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Monday, April 13, 2009 10:37 PM

DigiTweet - ‘cause I really love but hate Tweetdeck

Last week I was at the Mesh Conference here in Toronto.  In addition to being a great event, it was probably the centre of the Canadian Twitter universe for 2 days.  Everyone was using Twitter.  I mean everyone – and not just to connect,
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009 12:40 PM

IT Skills In Canada – Part 4 (Final)

(This is part 4 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the final part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada.  This part is titled “Myth 4 – Certifications
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:27 AM

IT Skills Shortage – Myths and Realities – Part 3

(This is part 3 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the second part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada.  This part is titled “Myth 3 – I have
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Monday, March 30, 2009 12:36 PM

IT Skills & Talent In Canada – Myths and Realities – Part 2

(This is part 2 of a 4 part series, you can read the first post here ) Here is the second part of my discussion with Shane Schick on the Myths & Realities of the IT Skills & Talent landscape in Canada.  This part is titled “Myth 2 - There
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Saturday, March 28, 2009 12:13 PM

IT Skills & Talent In Canada – Myths and Realities - Part 1

Working in today’s IT industry comes with a variety of challenges, especially in these tough economic times.  Jobs are becoming more complex, employers expectations are high and employees need more than just technical skills to grow their careers. 
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Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:17 PM

DreamSpark: Preparing the next-gen workforce

I have been thinking a lot lately about the IT skills shortage. According to the Information and Communications Technology Council , from 2008 to 2015, Canadian employers will need to recruit as many as 178,800 technology workers. But based on their projections
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 2:50 PM

Canada <Heart> IT. Vote Now – IgniteIT Awards

This year we brought together the MSDN and Technet Canada awards to create the IgniteIT Awards .  This is a special award in Canada as it recognizes the hard work and innovation of the members of our IT community across Canada. The submission periods
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Thursday, March 05, 2009 1:58 PM

Hey Canada Technology Professionals: Ignite Your Career!

We’ve launched a great new set of webcasts called “ Ignite Your Career ”.  It’s all focused on helping Canada’s ICT professionals be a successful as possible.  So, it’s all about you.  We’ve pulled together 6 great topics and a set of awesome
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Friday, February 20, 2009 9:12 AM

Announcing EnergizeIT: From Client To Cloud – Anything Is Possible

Hello Canadian IT Pros and Developers, Current economic realities are putting pressure on all of us to utilize technology in new ways. From increasing productivity, reducing costs, and providing clear benefit to the business, each of you play a key role
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Monday, October 27, 2008 12:32 PM

Live From PDC – Windows Azure – Cloud Computing Announcement

· The Azure™ Services Platform : A set of cloud-based technologies such as storage, identity, and multi-device sync that extend software development for both enterprise server and PC/browser/phone applications with services on the Web. · Windows Azure™
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008 3:01 PM

I (Heart) WinDev: One View of the Windows Developer Track for TechDays

Cross Post From The Canadian Developer Blog By now, I'm sure you've heard a lot about TechDays2008. Perhaps you're wondering which track to attend. May I suggest the Windows Developer track ? We have some great presentations in our line-up! If you haven't
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Thursday, October 09, 2008 10:25 AM

Hey, Canadian Web Developers! Does This Sound Familiar?

John has more Techdays news over on the Canadian Developer Community Connection Blog : Over the past few weeks, I've been working hard on the content for the Web Developer track of Microsoft Tech•Days Canada 2008 . Looking at the lighter side of this
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Tuesday, October 07, 2008 1:28 PM

Techdays – A Revolution In Supporting Your Career & Developing Your Skills.

Techdays 2008 - our premier event for Canada’s Developers & IT Professionals – will soon be here.  Today I wrote this to be included in a newsletter we are sending out to the IT Professional audience.  I thought I would share it here on
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Monday, October 06, 2008 11:04 AM

Countdown to PDC2008: King of the Geeks, Scott Guthrie, Previews PDC Keynote

From Channel9 : As Corporate Vice President of the .NET Developer Division, Scott will be giving a talk on client development covering both Silverlight and WPF at the PDC .  What else does the 6’4” Dev Div chief chat about in this quickie interview? 
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Sunday, October 05, 2008 11:13 PM

PDC08 – The Canadian View - Choice and Flexibility. Canada Needs Both.

This is the first in a series of posts leading up to the Microsoft Professional Developer Conference at the end of October as well as TechDays across Canada.  Our team will be heading to the show, but our priority is to help you understand the announcements,
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