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Over the last few months there has been a Microsoft-wide contest to encourage people to “improve the art of the demo”. Two of our team – Rick and Christian – came in second place. Not bad!! The video is now up
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I'm on the flight home, reflecting on the key take-away from MIX08. What is it that Microsoft has shown real commitment to standards in IE8? No. What is it that the momentum behind Silverlight in tremendous? No. What is it that Windows Server
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http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/speeches/2008/01-24WEFDavos.mspx Bill Gates: World Economic Forum 2008 Remarks by Bill Gates, Chairman, Microsoft Corporation World Economic Forum 2008 “A New Approach to Capitalism in the 21st
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I have the pleasure of now carrying the new Dell XPS M1330. (Thanks to our friends at Dell Canada) This is my showcase machine. 4GB RAM, 200GB Drive, thin, powerful and red. I am developing a healthy crush on this machine, just in time
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A few weeks ago I attempted to use Air Canada's mobile check-in. I've been jealously watching the Blackberry carrying passengers walk onto the plane after a quick flash of the screen of their device. My first attempt did not go well.
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Way to go David ! Our very own community advocate / design guru / *CAMP coordinator / snappy dresser David Crow was voted " best web & tech evangelist " by the readers of blogto.com . We were extremely pleased when David
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A couple of MSFT folks in the US made this....... poking fun at our conference call system and culture.....especially the hold music that every MSFT employee hears almost everyday :-)
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Seriously? Rogers is selling Windows Mobile devices like mad, so it's not like Windows Mobile phones are rare. I am flying to Ottawa in the morning and when I was prompted to try this during my web check-in, I thought "wicked....no paper"
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Check out the new look and feel!! Thanks to our Co-Op Mark for helping to re-brand my blog. It now shares the same look and feel as all of our Community Connection Blogs. (The links are provided on the right-hand bar).
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Ok. This goes in the strange category. I mystery picture has been discovered on the Vista DVD in the hologram. Easter Egg? (no, I have no idea who they are). http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/06/who_are_these_three_guys.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B4898489
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Ok, he doesn't like the stickers (just kidding David) and Windows Mobile needs to grow on him, but David had some fun. He outlines it here . David and I are keynoting at EnergizeIT - we will be talking Community!!
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We had high hopes for MatchIT.ca when we launched a few weeks ago. There are now 600+ technical folks registered and 55 organizations. Amazing. Right now the matching process is taking place and I hope to hear about the great work that gets done over
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Mia at High Road Communications (note: our PR firm) keynoted the Tech Week kickoff. They asked me to be a part of a video about Toronto. It also featured super-investor Ken Nickerson (my old boss from MSFT days of old) and Jay Goldman (Toronto web guru,
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On behalf of the Developer, IT Pro and Community Affairs Teams here at Microsoft Canada I am pleased to announce the launch of MatchIT . This is a new Canadian online initiative designed to help bring together charities and non-profit organizations who
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