This is part 2 of the 5 part interview with David Meerman Scott .  David’s first Social Marketing book, The New Rules of Marketing & PR shows how marketers now must think like publishers and provide meaningful content for their desired audience...

This is part 1 of 5 of the interview with David Meerman Scott . David is likely the most published social marketer on the planet.  His first book on Social Marketing is now published in 24 languages.  Social Wendy and I engage in the topic of...

As you have noticed during some of the interviews at SXSW I had a partner in crime, Wendy Meadley AKA SocialWendy .  When I first met Wendy I was wondering what in the world a social marketer does.  Well in between interviews Wendy and I sat...

Hey Everyone, I was privileged enough to be published again in the April issue of TechNet Magazine .  I wrote an overview article on Internet Explorer 8 , that topics covered in the article: Standards-based browsing and compatibility Ease-of use...

This was a cool little demo I saw as I was walking around the Microsoft area and I ran into Mark Kurtz from Gage .  He was demonstrating a great little dashboard program called epicenter which is a project he is working on.  Epicenter uses a...

Microsoft IT virtually deploys more than 80% of new servers using Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. To ensure optimal performance, Microsoft IT has developed configuration best practices, based on the application workloads or services being provided by the...

This was another fun interview with Rick Barazza from cynergy systems.  As you may recall from last year I was able to spend some time with Rick, as we showed of his “Minorty Report” style software using a Wii remote.  Take a look here to see...

Video: Laptop Hunters $1000 - Lauren Gets an HP Pavilion There was also another interesting article on MSN here: I'm a PC, and this time Microsoft's buying [UPDATE]  Another little article explaining the commercial: http://www.crn.com/software/216400641

Walking around the floor of SXSW, I got to see some great new technologies.  One that caught my eye was Massify.  I was able to speak with one of the co-founders and president Kenneth Woo about Massify .  Massify is a online production...

I am getting ready to create several short screencasts on Windows Server 2008 R2 that talk about the benefits to administrators with R2.  There are quite a few.  I want to create a list of stuff you do everyday, so I can focus the screencast...

As I was walking around the floor at SXSW, I came across a very cool Technology called the Microsoft Interactive Canvas.  Renee from the Microsoft Expression group gave me a quick tour.  You can also find some other information and videos on...

Everyone has asked me how did I get into SXSW?  My answer is that I had to work for it, mainly staffing the booth.  However,  most of the times it does not feel like work at SXSW.  Especially when you are working the Silverlight and...

I was doing some checking and there are some really cool virtual labs on IE 8 that just went live check them out here.  The top 7 labs in the list are developer focused but cool to walk through.  The last two talk about application compatibility...

Can your server do 121mph?   Well the server from the folks at hostmysite.com can!  Wendy and I were walking around the floor of SXSW, we saw a drag race motorcycle on the floor.  Upon some investigation, we found the bike was actually...

Last week I had an awesome time at South By Southwest (SXSW) during the movie and interactive portion of the show.  As you may remember I was also there last year learning about great new technologies.  This year was no different, and I have...

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Go for Hester, this months book  Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit by Eric L. Haney takes a look inside the creation and process behind Delta force.  I got a hold of the book after becoming addicted to the...

Is your IT Infrastructure fully dedicated to just one technology solution? Chances are you work in a heterogeneous environment that includes a variety of technologies from Microsoft®, Linux, MySQL and Apple. Integration becomes vital in order for your...

I blogged about the book The Blind Side in August which followed Michael Oher a football player and how he grew up.  Very interesting book, you can check out my post here: Book of the month August 2008 The Blind Side Well Michel Oher is considered...

Click on the picture to find out or here Browser Performance Testing : Surprised? Testing browsers I always thought would be easy.  In reality, it’s much more complex than that. Many things need to be taken into account when comparing the page load...

Would you say your Xbox is worth $10, $300, or how about $1,000?  What about $1,000,000?  Well according to one Yale student his is worth that much! Yale student sues airline for $1M over lost Xbox

Alright Keith and I are at it again and this time we want to give away the cool stuff like a: Lenovo T61P ! Okay do I have your attention now?  As some of you may recall we had a contest last time just for the MVP’s and a lot of you wanted in on...