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    {"title" :"Trends on Tuesday: Distracted Walking","summary" : "Piggybacking on one of my earlier posts, People are Excited about Mobile, I’m going to talk about “Distracted Walking.” Who among us hasn’t walked and texted or checked Facebook or Twitter on our smartphones, but have bumped into someone or something while texting on your smartphone? I","date" : "2014-02-18T09:50:07-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"lisa-wilcox" : "Lisa Wilcox"},"topics" : {
        
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