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  • The Vasa - learn from History!

    In 1625 King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ordered his shipyards to build (among others) a mighty fighting ship called the Vasa. He gave very specific instructions for what he wanted in this ship, how he wanted it outfitted, and made it clear that it should be the mightiest ship on the seas, and it was...
    Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 08-12-2008

  • Drinking From a Fire hose

    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 Space sessions on the first day, and a plethora...
    Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 04-17-2008

  • Will the Real Bard Please Stand Up?

    They are at it again. The debate is raging about whether or not a man named William Shakespeare, born to an illiterate peasant family in Stratford-on-Avon wrote the plays, sonnets, and poems that are attributed to him. (See article http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070908/ap_on_re_eu/britain_shakespeare_debate...
    Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 09-09-2007

  • Certifications Alone Do Not Make the Pro

    An interesting post appeared in a newsgroup that I monitor today. A desktop support technician in the United Kingdom lamented a colleague who had attended a two week MCSE boot camp and indeed earned that certification. Unfortunately he later encountered a number of simple issues that he could not resolve...
    Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 09-04-2007

  • On Time Machines and Simplified Desktop Deployment

    ‘Is that a time machine? It looks like a time machine!’ I momentarily thought I was in the movie Pursuit of Happyness, but the man asking me the question was just making a joke. I was standing at the gate waiting to board my plane in Houston, and the man was referring to the cube PC with the translucent...
    Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 08-12-2007

  • Time Tips for Certification Exams

    It is a common misconception that information such as the number of questions on a given cert exam is protected by the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA), and it has been repeated so many times by so many people that some people are surprised when I answer the question. That being said, this is not a History...
    Posted to The World According to Mitch (Weblog) by Mitch on 05-26-2007
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