating leads for a large software company he screwed up big time.  He sent cold-email outreach messages to thousands of ]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>7:20</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode>
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   <itunes:season>1</itunes:season>
   <itunes:title>NO Series / 7</itunes:title>
   <googleplay:description><![CDATA[Awais is a marketing guru.  A seasoned HubSpot technologist and master of email marketing campaigns.  But when he was tasked with generating leads for a large software company he screwed up big time.  He sent cold-email outreach messages to thousands of prospects on the company’s primary domain name which got their entire company put on a blacklist.  What happened to Awais afterward? How do you recover when that happens?]]></googleplay:description>
   <googleplay:image href="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/V2-Episode-Images/Sock-Talk-EP07-(Awais)-V1.jpg"/>
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   <googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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   <title><![CDATA[6 - Ahmad Ali – Creative Director – Designing deadline disaster]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Ahmad Ali is an All-Star Creative Director.  But every artist has a craft piece or two.  Ahmad is no different.  Ahmad recollects that one time when he needed to design something for a new client on a deadline.  So he stayed late, worked on it…and used images from the client’s competitor.  Listen for all the details.]]></description>
   <author><![CDATA[gbates@computan.net (Computan)]]></author>
   <enclosure url="https://www.computan.com/hubfs/podcasts/Epic%20Fail%20EP06%20V1.mp3" length="12813598.72" type="audio/mp3"/>
   <guid isPermaLink="false"><![CDATA[13]]></guid>
   <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
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   <pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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   <title><![CDATA[4 - Syed Asadullah – Customer Success Manager WordPress Epic Fail]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
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   <link>https://computan.com</link>
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   <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
   <itunes:summary><![CDATA[Muhammad Nasir is a really famous developer and the lead engineer at Computan.  He has built enterprise applications and SaaS products from scratch.  He’s a development super hero.  But even super heroes have mistakes.  Nasir recollects a time a HubSpot integration went wrong due to poor scoping.]]></itunes:summary>
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   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
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   <itunes:duration>4:52</itunes:duration>
   <itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode>
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   <title><![CDATA[2 - Simranjeet Singh – Content Marketing Manager – Social Media Management Epic Fail]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
   <description><![CDATA[Simranjeet is a Content Marketing Manager.  More like Content Marketing Hall of Famer! He’s an awesome writer.  But you know what? There was this one time when he was doing social media work for a marketing influencer and he attributed a quote to the wrong person and it created a huge problem.]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
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   <itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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   <itunes:explicit>clean</itunes:explicit>
   <itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Simranjeet is a Content Marketing Manager.  More like Content Marketing Hall of Famer! He’s an awesome writer.  But you know what? There was this one time when he was doing social media work for a marketing influencer and he attributed a quote to the wro]]></itunes:subtitle>
   <itunes:duration>5:26</itunes:duration>
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   <title><![CDATA[1 - Francisco Orue – Marketing Specialist/Customer Success Manager – PPC Epic Fail]]></title>
   <link>https://computan.com</link>
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   <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
   <itunes:author><![CDATA[Computan]]></itunes:author>
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