An article over on MSN Money talks about the popularity of Nintendo's Wii in retirement communities .  Many of them are using the Wii as a tool for keeping residents active, as much as for its social draw.  Erickson Retirement Living has worked...

Visual Studio 2008 has RTM'd!  Get it while it's hot !  The .Net Framework 3.5 runtime is available also.

We've released the first public beta of Longhorn Server (beta3). Take a look at the planning session for distribution of the beta. Or, if you're impatient, go straight to the download .

Everything is exciting when you're actually at the conference. Now that I'm two weeks removed, here's what still has my attention: 1. Azyxxi - yes, it's our product, so it to be listed first! I had a chance to take a look at Azyxxi when we first purchased...

Several times last year, the headlines informed us of yet another missing laptop with sensitive personal information on it. If you are a "covered entity" with regards to HIPAA, this becomes an even bigger deal. Late last month, the Centers for Medicare...

You might have heard that changes are coming in the US with regards to Daylight Saving Time, specifically, the start and ending dates. If you run any MS product, you're likely to be affected. Some products will not need to be updated (Vista, Office 2007...

Microsoft is one of a number of companies today announcing support for the National ePrescribing Patient Safety Initiative . NEPSI is a group of companies and organizations who are joining together to provide a "free access to simple, safe, and electronic...

"Like a runner nearing the end of his course, I hand off the baton to those who share my belief in America as a country that has never become, but is always in the act of becoming." Gerald Ford 1913-2006

Microsoft often gets a bad rap for not being "innovative." While we're not always the first to the market with something, Microsoft does bring some very interesting things to the light of day. Often (but not always), these ideas come out of Microsoft...

My aunt and I attended the same graduate program in health care administration, abeit 20 years apart. She has been asked to address this year's class at their graduation luncheon, and asked for my thoughts, which are below. What would to say to "inspire...

I had some time to kill in the San Francisco airport, so I wandered into the bookstore and decided to buy the most yellow book I could find. Turns out it was Scoble's Naked Conversations . Reading through it, on page 96, it reads: "In technology, three...

I was talking with the dev lead at a very strong Notes development shop. While they have lots of experience in writing Notes/Domino apps, they have decided that they want to move to the .Net platform to make it easier to get data out of their apps and...

Those wacky developer evangelists are at it again! Andrew Duthie and his merry crew are hitting the road again, this time in the Keystone State . They will be holding Code Camps in Harrisburg on Dec. 3 in Harrisburg and December 10th in Pittsburgh . Be...

So I'm one day in to playing with Office 12 beta 1. So far, I'm glad I hit the install button. I really like the new Outlook views/interfaces. As someone who is constantly looking for a better way to keep track of what I'm supposed to be working on, I...