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Monday, September 01, 2008 10:54 AM

10 Worst Job Search Tips in the World

I'll admit, I'm pretty stubborn and set in my ways when it comes to searching for new jobs.  I believe there is a right and a wrong when it comes to presenting yourself and sending out resumes.  I've been lucky that I have an extremely ambitious
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 11:53 AM

Interesting Management Theory for the Information Worker

I came across this "joke" on the interwebs this morning and the more I thought about it, the more it made sense.  I personally love the third paragraph from the bottom.   Why you and the boss are totally different   When you take
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Saturday, June 21, 2008 5:06 PM

Funniest Yahoo Related Prank

What can only be described as a genius web app suitable for the likes of Ebaum's World, I was browsing Twitter and found this awesome tweet: I don't think I've laughed this hard in over a year. Ladies and gentleman, I give you, YahooRezinR
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Tuesday, May 06, 2008 6:15 PM

Microsoft Hack Its Own Website…Awesome

“Live To Code.” This is what user’s will be greeted by when they go to Microsoft UK’s website . Is this a simple DNS muck up or is it part of some larger viral marketing campaign meant to show the softer, lighter, friendlier side of Microsoft? You decide.
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Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:49 PM

Who Cares About Computer Stuff?! Indy's BACK!

The decades long wait is finally at an end.  Nazis, monkey brains, arks, snakes, and all.  Did I mention it's been enhanced with wrinkles? http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/indianajones.html?showVideo=1 "OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:12 PM

Microsoft Boy Launches Plans to Submit Homework

Everyone knows the basic Microsoft drill when products are announced.  step 1 - build a website step 2 - invite important people and press step 3 - parade around senior executives step 4 - make vague statements about innovation, productivity, and
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 10:00 PM

Meet the Man Who Met Bill Gates

My colleague and friend, James Senior, has had a unique opportunity to spend 45 seconds in the close presence of Bill Gates.  My first question to him was, "how in the hell did you pull that off?"  As it turns out, James was one of
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Wednesday, February 06, 2008 7:21 AM

To Be American is Not A Right, It is A Virtue

I plan to vote Obama after much practical reservation and after having listened to every candidate's speech tonight. Staying up and watching the news 'till 6:20am in London has been a rollercoaster of patriotic emotion and critical analysis. It has been
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 2:25 AM

Live at BETT 2008 - Day 2

On the first day, people were very excited about hearing from the various schools that were presenting their experiences using Microsoft technology. Day number two has been even more memorable with literally thousands of people visiting and communicating
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:13 AM

Impressive 3G Performance With Orange

I'm currently doing some late night crunching on my machine for work.  Since I have Windows Mobile 6 device with 3G capabilities, I make use of the "internet sharing" features often.  Here in London, I was particularly amazed with
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007 6:46 PM

Death to the Start Menu – Part I

So I have been playing around with Vista SP1 RC and so far it has been a much more enjoyable experience from a usability perspective. The number UAC prompts are down, network performance regarding file sharing is now what it should have been at release
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Monday, December 24, 2007 3:10 PM

Outlook and Search Server Christmas Webcasts

I always get into the holiday mood late. While people graciously spend their Novembers shopping, feasting, and buying plane tickets to spend time with their loved ones, I get a head start in my procrastination efforts. The reality is I don't get into
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Thursday, December 20, 2007 1:07 AM

Internet Explorer 8 Passes Acid2 Test, "HolyShit" says Slashdot

For the non developers out there, you may be wondering what Acid2 is, but in the web developer world, its HUGE! Slashdot's tagging of the article is actually quite hilarious. Read about this historic milestone on the IE Team Blog . Also Channel9 has an
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Thursday, December 06, 2007 7:14 PM

Trials and Tribulations: British Food

To my non-British readers out there, I will leave it up to you to ponder and visualize the delicacies of the UK.  This was posted in our break-room in the London office.  OKAY OKAY OKAY I HAVE to ask...what the hell are Midland Faggots? 
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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 6:15 PM

Microsoft Kills Santa and Other Wild Tales of Pizza and Love Making

During my presentation of Search Server 2008 in London in front of a great audience of about 200, I was showing off how businesses can pull in search results from 3rd party search engines using Federated Search . In my demo, I showed how using The Register's
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