ronpih's webloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/atom.xmlCommunity Server2009-07-16T12:39:00ZVidasMhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/11/07/vidasm.aspx2009-11-07T18:10:00Z2009-11-07T18:10:00Z<P><A href="http://www.ssas-info.com/VidasMatelisBlog/" mce_href="http://www.ssas-info.com/VidasMatelisBlog/">Vidas Matelis</A> has been <A href="http://twitter.com/VidasM" mce_href="http://twitter.com/VidasM">twittering like crazy</A> about PowerPivot. At this point, he's the one to follow for info about what's happening in PowerPivot land. He is also starting up a <A href="http://powerpivot-info.com/" mce_href="http://powerpivot-info.com/">new PowerPivot website</A> similar to his <A href="http://ssas-info.com/" mce_href="http://ssas-info.com/">SSAS-info</A> site.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9919100" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxStack Exchange Testing Sitehttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/11/02/stack-exchange-testing-site.aspx2009-11-03T07:51:00Z2009-11-03T07:51:00Z<P>I just found out about this today: <A href="http://testing.stackexchange.com/">http://testing.stackexchange.com</A>. I'm there...</P>
<P mce_keep="true"> </P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9916622" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxPowerPivot Resourceshttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/11/01/powerpivot-resources.aspx2009-11-02T01:56:00Z2009-11-02T01:56:00ZLots of stuff happening in PowerPivot-land so I've added a section on the right for PowerPivot links. It will grow over time.<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9915992" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxZero to 60 in 2.8...http://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/11/01/zero-to-60-in-2-8.aspx2009-11-01T18:49:00Z2009-11-01T18:49:00Z<P>Wow, <A href="http://powerpivotpro.com/" mce_href="http://powerpivotpro.com/">Rob</A> is really on fire as a blogger. I'd say if you want to stay abreast of the <A href="http://powerpivot.com/" mce_href="http://powerpivot.com/">PowerPivot</A> world, his blog is a must.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9915909" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxMaturity Models have it backwardshttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/10/29/maturity-models-have-it-backwards.aspx2009-10-29T17:50:00Z2009-10-29T17:50:00Z<P>(via Esther Derby on Twitter)</P>
<P><A href="http://jerryweinberg.amplify.com/2009/10/28/maturity-models-have-it-backwards/">http://jerryweinberg.amplify.com/2009/10/28/maturity-models-have-it-backwards/</A></P>
<P mce_keep="true"> </P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9914848" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxRob Collie Blogginghttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/10/27/rob-collie-blogging.aspx2009-10-27T17:00:00Z2009-10-27T17:00:00Z(via <A href="http://twitter.com/donalddotfarmer" mce_href="http://twitter.com/donalddotfarmer">Donald Farmer on Twitter</A>) Rob is a program manager (I think) on our team and has just started a <A href="http://powerpivotpro.com/" mce_href="http://powerpivotpro.com/">blog</A>. His <A href="http://powerpivotpro.com/2009/10/27/announcing-the-great-football-project/" mce_href="http://powerpivotpro.com/2009/10/27/announcing-the-great-football-project/">second post</A> talks about a project he will develop on his blog that looks really interesting.<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9913580" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxDonald Farmer on Gemini on .NET Rocks!http://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/10/21/donald-farmer-on-gemini-on-net-rocks.aspx2009-10-22T06:12:00Z2009-10-22T06:12:00Z<A href="http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=490" mce_href="http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=490">http://www.dotnetrocks.com/default.aspx?showNum=490</A><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9911136" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxGemini Blog Postshttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/09/24/gemini-blog-posts.aspx2009-09-24T22:51:00Z2009-09-24T22:51:00Z<P>Our PMs are starting to author Gemini blog posts that describe various aspects of Gemini. There are two new ones:</P>
<UL>
<LI><A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini/archive/2009/09/09/importing-data-into-gemini.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini/archive/2009/09/09/importing-data-into-gemini.aspx">Importing Data</A></LI>
<LI><A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini/archive/2009/09/24/data-feeds.aspx" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini/archive/2009/09/24/data-feeds.aspx">Using Data Feeds</A></LI></UL><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9899211" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxHow unique can it be?http://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/09/22/how-unique-can-it-be.aspx2009-09-22T19:11:00Z2009-09-22T19:11:00Z<P>Filling out a web form this morning I came upon this field:</P>
<P mce_keep="true">"In lieu of a signature, we require a unique identifier. What is the first letter of the city in which you were born?"</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9898081" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxGemini on Channel 9http://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/09/07/gemini-on-channel-9.aspx2009-09-08T03:10:00Z2009-09-08T03:10:00ZTwo of my hall-mates, <A href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Donald-Farmer-and-Julie-Strauss-Inside-Project-Gemini/" mce_href="http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/Charles/Donald-Farmer-and-Julie-Strauss-Inside-Project-Gemini/">Julie and Donald, are interviewed on Channel9</A> about project Gemini.<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9892371" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxYASGVhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/08/29/yasgv.aspx2009-08-29T08:55:00Z2009-08-29T08:55:00Z<P>(Yet another short Gemini video): <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/officebusiness/office2010/Default.aspx?vid=Geminiv" mce_href="http://www.microsoft.com/officebusiness/office2010/Default.aspx?vid=Geminiv">http://www.microsoft.com/officebusiness/office2010/Default.aspx?vid=Geminiv</A></P>
<P mce_keep="true"> </P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9888917" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxBuying Bookshttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/08/28/buying-books.aspx2009-08-28T21:26:00Z2009-08-28T21:26:00Z<P>I like buying books from Amazon. They have really done a great job of making book buying friction-free. But I love buying book from the <A class="" href="http://pragprog.com/" mce_href="http://pragprog.com">Pragmatic Programmers</A> even more. Why?</P>
<OL>
<LI>All their books are available in both paper and ebook formats. Recently I've been trying to cut down on actual physical books and have taken to only buying ebooks. It's great that all their books are available in ebook formats.</LI>
<LI>Note that in #1 I said formats (plural). Their ebooks are available as pdf, epub, and mobi which means I can read them on my computers, iPhone, or Kindle. This is huge for me.</LI>
<LI>Book availability in beta.</LI>
<LI>I like the subjects of many of their books. They have books not only on various technologies but also on management, self-development, testing, etc.</LI></OL><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9888734" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxGemMinutehttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/08/20/gemminute.aspx2009-08-20T15:16:00Z2009-08-20T15:16:00Z<P>Donald Farmer is doing a series of "Gemini in one minute or less" screencasts at <A href="http://www.youtube.com/geminute" mce_href="http://www.youtube.com/geminute">http://www.youtube.com/geminute</A></P>
<P>Update: I guess it should be 2 minutes or less. All 4 (current) videos are a bit longer than a minute.</P><img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9877146" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxGemini Emerginghttp://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/08/17/gemini-emerging.aspx2009-08-17T15:13:00Z2009-08-17T15:13:00ZThe product that our team has been working on for a while is starting to emerge. We have released our first CTP to coincide with Office Beta 1. We have also started a team blog at <A href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini" mce_href="http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini">http://blogs.msdn.com/gemini</A>.<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9872401" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspxRunning Around...http://blogs.msdn.com/ronpih/archive/2009/07/16/running-around.aspx2009-07-16T22:39:00Z2009-07-16T22:39:00ZTaking a day off from work to run around and do some errands; doctor, dentist appointments. In between, I'm installing Windows Server 2008 R2 (RC) on my home desktop system. After that, a bunch of applications to install and configure...<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9835989" width="1" height="1">ronpihhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ronpih.aspx