<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934580578315147554.post5118245272142174254..comments</id><updated>2009-03-29T15:18:05.822-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Melissa Barton Consulting: Not Lost in Translation</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.melissabarton.org/feeds/5118245272142174254/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5934580578315147554/5118245272142174254/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.melissabarton.org/2009/03/creative-types.html'/><author><name>Melissa Barton</name><email>MelissaBartonConsulting@gmail.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934580578315147554.post-7273381574663186915</id><published>2009-03-29T15:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-29T15:16:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I don't think I am at the point of being "serious"...</title><content type='html'>I don't think I am at the point of being "serious" enough with my art to need you yet.  Probably after I retire and have more creative time.  I definitely like the way you think and speak to us.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5934580578315147554/5118245272142174254/comments/default/7273381574663186915'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5934580578315147554/5118245272142174254/comments/default/7273381574663186915'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.melissabarton.org/2009/03/creative-types.html?showComment=1238364960000#c7273381574663186915' title=''/><author><name>Libby White</name><uri>http://raven333.etsy.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.melissabarton.org/2009/03/creative-types.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934580578315147554.post-5118245272142174254' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5934580578315147554/posts/default/5118245272142174254' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934580578315147554.post-3080026122499341426</id><published>2009-03-21T08:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-03-21T08:40:00.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To a large extent, I think that's a lot of what co...</title><content type='html'>To a large extent, I think that's a lot of what consulting is: translating between audiences. Some consulting work, of course fits more into an "outsourcing," model where the consultant is using their skills to do/make something that the client can't or doesn't need to do themselves (web developers are basically consultants, but their work isn't exactly in translation, at least as you, and I, mean it). &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The process of translating requirements and needs is, without doubt, a bit part of what I do. The doing? trivial in comparison.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5934580578315147554/5118245272142174254/comments/default/3080026122499341426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5934580578315147554/5118245272142174254/comments/default/3080026122499341426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.melissabarton.org/2009/03/creative-types.html?showComment=1237650000000#c3080026122499341426' title=''/><author><name>tychoish</name><uri>http://tychoish.livejournal.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.melissabarton.org/2009/03/creative-types.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5934580578315147554.post-5118245272142174254' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5934580578315147554/posts/default/5118245272142174254' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>