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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:07 AM

Interview: Marketers Should think like Publishers

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. 
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Monday, March 30, 2009 9:50 AM

Interview: Social Marketing & Social Media

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
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Friday, March 27, 2009 3:03 PM

Interview: SocialWendy educates me on Social Marketing

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
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Friday, March 27, 2009 2:19 PM

Published Again: What’s New in Internet Explorer 8?

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
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Friday, March 27, 2009 12:40 PM

Interview: Epicenter with Mark Kurtz from Gage

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
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Friday, March 27, 2009 12:36 PM

Best Practices for Deploying Virtual Machines using Hyper-V Virtualization Technology

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
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Friday, March 27, 2009 8:49 AM

Interview: Surface Computing and New Opportunities

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
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:01 PM

Confessions of A PC-Aholic

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/21640064
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:14 AM

Interview: So you want to make a movie, Massify it!

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
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:33 PM

What do you do day-to-day as an IT Administrator?

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
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 2:04 PM

Interview: Taking a look at the Microsoft Interactive Canvas

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
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:51 AM

Interview: Talking 3D Surface Applications with Phenomblue

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
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009 9:03 AM

Internet Explorer 8 Virtual Labs Live now!

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
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Monday, March 23, 2009 8:53 AM

Interview: The WORLDS FASTEST SERVER!

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
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Friday, March 20, 2009 11:39 AM

Interview: PhizzPop Design Challenge Champions Zeus Jones and Sierra-Bravo

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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Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:43 AM

Brief History of the Web from MIX09 IE 8 launch!

Check out this fun video!
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Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:16 AM

Launched: Internet Explorer 8 Get it Now!

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Thursday, March 19, 2009 11:00 AM

Book of the Month March 2009: Inside Delta Force (plus a Bonus TV show of the month)

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
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:17 AM

Interop Road Show – registration now open

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
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Friday, March 13, 2009 1:01 PM

Update to a Book of the Month from August 2008

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
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Friday, March 13, 2009 12:53 PM

Which browser is faster: FireFox, Chrome or IE? You may be surprised!

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
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009 2:29 PM

How much is your Xbox 360 worth to you?

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
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Sunday, March 01, 2009 12:00 PM

Announcement: Windows 7 Rocks Screencast Contest: Now Accepting Applications!

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
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