Microsoft Campus Connection site is now live!http://www.microsoftcampusconnection.com/I’m one of those “TechHeads” mentioned in the flash animation on the site; speaking at several of these college events. And I’m excited to do it! It will be a lot of fun!This Monday (January 30th) I’m teaming up with Jacob Cynamon, and we’re speaking at Bellevue University (Go … Continue reading Microsoft goes to school!
I should take my own advice! Sorry I’ve been somewhat scarce lately, but I’m busy learning new content for our TechNet Events coming up, as well as really fun “Microsoft Campus Connection” events we’re doing. (Good stuff!)“You said something about me blogging? Me?”Oh yes, YOU! MSN Spaces has just upgraded to a new version. So … Continue reading No better time than NOW to start blogging!
Check this out. MS Research has made their experimental “Group Shot” photo editing tool available for people to play with. “So?”Okay… let me explain what it does. Let’s say you’re at your brother Carl’s wedding in San Francisco last November, and someone has used your brother Paul’s really really nice digital camera to take several … Continue reading Those MS Research folks are so darn clever!
<chuckle> I bet that blog post title has a few of my teammates nervous this morning!“Huh?”Last night at the all-attendee party at Microsoft TechReady2, the Karaoke area was jumping pretty good. I and several of my teammates were up their singing (and quite well, I might add) the night away. Many photos and even some … Continue reading Karaoke Photos
I heard about this conference just the other day. I wish I could go, because It’s about all the new, cool stuff in web development It’s in sunny Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel. This week in Seattle “yep, it’s still raining” Washington at the Microsoft TechReady2 conference, we have seen some amazing new tools and technologies. Some … Continue reading A Conference for Web-Heads
This week, as I mentioned in a previous post, I’m at the Microsoft “TechReady” conference in Seattle. We’re having some great technical training and informational sessions, as well as some inspiring keynote addresses. Yesterday, during the Q&A session with Kevin Turner (COO) and Steve Balmer (CEO), my friend, coworker, and uber-blogger Rory Blyth asked Steve … Continue reading Rory has BAWLZ
A coworker of mine, Anand Iyer (www.Artificialignorance.net), pointed us to a really good article / opinion-piece by Joel Spolsky. Joel rants on the “Perils of JavaSchools”.Now, you have to indulge me a bit here. Yes, I’m an IT Pro. But my upbringing into my career was with a CompSci degree at the University of Minnesota, where … Continue reading Joel is right!
I’ve been asked by a couple people where I got that “The Blog” shirt. Here's a link to that very shirt at the place I bought it from:http://www.t-shirthumor.com/Merchant2/products/blog.html?Category_Code=topsI also own this “You have the right to remain silent” one on a black T-shirt:http://www.t-shirthumor.com/Merchant2/products/rtrs.html?Category_Code=tops
Faceplates for the 360 are for sale from Microsoft and others, but my good friend and coworker Michael J. Murphy (“Brother Murphy”) found this really cool site that allows you to create your own custom faceplate:And they’re only $9.99 (plus S&H).(I’m sure my boys will be begging me for one now…)—On a related note – … Continue reading Trick out your XBOX 360
Set aside some time for this. It’s addictive!http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/(Saw on Chris Avis’ blog.)
Absolutely Full of I.T. 