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A teammate and I were chatting about search ranking and I was telling him about how I am battling it out (maybe battling out is a bit of an exaggeration) with other Mike Walker’s in the world especially the one from the National Enquirer. I am happy
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I am excited to announce a new Microsoft employee product, two new Walker's. On Thursday January 22nd the proud mom and dad (me) delivered two healthy baby boy twins. As some of you may of noticed, my blogging has dropped significantly over the
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Just wanted to give the readers of my blog a quick personal update. Some of you may of noticed that my postings have been a bit sparse these past few months. Thanks to those who have stuck around... Well the first piece of big news is that my lovely wife
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I saw this on MoBuzz TV and I just had to share. The Tampa, Florida based company, Joffrey's Coffee and Tea , is holding a "beta test" for their Jamaican Me Crazy brand of coffee . They are asking 10,000 bloggers to sign up and try their new
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On my trip to Vegas last week I ran into Master Chief. I guess I said the wrong thing to him because he just snapped. Something about how I could kick his butt on X-Box live, well he had no sense of humor about that... :)
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This is a bit off topic but I thought it was pretty funny. Since I do a my fair share of public speaking I thought I would share some comedic wisdom with you after this long holiday weekend.
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To give you guys a sneak peek at the SP1 build. I just installed Vista SP1 with zero issues. The upgrade process seamless and took approx. an hour. There was only one concern however. My box was waiting for about 20 minutes to shut down. Other than that,
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Nope, this post isn't about new styles of communication with your co-workers! This post is kinda of topic but I thought this book was an interesting read. I have had plenty of time to catch-up on my reading from all of the speaking engagements I have
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So if you remember from my previous post I mentioned that I met Matt Damon... Well I didn't want to say anything until I actually had the tickets but I was lucky enough to get tickets to the Sydney Premier! Above are the tickets for the premier. I have
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Well I've made it to Australia. I was a little worried when my flight was delayed for four hours. From a non-technology perspective I got to meet Matt Damon who was on the same flight as I. He is here for the premier of the Bourne Ultimatum movie. We
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I got an e-mail from one of my teammates Simon Guest last night. It looks like folks are selling our Architecture Strategy Pens on E-Bay. http://cgi.ebay.com/MICROSOFT-ARCHITECTURE-STRATEGY-PEN-NEW_W0QQitemZ160133062278QQihZ006QQcategoryZ967QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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I ran across this great compile on ZenHabits blog . Below is a snipit of what you will find there. The Books Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity , by David Allen Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life , by
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Thank you to the architects and developers at the Microsoft Office Business Applications event today. The interactions during the sessions was great. I enjoyed hearing some of the challenges you have on Office Business Applications platform. Your hospitality
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It's a slow blogging week that I have been here in England. I arrived in London a week early to meet with some partners. I hopped on another plane after I came back from NYC for the developers conference. Directly after this I will be kicking off the
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I ran across this and found it was very interesting. Sometimes the simplest approach is the most effective. I really like the use of the different symbols. Click on the link below for the hover-over descriptions. http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegray/145761460
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