Great Minds

Yes, this is another somewhat cross-disciplinary, but this sounds like such a cool, geeky webcast series that I had to share it with you…Science and Engineering at Microsoft - Turning Ideas into Reality I saw this announced on the MSDN Webcasts blog.  The series is targeted at answering your questions about how Microsoft came up … Continue reading Great Minds

Wow.. WiMax

The idea that someone could make a wireless access link-up over a 30 mile radius, and up to 70mbps speeds, has me (and many other people, apparently) pretty excited.  It sounds like that’s where we’re headed with WiMax.  According to this CNet Article, Intel has started shipping the chips for it now.Heck.. I’d be able … Continue reading Wow.. WiMax

Dinner with Jim

I found this in Robert Scoble’s blog…Scoble had arranged a dinner for several influential San Francisco area bloggers to meet and sup with Jim Allchin.  The results have been, naturally, documented well in several blogs.  This one by Thomas Hawk was a very interesting read with regard to the future OS Longhorn and in future Media … Continue reading Dinner with Jim

Have you jammed at TechEd?

Another great TechEd Memory… the Jam Sessions!   NetIQ and others over the years have sponsored evening Jam Sessions, which I really enjoy.  Yeah, sure, the talent isn’t always the best, but it’s always entertaining and fun.Are you gonna be there this year?

It’s time to embrace it

RSS.  Really Simple Syndication.  “Feeds”.  “” logos…“What does it all mean, Kevin?”Well.. Let me describe a very cool use of this technology as a way of introduction to you…You want to know when there’s some new resource available of specific importance to you.  For example, let’s say you are the SQL DBA or database server administrator for your company.  … Continue reading It’s time to embrace it