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sit conference 2011

i can’t believe we’re only a month away from the students involved with technology conference! ...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/12/2011

chicago windows user group on groups.live.com

this month we've crossed the 400 member threshold on the chicago windows user group site on...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/12/2011

kindle 3 is the best selling product in amazon's history

on december 27th amazon announced that the 3rd generation kindle is the is now the bestselling...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 01/01/2011

wikipedia–#keepitfree

i’m getting around to a lot of housekeeping tasks in this final week of 2010 – one of which is...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/29/2010

25 apps for christmas–office, itunes and zune

no list of applications would be complete without microsoft office.  i have always used this on...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/25/2010

25 apps for christmas–kinect games

games on the xbox have always been “apps” that i use, but this christmas kinect games like joyride,...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/24/2010

25 apps for christmas–paint

i guess there was room for it after all – microsoft paint has always been an application i come back...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/23/2010

25 apps for christmas–techsmith snagit

thinking back to applications i’ve used for a long time, snagit comes to mind.  screen shots...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/22/2010

25 apps for christmas–winzip

if i think back to some of the first apps i’ve used in windows (besides paint which should appear on...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/21/2010

25 apps of christmas–facebook, twitter and linkedin

first it was myspace, but then as soon as facebook allowed microsoft employees to create profiles, i...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/20/2010

25 apps for christmas - kindle

my wife finally broke down and asked for a kindle. it was a friend - not me that finally convinced...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/19/2010

25 apps for christmas–microsoft tag and word lens

in the first month of this blog (back in april 2008) i blogged about ice cube.  it’s now two...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/17/2010

25 apps for christmas–itoiletfinder

this one made the list because of it’s use of geolocation and humorous application – itoiletfinder...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/15/2010

25 apps for christmas–rockband 3

i caught the bug a little late (stood in line at midnight for the guitar hero 3 for xbox release)...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/14/2010

25 apps of christmas–netflix

no list of the most important applications of the year would be complete without this – the netflix...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/13/2010

25 apps for christmas - fitbit

last january i picked up a fitbit from the 1st microsoft store in scottsdale, arizona and any list...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/12/2010

25 apps for christmas amazon mp3 download (with free christmas music!)

amazon’s mp3 store has a nifty little application that reminds me of when i first started...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/11/2010

25 apps for christmas–songsmith and ribbon hero

my daughter used to make up songs all the time (she still sings a lot but now it’s usually something...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/10/2010

25 apps for christmas–remote access

i use a lot of different computers (desktops, laptops, tablets, touchscreens, netbooks, etc.) and...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/09/2010

25 apps for christmas–eye fi

i’ve been using an eye-fi sd card in a digital camera for over a year now (so why is this on a list...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/08/2010

25 apps for christmas–media players

remember real player?  winamp?  codec’s like xvid and divx?  there are addins like...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/07/2010

25 apps for christmas–windows live mesh 2011

ever since live mesh was shown to employees in 2008 by ray ozzie i have been a huge fan.  this...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/06/2010

25 apps for christmas–shazam

imagine you are in your car, at a restaurant or a store and a song comes on that you really like but...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/05/2010

25 apps for christmas–foxitsoftware

with software there is a leader (or creator) and then there are alternatives.  sometimes these...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/04/2010

25 apps for christmas - client virtualization

before joining microsoft i was a technical trainer and part of that job was dealing with the...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/03/2010

25 apps for christmas–apps to create apps

for the last 30 years i have been using a computer and the one common thread among all those...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/02/2010

25 apps for christmas - browsers

it’s december 1st and having recently gotten a windows phone 7 and starting to play around...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/01/2010

my youtube channel - whoops!

i haven't posted a lot of videos to youtube and a couple that i did post were apparently marked...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 12/01/2010

kinect and the microsoft company store opening in oakbrook, il

in my five years at microsoft i’ve had a chance to attend a lot of events.  my first “launch”...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 11/04/2010

5 years @ microsoft

today is my 5 year anniversary at microsoft and seems like a great time to think back through the...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/31/2010

the power of education

so i’m driving along the expressway yesterday and out of the corner of my eye i see this billboard...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/22/2010

boot times in windows 7

i’ve got a customer that has inquired about boot times in windows 7 and i started digging into the...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 10/07/2010

kindle madness and how full is your bucket?

i have finally made a convert to the amazon kindle - my wife (and hopefully soon my parents or at...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/22/2010

internet explorer 9 beta–drag and drop

check this one out – when you’ve got multiple tabs in internet explorer 9, you can drag a tab into...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/16/2010

bad boys

last night was series 4 episode 5 of the it crowd “bad boys” and this one incorporates everything i...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/08/2010

sunday posts for everyone - biking, growing up and independence

this weekend our daughter audrey learned to ride a two wheeler and just like her older brother...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 09/05/2010

sunday posts for everyone - influences

it seems appropriate on my parent's anniversary to post something about how both of them have...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/22/2010

winsat.exe update–disk performance

about a month ago i shared a tip about running winsat from the command line.  here’s some more...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/13/2010

workshifting

i came across this blog called workshifting and have found a number of the posts thought provoking....

Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/10/2010

movies about dreams and virtual reality

this week i saw the movie inception for the second time and it reminded me of another movie when i...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 08/01/2010

pxe stick lab at techready 11

i just finished session #2 of the create your own pxe stick lab at techready - thank you to everyone...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/30/2010

windows 7 wednesday tip–problem steps recorder

today i was installing office 2010 using the click-to-run/application virtualization technology...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/21/2010

windows 7 wednesday tip – winsat.exe

in windows 7 you have a performance information and tools in control panel that can rate the various...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/20/2010

powerpoint not required

two years ago this month i joined dekalb area toastmasters. for the past year i have served as our...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/13/2010

tnetennba - a new word is born

tonight is the 3rd episode in the 4th series of the it crowd. in the 2nd episode, moss uses the word...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 07/08/2010

sunday posts for everyone - the wait is over on june 25th

i've been waiting for friday, june 25th and now on father's day it's less than a week away. what's...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 06/20/2010

mrs. cinnamon–inspiring first graders

as my daughter finishes up 1st grade i have met and gotten to know another inspiring teacher. ...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/28/2010

sunday posts for everyone: multiple computers

between work and home i’ve got enough computers that i often lose track of what computer has what...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/09/2010

windows 7 wednesday tip: dan mode

when i first got involved with computers i soon discovered there were little known features that you...

Author: Dan Rey Date: 05/05/2010

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