The World According to Mitch

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...

Tuesday evening was the inaugural meeting of the IT Professionals Community of Greater Toronto ( www.itprotoronto.ca ).  The event was hosted at Nexient in Mississauga. The evening's presentation was entitled ' Virtualization Fever... Catch It! '  Although the main focus of the...

One of the great supporters of the IT Pro community in Canada is Rick Claus of Microsoft Canada. Rick has been a great inspiration to me and to my career over the past few years. If I had to point to a single moment in time that has most positively altered the course of my professional life it would...

‘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...

For the second time this summer I find myself in Houston, Texas... and I couldn’t be happier. In May when I got my tour schedule I didn’t think twice about Houston. I had never been, and aside from the Astros I admit I didn’t know a lot about it. This time would be different. You see, I had a great time...

Here we are. July has past, and as we look out onto August I see something more than just another month. July has been a bit of a whirlwind for me. I moved from Montreal to Toronto, and though I have accomplished much this past month the reality is I have chiefly been on vacation. I am moved in and my...