I have been away from Microsoft for a year, and I am very glad to be back. I am refocusing this blog on content based on my new role as a SharePoint Technology Specialist in the Greater Southeast District. About me: I started my career as an application...

It is morning in the Manrique house, and I am sifting thru the August issue of PC Magazine, and low and behold I see an article that causes me to choke on my coffee. On the page I see a screenshot of a web page from a site that I wrote a couple of years...

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/may07/05-16RedCrossMSPR.mspx Well, I have not spoke about KatrinaSafe in a while, but it was great to see that our efforts helped Microsoft win the prestigious Ernest Percy Bicknell Award. As the originator...

[This was written on 09.08.2005] I only have a few minutes to write as I am sitting in the Austin airport on the way home. I am emotionally, and physically exhausted. I have nothing left... although I need to get back to my normal job, and...

KatrinaSafe.com is in the news again in a Microsoft Press Release... http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/sep05/09-09katrina.mspx Retread of eWeek article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20050906/tc_zd/159448 http://www.devsource...

Following is some coverage of our project: Fortune Magazine: http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,1103402,00.html AP news articles: http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB4FTCDCDE.html Chuck Connor, spokesman for the American Red Cross...

On Wednesday, August 31, I had finished my work day in my home office in Sanford, Florida. My wife Lisa, my 2 daughters, and I had just finished dinner, and I went into my office for a minute and noticed that I received an email (not a surprise when you...