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I&#8217;m a smart guy and getting confused. Honestly guys, send in the slides for a presentation should not be a difficult task. Contrast this with the recent AUUG conf where i &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2005\/10\/25\/how-not-to-design-a-website\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1,2,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-life-the-universe-and-everything","category-website"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5a6n8-7Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57,"url":"https:\/\/www.flamingspork.com\/blog\/2003\/02\/04\/busy-busy-busy\/","url_meta":{"origin":495,"position":0},"title":"busy busy busy","author":"Stewart Smith","date":"2003-02-04","format":false,"excerpt":"busy, busy busy. 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