The World According to Mitch

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...

I get a lot of questions about my lifestyle. I spend most of my time traveling, and people seem to think that it is glamourous. I suppose I did too, at the beginning. That wears off after a while, and doubly so when you have a comfortable home. So a question was asked recently in a newsgroup: How do...

I wrote this as a reply to a reply in the CanITPro blog, and thought it would be good to repost it here. -M I have said time and again that certifications are a path to follow, not a destination to arrive at. I remember when I passed my first exam how excited I was to achieve my first cert... not knowing...

I thought this was an interesting post for you all to read. I have benefited a thousandfold from giving back to the community but I do it because of passion. Let me know what you think! > Guys, > > I want to start giving back to the IT Community, and start helping > out. I would appreciate...

This post is from the Microsoft newsgroups, along with my reply. Original: "Ryan" wrote: I signed up for this when they offered it and registered for it at that time, now that i want to use it, i can't, whats up with that. I went and took the 070-271 today and failed it by like 10 points...

This conversation took place in the Small Business Server newsgroup on support.microsoft.com (microsoft.public.windows.server.sbs) --- Hi Alan, Though I do not do it personally I object to the statement that system administrators who use this method are hacking, as much as I object to the implication...

In the course of what I do as both an IT Professional and a community leader I spend a lot of time in newsgroups – okay, not nearly as much time as I should but enough to have several hundred posts over eighteen months. I do my best to be helpful and understanding that most installations operate with...