Okay.. ‘bout time for some shameless self-promotion… Actually, and honestly.. I don’t look like this anymore. My hair is shorter, and I’ve decided to let the grey just be grey. This is what I look like now: But that’s not what this post is about. It’s about you IT Managers. As you may (or may … Continue reading IT Manager Community Talks with Kevin (That’s me!)
Well.. Ken Rosen announced it early.. so it’s fair game. And it’s just cool enough to warrant a blog post.On Friday of this week the folks at Microsoft Learning will officially announce a new benefit to the “Second Shot” program that they’re calling “Career Assist”. Basically, when you sign up for the free do-over before … Continue reading Early Announcement: The “Career Assist”
A few blog posts ago I had a little bit of a rant on who I thought was the best company to bring the world what I like to call “Life 2.0: No barriers. No walls. No limits.”But now I may have to eat my words…http://www.theonion.com/content/themes/common/assets/videoplayer/flvplayer.swf Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No KeyboardYou just … Continue reading Okay.. I take back all the nasty things I said about Apple
(Warning: If you only expect serious technology announcements or serious discussion from this blog, you should stop reading this post right now.) Just an observation…If you don’t have a wall, you’ve got no place to put a window. Why do I need windows if I have no walls? That’s just stupid.Don’t get me wrong.. I … Continue reading What is “Life without walls?”
You have to check out my friend John Weston’s Blog post photo… Pictured are: Chris Avis Dan Stolts Yours Truly John Baker Shawn Travers Harold Wong and John Weston.
Okay.. I tweeted this.. So I better elaborate here in my blog.Currently I am in Seattle attending an internal Microsoft technology training event called “TechReady” (this is “TechReady 7”, for those of you counting). I think all the cool tech I saw demonstrated yesterday has entered my dreams. I woke up early this morning because … Continue reading Geeky Techno Dream
Dear Video Diary,Here it is.. the last day of TechEd 2008 US IT Pro. This morning I got together with some teammates and had a little video/screencasting/editing/publishing discussion. (Thanks Keith!) Then I took one of my coworkers to the airport. I did get back in time to attend one more session. It was an Instructor-Lead … Continue reading Kevin’s TechEd Video Diaries – Part 5 of 5 – June 13, 2008
Dear Video Diary,Yeah.. I know I said that the last one was the LAST one.. but I decided to take my entire 16 minutes of wandering around the Exhibit Hall and speed it up to fit in just over 3.5 minutes. Maybe I'm alone in this (let me know), but I think it's fun to … Continue reading Kevin’s TechEd Video Diaries – Bonus Reel
Dear Video Diary,Another busy day. I was pleased to be a part of the TechNet Springboard Series panel discussion on Vista Deployment. We had some tough-but-fair questions around Vista thrown our way, and it was fun! After that I did one video interview as well. I had another scheduled for the afternoon, but the interviewee … Continue reading Kevin’s TechEd Video Diaries – Part 4 – June 12, 2008
Dear Video Diary,This was a busy day. I was originally scheduled to do three video interviews. It turned into 4, and then 5! So I spent a lot of time in a comfy chair, with a not-so-comfy microphone attached to my head. Really enjoyed the conversations, though. I hope you take a moment to check … Continue reading Kevin’s TechEd Video Diaries – Part 3 – June 11, 2008
Absolutely Full of I.T. 