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I’m a consultant which means my entire (work) life has to fit into a bag (the smaller the better) and be ready to move in an instant. Currently I’m toting around a slimline Victronix similar to but older than this Louvre 17 . I received this bag from the Microsoft MVP program a few years...
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Microsoft has made the news lately with some incredible anti-spam efforts, bringing down the botnet Rustock which is responsible for 80% of global spam and able to send more than a billion spam messages a day. What is a botnet and how does a computer become part of a botnet? A botnet is basically a bunch...
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[This post was inspired by PC World republish of a Mac World article, “ How to Switch to Google Calendar ”] Hotmail is the largest email service in the world (unless you count Facebook ), but you never hear people talking about it or it’s calendar the way you hear about Gmail and Google...
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Here is the press release we just got from them being awarded the Hosting Solutions Go To Partner. June 24, 2009 11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time MaximumASP Honored as 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards Winner in Hosting Solutions LOUISVILLE, Ky.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Today, MaximumASP ,...
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The Next Generation of Windows® is almost here! Microsoft has released a video blog called Talking About Windows. This video blog provides insight on Windows 7 from the Microsoft engineers who helped build the product. www.talkingaboutwindows.com Check out what those who have used the product have...
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It seems like a mandatory thing – own an iPhone, download a ton of apps (mostly free) and write about them on your blog. My turn. My Top Ten (this one goes to Eleven!) Evernote (free) – truly one of the best apps, Evernote is an extremely usable note-taking tool which combines text, photos...
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Stephen, Ken and I wandered down to the SweetWater Brewery for their weekly tasting event yesterday. I was blown away by how many people came out for this – maybe 200 to 300 people in total. Stephen and Ken Backstage tour of the giant brewing tanks We even witnessed a couple getting engaged Why...
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I bought an iPhone game today – an awesome game called Crayon Physics Deluxe. This little app is incredibly cool. You get to draw shapes and lines with your finger and have these amazing Rube Goldberg Crayola machines spring into action. I showed this to a few co-workers and they’re off to...
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User Interface design sessions typically start on a white board if everyone can be in the room together, but what's the next step? How do you capture that UI mockup effectively and modify it according to user feedback? Some folks turn to Visio for some deep and deeply complex user interfaces. Others...
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During this time of year it is always nice to thank and give thanks to the sponsors who make this site possible. We would like to thank MaximumASP for their continued efforts to make this a great community. The recently announced a new offering for their MaxV program to support Microsoft HyperV so I...
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I make not secret of the fact that I'm a Microsoft fanboy. I use a Microsoft Zune. I have several Xboxes (I kept 1 and gave 2 away). I use a Windows Mobile phone. This morning, my Microsoft Life got updated. I fired up my Xbox 360 and downloaded the new Xbox Experience - an entirely new dashboard...
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Ryan Housley, one of the Atlanta community members that helped start and run MOSSmosis , a SharePoint user groups, is now going to help another great cause. He is helping HeroBox.org to send custom care packages to American soliders. Help support him in his cause. You can find out more at their site...
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If you want to have lists of items to track that you can make public and private check out Remember The Milk http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ It is funny they have a very similar logo to ours. The great part is that it is available from many different sources and all you have to is send it an email. Anyone...
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If anyone doesn't know, the DevCow calendar is actually manually updated every month. I have been updating the calendar for about 3-4 years now every month. The process I take is to go directly to the websites of the user groups that we list on the site and make sure they are having a meeting for...
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It has been a rough week or so for Kim and I recently. It started a week or so back with Kim's car. I took it in to get the oil changed and found that the car needed a bunch of expensive fluid changes. I spent a bunch of money on that, took the car home, and the next day it wouldn't start. We...