{"id":597,"date":"2008-02-18T23:18:16","date_gmt":"2008-02-19T04:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2008\/02\/links-for-2008-02-19\/"},"modified":"2008-02-18T23:18:16","modified_gmt":"2008-02-19T04:18:16","slug":"links-for-2008-02-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dougmcclure.net\/blog\/2008\/02\/links-for-2008-02-19\/","title":{"rendered":"links for 2008-02-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itbusiness.ca\/it\/client\/en\/home\/News.asp?id=47166\">IT people have a communications challenge, CIOs say<\/a><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;You do still get some executives who wear their ignorance as a badge of honor, which is a real problem for IT. 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