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Six months and Google finally acknowledges I'm me: the troubles with "real" identities
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7 days ago
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(Written late last night, this addresses the long saga I've had with Google in confirming my name on their services.) Busy week this, given we have so many great people in town for TechReady 14 in Seattle , but I'll still try and find time to celebrate...
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Bill Gross: Twenty Amazing Facts Learned at the 2012 World Economic Forum in Davos
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10 days ago
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Bill Gross is founder of the technology incubator Idealab and more companies than I can count (he says “100 companies in last 30 years” so perhaps I can count that high). Mr. Gross tweeted “while on [his] quest for learning in life and...
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Surviving TechReady 14 in Seattle 2012: A few helpful tips and hints
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11 days ago
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Here's a link to my post with some helpful hints on Surviving TechReady in Seattle, from 2010 . Many of the links and info points are still relevant… Going to TechReady next week in Seattle? It seems from what I read on Twitter that we will...
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Six months and Google still doesn't believe I'm me: the troubles with "real" identities
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19 days ago
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Remember when I noted that after three months, the nameless folks at Google insisted I wasn't me ? Well, I've been suspended by Google... "Your profile has been suspended. "It appears that the name you entered does not comply with the Google...
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What will the PC look like in five years? Here's one look at my son's possible Windows PC in 2016
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1 month ago
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The other day I mused about my past predictions of future PCs , noting how far we've come for price/performance over the last few years since 2004… Way back in 2003, I worked in the Windows Hardware group, and was asked [in 2004] to present at...
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Surviving CES in Las Vegas: A few helpful hints for 2012
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1 month ago
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in this post, I offer a few tips for those heading off to CES 2012 in Las Vegas this week... As you may already know, CES 2012 begins this week in Las Vegas (officially, CES is January 10-13 ). Yes, it's true that researchers have determined that...
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A past look at future tech: thoughts on the Windows PC of 2008 back in 2003... and 2012's in 2008
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1 month ago
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Here's a blast from the past, when I predicting the average PC of 2012 back in 2008... and the PC of 2008 back in 2003: Way back in 2003, I worked in the Windows Hardware group, and was asked to present at an industry conference about "the PC of...
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Advisory: Windows Cumulative Update for Samoa, as they skip Friday and change their time zone
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1 month ago
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As I noted in a prior post, Samoa will move their time zone this week, essentially traveling to the future ... When is December 30th not December 30th? When it's 2011 in Samoa. [rimshot] As you may have read, Samoa has decided to move ahead...
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Three months now and Google insists I'm not me. The troubles with "real" identities and the latest 'nymwars'
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2 months ago
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Interesting article in today's San Jose Mercury News : Who has the right to decide how you're known on the Internet -- you, or the online service you're using? 'Nymwars' debate over online identity explodes By Mike Swift mswift@mercurynews.com...
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It's Time To Fall Back An Hour in the US and Canada: Daylight Saving Time Ends This Sunday
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3 months ago
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Yes, it's that time again if you'll pardon the pun, to fall back in much of the Northern Hemisphere. Daylight saving time ends at 2:00AM local time on Sunday, November 6, 2011, in much of the U.S and Canada, except in parts of the countries (including...
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The time has come to move on… to Windows 7 (especially if you're still on Windows XP)
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3 months ago
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It's time to make a move away from Windows… Windows XP that is. As Rich Reynolds noted in his post on the Windows team blog commemorating Windows XP this week… "We’ve been talking a lot about the anniversary of Windows XP...
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Announcement: Late breaking 2011 time zone changes for Armenia and Ukraine (again)
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3 months ago
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I originally posted that we confirmed that Armenia, Belarus and Ukraine won't fall back but also stay permanently on summer time on October 30, similar to the move in Russia. Well, it appears that that these decisions were recently reversed. Please...
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Google determines I'm not me: the troubles with "real" identities
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3 months ago
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Love it. As noted in a prior post , Google doesn't believe I'm me: the troubles with "real" identities. This started in mid August. Today I found the following note from Google on my profile… "After reviewing your profile, we determined...
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Advisory: Fiji plans to shift from daylight saving to standard time earlier in 2012
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3 months ago
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As you may have read, Fiji has decided to shift their move back to standard time earlier than originally planned in 2012. This from the Government of Fiji … "The end of daylight saving scheduled initially for the 26th of February 2012 has been brought...
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Posted: Information on preparations for daylight saving time changes and Microsoft Office 365
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3 months ago
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My friends over in the Office 365 team have provided some guidance on their community site about preparing for daylight saving time changes around the world … If the country or region where your organization or some of your users reside has changed their...
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Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011
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4 months ago
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I'm sad today. Many of us knew this was coming with Steve's recent departure from day to day at Apple. It still doesn't prepare you for when the day comes. Steve Jobs said in his infamous commencement speech at Stanford University ... "Remembering...
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Announcement: Late 2011 time zone changes for Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine
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4 months ago
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Important update October 21, 2011: Please note we have received reports that Armenia and Ukraine have canceled their proposed changes. ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/dst2007/archive/2011/10/19/notice-ukraine-and-armenia-revert-2011-dst-cancellation.aspx...
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Armenia, Belarus, Ukraine to abolish Daylight Saving Time, Microsoft guidance for Windows
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4 months ago
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[Updated 21 October, 2011] Please note we have received reports that Armenia and Ukraine have canceled their proposed changes. ( http://blogs.technet.com/b/dst2007/archive/2011/10/19/notice-ukraine-and-armenia-revert-2011-dst-cancellation.aspx ). According...
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Changes to daylight saving time in Russia for 2011: third party resources & guidance
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4 months ago
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A question from the virtual mailbag today… "I know that you have released guidance on Microsoft products and services for the end to Summer Time in Russia. But what about other products in our stack?" Good question. Here are the responses I...
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DON’T Turn Back the Clock: Microsoft Provides Resources for Change in Daylight Saving Time in Russia
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4 months ago
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Early this morning, I posted on the Microsoft Corporate blog about our efforts to inform our customers and partners on our activities related to the end of daylight saving time in the Russian Federation, a change noted earlier this year. For our customers...
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Announcement: Microsoft webcasts on DST changes in Russia: Oct 3rd & 6th
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4 months ago
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We're doing another series of webcasts next week to help customers and organizations preparing for daylight saving time, particularly the new changes in Russia this year. This is part of our "step-by-step" program on making the DST transition. Geared...
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Microsofties: When it comes to Tweeting, be thoughtful
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4 months ago
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For all you 'softies a reminder: please watch what you tweet and share in the social mediashpere about meetings or any Microsoft event. I posted this about tweeting: remember to be thoughtful. And did this one over the summer… Always...
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Get Outlook 2010 SP1 for displaying two separate time zones in the Calendar
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4 months ago
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Want another reason to install Outlook 2010 SP1 ? In Outlook, you can display two separate time zones in the Calendar. This allows you to see your local time zone and the time zone of a city that you often travel to. When you travel to that other time...
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Announcement: Microsoft webcast on daylight saving time changes in Russia
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4 months ago
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[Update 9/19/2010: The materials from our webcast, along with a recording of the webcast itself, are now available here .] Here's an interesting webcast we have coming up this week… We're also offering a series of new webcasts to help customers...
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Advisory: Samoa moving their time zone, traveling to the future
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5 months ago
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When is December 30th not December 30th? When it's 2011 in Samoa. As you may have read, Samoa has decided to move ahead in time and join neighbors and trading partners on the western side of the International Date line (like Australia and New Zealand...
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