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Friday, November 20, 2009 11:31 AM

Day in the Life of an IT Pro/Dev Writer/Editor

IO XKCD 1K words…cause his pictures say it all… BTW, among the ultra-coolness of XKCD: Re-use policy: http://xkcd.com/license.html   Searchable! Try searching on organic fuel
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:02 AM

Hats Off to Bing

Like I said in Magnificent Desolation , I would not want the job of selecting the Bing homepage image each day, because it the decision is fraught . Whoever you are, keep up the good work!   Here’s how to set the Bing image as your desktop wallpaper
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:52 PM

Windows Server Content Joins the ‘Sphere

Twitter. IT Pros. Seems like vinegar and oil? Perhaps not. We’ve started a twitter feed to notify you when new stuff publishes into the IT Pro Library on TechNet for Windows Server . Come check it out at http://twitter.com/WinSrv Tell them Professor Windows
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:13 PM

Where is the Arrow?

Did you know there is an arrow in the FedEx logo? Now that it has been pointed out, will you ever NOT see it? This is an example used in Ric Merrifield’s Rethink: A Business Manifesto for Cutting Costs and Boosting Innovation to illustrate how changing
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Friday, October 30, 2009 10:23 AM

How to: Set Bing Images as Your Desktop Wallpaper

CodePlex has a nifty free-as-in-beer app that sets your desktop wallpaper with the Bing daily image. Salty goodness. And Free-as-in-beer.
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Monday, October 26, 2009 1:37 PM

This Is Your Brain on Drugs

Scientists in Switzerland map the human brain on hallucinogens. Measured this way, all tripper’s brains look the same, yet internally, each drug-takers experience is different and personal… Warning : clicking the link subjects you to a short commercial
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Friday, October 23, 2009 11:07 PM

Books are the way the dead talk to the living.

I was a ha-yuge Laurie Anderson fan in the 80s. I’ve seen her perform live more than I’ve seen any other artist, United Sates a couple of times, and Mister Heartbreak twice. Think that defines me as a fan. “Holy smokes, looks like some kind of guest/host
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Friday, October 23, 2009 12:50 PM

Forget the Whopper, Win 7 is Wheedonesque

There is a fascinating new time-waster at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/social/ , including this gem for Firefly fans… I’ll be in my bunk…
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Thursday, October 22, 2009 2:59 PM

Not the Windows 7 Launch Post You Were Expecting

Yesterday I blogged about the awesome new bing search for twitter . You don’t need to follow the tweetstorm to know by now that Windows 7 was released today. I’m with James on this one: today is A uniquely good day to be at Microsoft . Plus, last night
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 12:00 PM

Bing Does Twitter

Bing.com now searches twitter. Interesting way to keep tabs on the twitterverse chatter about *things you care what people are twittering about*. For example:
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Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:44 AM

Devs Lead the Way

In the beginning, there was blogs.msdn.com. IT Pro bloggers posted there, because there was no place for IT Pros to blog. Then there was blogs.technet.com. Looks like the devs are leading the way again with the recent update on mdsn.com of “community
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Thursday, October 15, 2009 1:20 PM

Follow vs Post: What’s the Payback for Time Spent on Twitter?

According to my teenager, “twitter is creepy, its just stalking. I mean the button you push says follow”! Duh!.” Yet, some in the business press in the US say Microsoft should buy Twitter . Hrmm… Microsoft advertises job listings there , Bing integrates
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:27 PM

Dunbar’s Number and Wikiality

Dunbar’s number is said to be about 150. The new book Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape our Lives , advocates, among other things, that human nature will correct Wikiality to more closely reflect reality. Now, there
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Friday, October 02, 2009 9:47 AM

The Future of Digital IT Pro Books = Vooks?

An interesting development in the world of publishing launched yesterday – Vooks . Vooks are described on the website as: “You can read your book, watch videos that enhance the story and connect with authors and your friends through social media all on
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Friday, August 21, 2009 11:01 AM

There is no “Them” There

Another Pun-tastic blog post title designed to defeat SEO! Seriously though, in talking about Community (notice the capital C there?) with my peers, I encourage them to stop thinking of “us” as opposed “ them”, meaning YOU. “The Community” (another capital
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