The World According to Mitch

I have always loved going to the movies. I remember as a child going to some of the old 'Paradise Theatres' in Montreal like the Imperial and the Rialto. Sitting in the grand old theatres - it was rare for there to be even two screens in the theatre but the one auditorium was replete with pre...

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...

Aside from being colleagues and fellow User Group Leaders I have been friends with Brad Bird for a couple of years now, and on so many levels I have the greatest respect for him.  He is an Active Directory guru, and is very passionate about IT Community, just as I am.  This week-end was not...

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 understand that I hand-select the recipients from...

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...

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...

As I sat with a friend and colleague the other night I asked him if he had read a particular book. He told me that it had been months or longer since he read a non-technical manual of any sort, and it got me thinking. Now it should be noted that this friend is a very successful, well-adjusted guy. He...

The other night my phone rang at 1:45am. I was just about to finally doze off and the shrill ringing quashed that. Of course I would have been furious with most people but it turned out to be an old buddy from my army days. We chatted for the better part of an hour before his cell phone was dying, and...