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Monday, October 05, 2009 8:27 AM
Interviewed: Windows Server 2008 R2 Overview
Normally I am the one giving the interviews, well the table was definitely turned on me this time. David Giard was able to sit me down for a few minutes after my event in Columbus, OH. We had a brief chat on Windows Server 2008 R2 and what
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009 6:28 AM
Exchange Server 2010 hits RC milestone!
Today, Exchange Server 2010 Release Candidate is feature complete and available for download here . There is a great little interview located here (and the full announcement): http://msexchangeteam.com/ There are some cool new things in the Release
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Wednesday, August 05, 2009 11:10 AM
Computers Assisting People (CAP) helps span the Digital Divide
One of my good buddies, Dan Hanson , just let me know about a great program called Computers Assisting People (CAP). This program has and donated over 15,000 PCs to over 380 schools and non-profits in Cleveland (some in East Cleveland and other
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Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:14 AM
IT Pro’s are Thriving, and Developers Thrive now as well!
As I announced a few weeks back, we have a great program fro IT Pros called Thrive. You can see the interview I did with Julie here: Interview: Thriving as an IT Pro a chat with Julie-Anne Arsenault Well last week Microsoft launched Thrive for Developers
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Friday, May 29, 2009 8:42 AM
Learn About Surface 5 part video series now showing!
My good friend and teammate Jennifer Marsman just posted a great 5 part series on Surface. As you know from my Interview with Rick Barazza at SXSW , I think the device is awesome as well. Enjoy the series below: Surface Development Part 1:
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Friday, April 03, 2009 9:05 AM
Interview: Your Digital Identity- Make Sure you have a Web Presence
This is the last part of the 5 part interview with David Meerman Scott . David shares the critical importance of having a presence on the web, as Social Wendy defines it Your Digital Identity. Conversation at SXSW with Social Wendy and myself. Part
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 9:15 AM
Interview: Only You Care about Your Products & Services
This is part 3 of the 5 part interview with David Meerman Scott . David , likely the most published social marketer talks with Social Wendy about how only you care about your products and services. Other people care about how those products
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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 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 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 9:14 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 2:04 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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