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For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I am not going to lie to you. Windows Vista has some serious hardware requirements, and like most versions of Windows ever released the minimums...
One of the great advantages to MVP Summit is the information that is made available to us; speak to any MVP and chances are they were in no fewer than a dozen sessions over the course of four days, not to mention all of the break-out sessions, the Open...
Every so often an event comes along that has the potential to offer a lot to many for very little. The problem in deciding which ones are worthwhile is not only deciding which ones are primarily focused towards marketing rather than offering benefit...
On Wednesday I got together with five thousand of my closest friends at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto for the launch of, among other products, Windows Server 2008. It was one of those events that you had to be at to believe! Most of you know...
This past Monday I had the opportunity to present what I call a 'Let's Get Excited' presentation to an architect audience at Microsoft Canada. I was asked to showcase several new features of Windows Server 2008, due to launch on February...
One evening this week at the dinner table Theresa and I were discussing some of the steps that we took to protect Aaron (our nine year old) while he surfs the Internet. He piped up that he did NOT like any of these measures, and I told him that...
We have all had our horror stories with technical support phone calls. Unfortunately I found myself over the past few weeks dreading a call that I knew would not go well. The story: Because of the nature of my career I spend a lot of time...
The past two years I have failed to send out my regular Holiday Update Letter to friends and family. The reasons are irrelevant, but yesterday and today I decided to revive that tradition, and sent it out. If you did not get it then please...
I cannot be sure when I first started receiving spam in my Inbox, but in all likelihood it was around the time I got my first Internet e-mail account, circa April, 1995. It was a minor nuisance then, and before long it became a major pain. ...
I have known Richard Campbell for some time now and every time we meet up we have the same discussion that I should do a segment for RunAs Radio (Once upon a time it was for .NET Rocks Radio) but we just never seemed to follow up. This week-end we caught...
My credit card was refused on Friday. In a shoe store in Montreal while standing with my mother my credit card was refused. Of course this was a slightly embarrassing situation, exacerbated by the fact that my mother was standing there, and knowing that...
I had two separate conversations with two individuals who have nothing to do with one another over the past few days that has made me remember the old army adage: 'We can hang together, or we will surely hang separately.' Who is allowed to do...
Let's face it... we do not work in an easy industry. Technology changes so fast and if we want to stay current we have to spend a lot of time running to keep up. I do not pretend to remember the good old days of IBM's guaranteed seven year life...
(Originally published March, 2006) As I settled into my hotel last night I could not help but think back on my travel experiences of the past few years, especially as pertains to Information Technololgy. I have done a bit of traveling since I moved to...