Yes yes, please dont' hound me about it, I've gotten really lazy(for the last year). I've been busy putting together a new blog, visit it at http://microsoftsbcommunity.com/blog/jeff c'mon, I need the traffic!

It's an exciting time to be at Microsoft right now, so much is going on. We got Windows Vista on the backburner, the buzz around Microsoft Office 2007 is tremendous, and then a bunch of other stuff like the new Windows Media Player and the tablet PC code...

Here's the link from last Wednesday's session. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032295127&Culture=en-US - Jeff

Last friday I got fitted for these new sports contacts from Nike that are suppose to help increase the amount of contrast when playing action sports like football, basketball and soccer. Check 'em out. Makes me look like a cross between a japanese...

From my experiences in life, I never though the lines of personal life and business life can be blurred. But after this interesting instance yesterday at a certain movie theatre in Milpitas, I realize... some people just gotta chill out So I get a...

Woah! For all the small businesses out there, we got a very special session coming up for you guys(non Microsoft Connections). For all the small businesses who are interested we have a session called: "Leveraging Technology to Grow your Business...

As I promised, here are all the URL's from my Connections seminar yesterday. Feel free to pass these on to anyone who might need it. These links have been certified steroid-free. Microsoft Connections Website http://www.microsoft.com/connections ...

Yes, the title says it all, my T-Mobile SDA Windows Mobile 5 phone has croaked and went to smartphone heaven. Actually, its not all dead, just the joystick stopped letting me move down and sometimes I can't call out(I have to reset the phone). Maybe I...

If you are curious to see how you can utilize some features of Microsoft Office 2003 to help you conduct a direct email campaign, then you might want to consider this webcast I did last week. I go through mail merge in Microsoft Word 2003, emailing...

It seems like every so often I'd come back to my blog, only on the condition that I have nothing else better to do. Sadly, that's so true..... I'm sitting here in San Luis Obispo prepping for my seminar tomorrow in Arroyo Grande when I had a sudden...

Inspite of what most people think, yes I do have an outside life(albeit a minimal one). Whatever semblance of time I manage to scrape together, I often find myself in a mindless fervor, trying to stay the least bit productive. Sure, I can pepper my time...

connections:unplugged Radio Show - http://www.microsoft.com/connections/ Technology Makeover - http://www.microsoft.com/totaltechmakeover Microsoft Small Business SKU - http://www.microsoft.com/licensing/programs/open/openvalue.mspx Microsoft Small Business...

One of the most frequent questions I often get and hear from people is "Do I need CRM software?"(Right alongside "Jeff, how many pairs of shoes do you own?") For the latter, the answer to that is a very metrosexual 68 pairs(I am not a certified metrosexual...

After a super long layoff I have come back with a vengeance! For the people who came to my events last week in Redding and Sacramento, CA, I'm going to keep my promise and actually update this blog of mine.(Yes, I've procrastinated, but secretly I...

Unknown to me was a way for our customers and our Microsoft partners to get some free money for use in their business. I mean, free sh*t! How can you not love it! If you get the chance, check out http://www.microsoftincentives.com and you'll see they...

Apparently some guy has developed a device that transmits annoying sounds at high frequency only audible to people under the age of 20... So if you partners ever have rowdy kids loitering outside your store, then perhaps this is the right Christmas gift...

I can't sleep right... I can't eat right... I can't stay awake... right(?) I don't know whats been going on with me lately, I think I'm starting to fall into one of those funk where everything seems to be crashing down at the same time. I've...

Someone tell me you actually got your hands on the new XBOX360.... I hate you.... Unfortunately I couldn't get my hands on one, however to quelch my craving for one I went out and bought Kameo and Project Gotham Racing. Now... those two games...

So what's the point to this post? I've already posted today, what businss do I have writing another blog post 2 days before Thanksgiving? Doesn't Jeff have any work to do? Is Jeff happy to be back in the San Francisco Bay Area? Does Jeff think the USC...

I got a lot of emails from attendees last week asking about the New Horizons training voucher. Well here it is.. it all its glory! http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/6/e/66e60797-1e86-400b-a6c6-356a494cfd16/NH%20Voucher.pdf Utilize guys, as...

If any of you are interested in learning about Small Business Financials version 8.0, here's the link to my webcast last Wednesday. http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032284156&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode...

This was a question which I got this week from an attendee in Chattanooga, and I've finally found the answer to this after some deliberation. There is an outside service offered by one of our vendors and their link is http://directory.partners.extranet...

Tomorrow(November 16) I will be presenting at the Regal Madison 12 theatre in Huntsville, Alabama. We start prompty at 8:30am so we'll see you there! The ultimate self degrading bathroom....

1. A Taiwanese man offers to buy me a soda and introduce me to his two daughers... simply because I can speak Mandarin Chinese... 2. Just by taking off my glasses, attendees who were in my session couldn't recognize me anymore 3. I got interviewed...