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The Vasa - learn from History! by Mitch

In 1625 King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden ordered his shipyards to build (among others) a mighty fighting ship called the Vasa. He gave very specific instructions for what he wanted in this ship, how he wanted it outfitted, and made it clear that it should...

Unified Messaging (UX perspective) - COOL!! by Mitch

I had a conversation with my Exchange Server last night. Microsoft has been talking about Unified Messaging for a couple of years now, and I have been interested in it since the outset but because I do not always have the infrastructure (or the time)...

Windows Vista: Clunky on old hardware? by Mitch

For more information about the Windows Springboard Series visit http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=8418918 . I am not going to lie to you.  Windows Vista has some serious hardware requirements, and like most versions of Windows ever released the minimums...

Drinking From a Fire hose by Mitch

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...

SMB Nation Canada: Why aren't YOU registered yet? by Mitch

Every so often an event comes along that has the potential to offer a lot to many for very little.  The problem in deciding which ones are worthwhile is not only deciding which ones are primarily focused towards marketing rather than offering benefit...

Heroes Happen {Here} by Mitch

On Wednesday I got together with five thousand of my closest friends at the Direct Energy Centre in Toronto for the launch of, among other products, Windows Server 2008.  It was one of those events that you had to be at to believe! Most of you know...

Server 2008 Virtualization - Catch It! by Mitch

This past Monday I had the opportunity to present what I call a 'Let's Get Excited' presentation to an architect audience at Microsoft Canada.  I was asked to showcase several new features of Windows Server 2008, due to launch on February...

The Internet... Do YOU Know Where YOUR Children Are? by Mitch

One evening this week at the dinner table Theresa and I were discussing some of the steps that we took to protect Aaron (our nine year old) while he surfs the Internet.  He piped up that he did NOT like any of these measures, and I told him that...

Technical Support - Good impressions versus bad by Mitch

We have all had our horror stories with technical support phone calls.  Unfortunately I found myself over the past few weeks dreading a call that I knew would not go well.  The story: Because of the nature of my career I spend a lot of time...

A Great Feeling... by Mitch

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...

Spam Spam... by Mitch

I cannot be sure when I first started receiving spam in my Inbox, but in all likelihood it was around the time I got my first Internet e-mail account, circa April, 1995.  It was a minor nuisance then, and before long it became a major pain. ...

RunAs Radio – Mitch Discusses BDD by Mitch

I have known Richard Campbell for some time now and every time we meet up we have the same discussion that I should do a segment for RunAs Radio (Once upon a time it was for .NET Rocks Radio) but we just never seemed to follow up. This week-end we caught...

On Security and Stupidity. by Mitch

My credit card was refused on Friday. In a shoe store in Montreal while standing with my mother my credit card was refused. Of course this was a slightly embarrassing situation, exacerbated by the fact that my mother was standing there, and knowing that...

Cooperation Breeds Success by Mitch

I had two separate conversations with two individuals who have nothing to do with one another over the past few days that has made me remember the old army adage: 'We can hang together, or we will surely hang separately.' Who is allowed to do...

Moving forward at the speed of life... by Mitch

Let's face it... we do not work in an easy industry. Technology changes so fast and if we want to stay current we have to spend a lot of time running to keep up. I do not pretend to remember the good old days of IBM's guaranteed seven year life...
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